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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. McLaglen (pronounced Muh-clog-len, not Mack-loff-len) was the son of the Right Reverend Andrew McLaglen, a Protestant clergyman who was at one time Bishop of Claremont in South Africa. The young McLaglen, eldest of eight brothers, attempted to serve in the Boer War by joining the Life Guards, though his father secured his release. The adventuresome young man traveled to Canada where he did farm labor and then directed his pugnacious nature into professional prizefighting. He toured in circuses, vaudeville shows, and Wild West shows, often as a fighter challenging all comers. His tours took him to the US, Australia (where he joined in the gold rush) and South Africa. In 1909 he was the first fighter to box newly-crowned heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, whom he fought in a six-round exhibition match in Vancouver (as an exhibition fight, it had no decision). When the First World War broke out, McLaglen joined the Irish Fusiliers and soldiered in the Middle East, eventually serving as Provost Marshal (head of Military Police) for the city of Baghdad. After the war he attempted to resume a boxing career, but was given a substantial acting role in The Call of the Road (1920) and was well received. He became a popular leading man in British silent films, and within a few years was offered the lead in an American film, The Beloved Brute (1924). He quickly became a most popular star of dramas as well as action films, playing tough or suave with equal ease. With the coming of sound, his ability to be persuasively debonair diminished by reason of his native speech patterns, but his popularity increased, particularly when cast by Ford as the tragic Gypo Nolan in The Informer (1935), for which McLaglen won the Best Actor Oscar. He continued to play heroes, villains and simple-minded thugs into the 1940s, when Ford gave his career a new impetus with a number of lovably roguish Irish parts in such films as She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and The Quiet Man (1952). The latter film won McLaglen another Oscar nomination, the first time a Best Actor winner had been nominated subsequently in the Supporting category. McLaglen formed a semi-militaristic riding and polo club, the Light Horse Brigade, and a similarly arrayed precision motorcycle team, the Victor McLaglen Motorcycle Corps, both of which led to conclusions that he had fascist sympathies and was forming his own private army. McLaglen denied espousing the far right-wing sentiments that were often attributed to him. He continued to act in films into his 70s and died, from congestive heart failure, not long after appearing in a film directed by his son, Andrew V. McLaglen.- Lilian Hall Davis was born June 23, 1898, in Mile End, London, England, the daughter of a London cab driver. For publicity purposes, she changed the spelling of her name to to the tonier Lillian Hall-Davis and reported her birthplace as the more fashionable Hampstead, London. She began acting in films in 1917 and by the early 1920s, Hall-Davis was one of the leading actresses of British silent film. She was Alfred Hitchcock's favorite actress during the early days of his career. He directed her in The Ring (1927) and The Farmer's Wife (1928) Hall-Davis was married to Walter Pemberton, a British stage actor. Her last film was a supporting role in Her Reputation (1931). By 1933, her film career was over, she was being treated for neurasthenia and was suffering a nervous breakdown. On October 25, 1933, she locked herself in the kitchen of her home in Golders Green, turned on the gas, stuck her head in the oven, and cut her throat with her brother's straight razor. Her 14-year-old son Grovsvenor, came home from school, found her suicide note in the hall and summoned the neighbors for help. They were too late. Hall-Davis was dead at the age of 34.
- Andrew Paul was born on 17 March 1961 in Mile End, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Scum (1979), Bugsy Malone (1976) and Bellman and True (1987). He has been married to Laura Shad since 1985. They have three children.
- Jade Jones was born on 12 February 1979 in Mile End, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Damage: What UC (Iz what U get) (1995), Damage: Wonderful Tonight (1997) and Lemon La Vida Loca (2012).
- Albert Evansky was born on 7 December 1915 in Mile End, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Bullshot Crummond (1983). He died on 11 April 1991 in London, England, UK.
- Eric Corrie was born on 6 August 1924 in Mile End, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Malaga (1954), The Swingin' Maiden (1962) and Doomwatch (1970). He died in 1999 in Guime, Lanzarote, Spain.
