This gave Johnson a chance to show his footwork and the way he would cut across the ring and head off the flying Scotchman, who was trying to keep away from those dreaded fists, was certainly a treat for the boxing fans. Born in London, England, the son of an Anglican clergyman, at the age of 14 he left home and enlisted in the British Army after lying about his age. McLaglen, now 72, was tight-lipped on the subject as usual but did comment: “It was an exhibition match so it was a no decision outcome. “For all its brutalities, the dream-promise of the American West was something he believed in, even when it was out of fashion.”Although he said he never intended to concentrate on the western, he brought old-fashioned star power, solid craft and a certain tough-guy humor to the genre well past its heyday.Malik B, a rapper and founding member of the Roots, has diedHe directed several war movies, including “The Devil’s Brigade” (1968), featuring Holden as the head of a commando unit charged with capturing a Nazi stronghold. After working as a gofer at Republic Pictures, he became an assistant director for Ford on “The Quiet Man,” a 1952 romantic comedy starring Wayne and Maureen O’Hara.John McNamara, former manager of the Angels, the 1986 Boston Red Sox, and several other MLB teams, died on Tuesday at 88.Olivia de Havilland was the last living principal actor from the 1939 epic film ‘Gone With the Wind’ and a two-time Academy Award winner.Eddie Shack, one of the NHL’s most colorful players on and off the ice and former King, has died at 83.It was Arness who recommended McLaglen to CBS to direct a couple of episodes of “Gunsmoke.” Over the next decade McLaglen was behind more wagon trains, cattle drives and shootouts than he ever dreamed of, directing not only the 96 episodes of “Gunsmoke” but 116 episodes of “Have Gun — Will Travel,” starring Richard Boone as the gentlemanly gunslinger Paladin.
He also helmed half a dozen episodes of “Rawhide” starring the then-little-known Clint Eastwood.Lee’s passion for self-rule molded the island state’s rocky relationship with China.More From the Los Angeles TimesMike Gillespie, whose teams won more than 1,500 games over a 47-year career coaching college baseball, died Wednesday at 80.“He would have loved to have directed many different kinds of movies,” said his daughter Mary, a producer, “but in Hollywood when you do enough of something they think that is all you can do.”McLaglen directed his first western with his next film, “Gun the Man Down” (1956), which starred Arness and Angie Dickinson.Andrew V. McLaglen, a prolific veteran of westerns, action films and television who directed many of classic Hollywood’s most enduring stars, including John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and William Holden, died Aug. 30 at his home in Friday Harbor, Wash. Actor. But what do you want with that stuff? Filmography. Mini-bio CBZ's page Movie Credits Photo Gallery After this Johnson was more careful not to injure the Canadian.”He came ashore for a time and told pressmen he was happy to defend his title against “any man in the world”, including retired former champ Jim Jeffries, and said he planned to sail on to Vancouver before disembarking there and heading to Chicago and then on to Texas.Runyon added that Johnson also described McLaglen as being “big and strong” and said he “knew something about fighting”.“’Denver Ed’ smiled doubtfully but assured the champion that he would be able to ‘step lively’.”He became best known for playing rough, tough-talking characters and his list of co-stars is like a 'Who’s Who' of celluloid icons – it included John Wayne, with whom he appeared in several John Ford films, plus Boris Karloff, Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Humphrey Bogart, Mae West, Basil Rathbone and Marlene Dietrich.“In the second round after sparring for an opening Johnson rushed and landed a left jab to the face.
— McLaglen recieved a late career boost playing Sergeant Quincannon in Ford’s so-called “cavalry trilogy;” 1948’s Fort Apache, 1949’s She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, and 1950’s Rio Grande. Johnson had just come back from beating Tommy Burns in Australia.“Following the entertainment Johnson was tendered a big banquet by the colored people of Vancouver.”“The latter narrowly escaped a knockout in the first round from a solar plexus punch. Victor Mclaglen spent his last years with a socialite Margaret Pumphrey, his third wife. Please reset your password.Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. But the Scotchman could not stand the bombardment nor the punishment of those short-arm punches. Rambunctious British leading man (contrary to popular belief, he was of Scottish ancestry, not Irish) and later character actor primarily in American films, Victor McLaglen was a vital presence in a number of great motion pictures, especially those of director John Ford. It was up in Vancouver.