32-413: McLaglen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Andrew McLaglen (1920–2014), American film director and actor Clifford McLaglen (1892–1978), British actor Cyril McLaglen (1899–1987), English actor Victor McLaglen (1886–1959), English boxer, World War I officer and actor [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
64-591: A Western for Batjac and Warners. McLaglen continued to specialise in Westerns. He did One More Train to Rob (1971) with George Peppard , under the director's contract with Universal, then Fools' Parade (1971) with James Stewart and George Kennedy , which McLaglen made for his own company through Columbia and said was his favourite film He did Something Big starring Dean Martin; and Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) with Wayne and Kennedy. "I don't really have any formula," he said in 1971. "I just use myself as
96-446: A comic Western with Doris Day , made at Universal; the war story The Devil's Brigade (1968) with William Holden , for producer David Wolper ; and the western Bandolero! starring Stewart, Raquel Welch , and Dean Martin at Fox. McLaglen then made three films in a row with John Wayne: Hellfighters (1969), a biopic of Red Adair , for Universal; The Undefeated (1969), a Western with Rock Hudson ; and Chisum (1970),
128-522: A feature, The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960). He directed the first three episodes of Maverick starring James Garner then had a fundamental disagreement with writer/producer Roy Huggins involving the lead character's dialogue and never directed the series again. Boetticher spent most of the 1960s south of the border pursuing his obsession, the documentary of his friend, the bullfighter Carlos Arruza , turning down profitable Hollywood offers and suffering humiliation and despair to stay with
160-568: A film noir, The Killer Is Loose (1956). He also directed episodes of The Count of Monte Cristo . Boetticher finally achieved his major breakthrough when he teamed up with actor Randolph Scott and screenwriter Burt Kennedy to make Seven Men from Now (1956). It was the first of the seven films (last in 1960) that came to be known as the Ranown Cycle. He was reunited with Scott and Kennedy on The Tall T (1957); they were joined by producer Harry Joe Brown , who would produce
192-667: A guide." McLaglen says "Then I had a little bit of a lapse" in his career. He returned to television doing episodes of Banacek with Peppard, Hec Ramsey with Richard Boone and Amy Prentiss . He made some TV movies The Log of the Black Pearl (1975) and Stowaway to the Moon (1975) then returned to features with Mitchell (1975) with Joe Don Baker , and The Last Hard Men (1976) with Charlton Heston and James Coburn . McLaglen made some more TV movies, Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free (1976), Royce (1976), Murder at
224-559: A job and was made an assistant on Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945). He worked for two years as a general clerk at Republic on movies such as Dakota (1945) then became a second assistant director . He was an assistant on two Budd Boetticher films, Killer Shark (1950) and Bullfighter and the Lady (1951); on the latter he was promoted to first assistant director. He was 2nd AD on John Ford 's The Quiet Man (1952) with his father, and 1st AD on Wild Stallion (1952), Here Come
256-851: A picture. We had all these people who later became stars, or didn't, like George Macready and Nina Foch , and you never had anybody any good. I don't mean that they weren't good but they weren't then, and neither were we." Boetticher was commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Naval Photographic Science Laboratory . He made documentaries and service films including The Fleet That Came to Stay (1945) and Well Done . Boetticher left Columbia. He directed some films for Eagle Lion , Assigned to Danger (1948) and Behind Locked Doors (1949). At Monogram Pictures he directed Roddy McDowall in Black Midnight (1949) and Killer Shark (1950). In between he made The Wolf Hunters (1949). He began directing for television with Magnavox Theatre –
288-1206: A pilot for a proposed series. He directed Brooke Shields in Sahara (1983), then did two works for TV: The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985) and On Wings of Eagles (1986). His last feature films were Return from the River Kwai (1989) and Eye of the Widow (1991). McLaglen then retired and moved to San Juan Island, where he directed for the San Juan Island Community Theater. McLaglen later moved to Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, Washington State , directing plays for San Juan Island Community Theater. McLaglen and his first wife, Margarita Harrison, had one child: Sharon McLaglen Lannan (born 1944). He and his second wife, actress Veda Ann Borg were married in 1946 and separated in 1954, divorcing in 1957. They had one child: Andrew Victor McLaglen II (August 3, 1954 – January 16, 2006). He and his third wife, Sally Pierce, had two children, Josh McLaglen, an assistant director, and Mary McLaglen,