- Production Designer
- Art Department
- Art Director
Shaun Fenn was born on 28 October 1978 in Mile End, London, England, UK. He is a production designer and art director, known for Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), Black Mirror (2011) and Whitstable Pearl (2021).- Maley was born in the East End of London in 1974. He lived there until moving to Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the late 1980s. Deciding not to pursue a career in music, he started performing stand-up comedy at local pubs and clubs with his friend Sam Cox. As a duo, they soon received countless offers of work and are widely regarded as the next big thing in British comedy. Both Maley and Cox have appeared in television roles separately.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Albert Sandler was born on 2 June 1906 in Mile End Old Town, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Doc Hollywood (1991), Waltz Time (1945) and The Small Man (1935). He died on 30 August 1948 in Stanmore, Middlesex, England, UK.- Fred Berman was born on 22 July 1914 in Mile End Old Town, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Punch and Judy Man (1963), Moody and Pegg (1974) and The Worker (1965). He died in 1994 in Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, UK.
- Editorial Department
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Rafe Newhouse was born on 24 November 1923 in St. Luke's Hospital, Mile End, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Point Blank (1967), Where's Jack? (1969) and The Amazing Spider-Man (1977). He died on 20 January 2010 in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK.- Marie La Varre was born in 1891 in Mile End Old Town, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Divorce Game (1917), The Crimson Dove (1917) and A Yank in Australia (1942). She died on 5 September 1967 in Australia.
- Matt Wells was born on 14 December 1882 in Mile End, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Excuse My Glove (1936). He died on 27 June 1953 in Catford, London, England, UK.
- Pat Aza was born on 25 April 1888 in Mile End Old Town, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Pinwright's Progress (1946) and Youth at the Helm (1946). He died on 16 May 1985 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK.
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Harold Brett was born in January 1883 in Mile End Old Town, Middlesex, England, UK. He was a writer and director, known for Through Stormy Seas (1914), The Factory Girl's Honour (1912) and Her Hour of Retribution (1914). He was married to Gertrude Knight. He died in 1950 in Canvey Island, Essex, England, UK.- Actress
- Additional Crew
- Director
Celia Franca was born on 25 June 1922 in Mile End, London, England, UK. She was an actress and director, known for Festival (1960), The Dance of Salome (1949) and Folio (1955). She was married to James (Jay) Morton, Herbert Anderson and Leo Kersley. She died on 19 February 2007 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.- Muzzy Izzet was born on 31 October 1974 in Mile End, London, England, UK.
- Louis Rihll was born in 1879 in Mile End Old Town, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Hobson's Choice (1920) and The Croxley Master (1921). He died on 31 January 1931 in South Woodford, London, England, UK.
- David Hookes was born on 3 May 1955 in Mile End, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. He died on 19 January 2004 in Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Ida Strathan was born on 6 November 1886 in Mile End, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for With Human Instinct (1913). She died on 30 October 1927 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Harry Abdy was born on 31 January 1889 in Mile End, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Wild Innocence (1936), Harvest Gold (1945) and Come Up Smiling (1939). He died in 1959 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Laurence Leyton was born on 20 November 1873 in Mile End Old Town, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Whoso Is Without Sin (1915), Patricia Brent, Spinster (1919) and Where's Watling? (1918). He died in 1952 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Dickie Martyn was born on 7 July 1925 in Mile End, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for R3 (1964), The World of Wooster (1965) and A Present for Dickie (1969). He died on 19 October 2000 in Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK.
- Jack Bloomfield was born on 20 November 1898 in Mile End Old Town, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Quitter Grant (1922). He died on 31 May 1961 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, UK.
- Sirdani was born on 25 November 1899 in Mile End Old Town, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Kaleidoscope (1946), Variety (1936) and Music-Hall (1949). He died on 28 February 1982 in Islington, London, England, UK.