320-501: A production manager and producer. Andrew V. McLaglen died August 30, 2014, age 94, in Friday Harbor, Washington . Budd Boetticher Oscar Boetticher Jr. ( / ˈ b ɛ t ɪ k ər / BET -i-kər ; July 29, 1916 – November 29, 2001), known as Budd Boetticher , was an American film director. He is best remembered for a series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s starring Randolph Scott . Boetticher
352-607: A production of The Three Musketeers that was released theatrically in some markets as The Blade of the Musketeers . Boetticher got his first big break when he was asked to direct Bullfighter and the Lady for John Wayne 's production company, Batjac , based loosely on Boetticher's own adventures studying to be a matador in Mexico. It was the first film he signed as Budd Boetticher, rather than his given name, and it earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Original Story. But
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#1732801784293384-490: A variety of jobs. Boetticher received an offer to work at Columbia Pictures as an assistant director on The More the Merrier (1943). The studio liked his work and he stayed to assist on Submarine Raider (1942), The Desperadoes (1943), Destroyer (1943), U-Boat Prisoner (1944), and Cover Girl (1944), promoted to first assistant director. Some of these were Columbia's most prestigious films and Boetticher
416-544: A war film with Burton; North Sea Hijack (1979), an action film with Moore; The Sea Wolves (1980), a war movie from Euan Lloyd , the producer of The Wild Geese , with Moore and Gregory Peck . McLaglen returned to television to make The Shadow Riders (1982) with Tom Selleck ; The Blue and the Gray , an elaborate mini series about the Civil War; and Travis McGee (1983) starring Sam Elliott as Travis McGee ,
448-582: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Andrew McLaglen Andrew Victor McLaglen (July 28, 1920 – August 30, 2014) was a British-born American film and television director, known for Westerns and adventure films, often starring John Wayne or James Stewart . According to one obituary "His career in many ways mirrored that of Ted Post , another inexhaustible director of series television and undemanding movies: reliable rather than stylish, both were nimble soldiers of fortune renowned for bringing work in on time and on budget... Like
480-800: The Black-Foxe Military Institute , the Carl Curtis School, the Cate School in Santa Barbara and the University of Virginia . He was rated 4-F during his World War II enlistment exam. McLaglen explained "I was as good as in the Army, you know, except when it came to my height. I stood on a scale during the induction physical and the little guy who was taking my height had a stool he had to stand on ...I
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544-728: The Marines (1952), Big Jim McLain (1952) with John Wayne , Hellgate (1952), Kansas Pacific (1953), and Fort Vengeance (1953). He was assistant director on a series of films for John Wayne's company Batjac : Plunder of the Sun (1953), Island in the Sky (1954), The High and the Mighty (1954), Track of the Cat (1954) and Blood Alley (1954). After several more assistant director jobs, McLaglen directed his first film, Man in
576-527: The Vault (1956), written by Burt Kennedy . It was followed by Gun the Man Down (1956), a western B movie with James Arness , whom McLaglen got to know making Big Jim McLain ; it also starred Angie Dickinson and Harry Carey Jr. He was going to direct Seven Men from Now (1956) but the job went to Boetticher; McLaglen was credited as a producer. McLaglen had impressed James Arness who arranged for
608-478: The World Series (1977), and Trail of Danger (1978). He also directed episodes of Code R , The Fantastic Journey , and Nashville 99 , McLaglen was hired to make an adventure film, The Wild Geese (1978), with Richard Burton , Roger Moore and Richard Harris . McLaglen said the film " was a whole new start for my career". It was a huge success, and McLaglen then made Breakthrough (1979),
640-471: The best journeymen, he took us on some heroic, enjoyable excursions. " McLaglen was born in London , the son of British-American actor Victor McLaglen and his wife, Enid Lamont, who had moved to Hollywood in the early 1920s, shortly after his birth. From a film family that included eight uncles and an aunt, McLaglen grew up on movie sets with his parents as well as John Wayne and John Ford . He attended
672-848: The director to start helming episodes of Gunsmoke . McLaglen directed The Abductors (1957) starring his father Victor. In the late 1950s and early 1960s McLaglen focused on television directing , prolifically directing episodes of The Lineup , Hotel de Paree , Perry Mason (7), Gunslinger (5), Everglades! , Rawhide (6), 116 episodes of Have Gun – Will Travel with Richard Boone , The Lieutenant (4), The Virginian (2), The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters , Wagon Train , and 96 episodes of Gunsmoke . He directed his father in episodes of Rawhide and Have Gun will Travel . During this time he directed two low budget children's films for Robert Lippert released through 20th Century Fox, Freckles (1960) and The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1960). In 1960, McLaglen said he
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#1732801784293704-582: The film was edited drastically without his consent, and his career again seemed on hold. (The film has since been restored by the UCLA Film Archive and the restored print is sometimes referred to by its working title, Torero .) Boetticher signed a contract to direct for Universal-International where he specialised in Westerns. “I became a western director because they thought I looked like one and they thought I rode better than anyone else," said Boetticher later. "And I didn’t know anything about
736-526: The project, including sickness, bankruptcy and confinement in both jail and asylum (all of which is detailed in his autobiography When in Disgrace ). Arruza was finally completed in 1968 and released in Mexico in 1971 and the US in 1972. Boetticher returned to Hollywood with the rarely seen A Time for Dying , a collaboration with Audie Murphy shot in 1969 and not released widely until 1982. He provided
768-603: The six remaining films. Boetticher directed the first three episodes of the TV series Maverick . He went back to working with Scott: Decision at Sundown (1957); Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) (not written by Kennedy); and Ride Lonesome (1959). Westbound (1959) was made with Scott but without Kennedy or Brown. Comanche Station (1960) was made with Scott and Kennedy. Boetticher returned to television, directing episodes of Hong Kong , Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre , Death Valley Days , and The Rifleman . He did
800-491: The story for Don Siegel 's Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970). In later years, he was known for the documentary My Kingdom For... (1985) and his appearance as a judge in Robert Towne 's Tequila Sunrise (1988), and he was still actively attempting to get his screenplay "A Horse for Mr. Barnum" made, before his death in 2001. He and his wife Mary spent much of their later years traveling to film festivals around
832-967: The west.” His films there included The Cimarron Kid (1952) with Audie Murphy ; Bronco Buster (1952); Red Ball Express (1952), a World War II film; Horizons West (1952) with Robert Ryan ; City Beneath the Sea (1953), a treasure hunting film; Seminole (1953), a Western with Rock Hudson ; The Man from the Alamo (1953) with Glenn Ford ; Wings of the Hawk (1953) with Van Heflin ; and East of Sumatra (1953) with Chandler and Quinn. He started directing The Americano , an independent film with Ford, but quit. He returned to television with The Public Defender . In 1955, he helmed another bullfighting drama, The Magnificent Matador , at 20th Century-Fox, which began his frequent collaboration with cinematographer Lucien Ballard . They followed it with
864-550: Was a star athlete at Ohio State University , until an injury ended his sports career. In 1939 he traveled to Mexico, where he learned bullfighting under Lorenzo Garza, Fermín Espinosa Saucedo and Carlos Arruza . Boetticher worked as a crew member on Of Mice and Men (1939) and A Chump at Oxford (1940). A chance encounter with Rouben Mamoulian landed him a job as technical advisor on Blood and Sand (1941). He stayed on in Hollywood working at Hal Roach Studios doing
896-485: Was another success. McLaglen followed it with The Rare Breed (1966), again with Stewart. That year he said that now he was "supposed to be an outdoor specialist. I'm not knocking it if that's the course fate has allowed I'm to following the course of course but I but personally I don't feel relegated to that kind of picture. He directed Monkeys, Go Home! (1967), a Disney movie; The Way West (1967) an epic Western with Kirk Douglas ; The Ballad of Josie (1967),
928-539: Was born in Chicago. His mother died in childbirth and his father was killed in an accident shortly afterward. He was adopted by a wealthy couple, Oscar Boetticher Sr. (1867–1953) and Georgia ( née Naas) Boetticher (1888–1955), and raised in Evansville, Indiana , along with his younger brother, Henry Edward Boetticher (1924–2004). He attended Culver Military Academy , where he became friends with Hal Roach Jr. He
960-429: Was earning between $ 57,000 and $ 59,000 a year (equivalent to $ 597,354 in 2023). His first big budget feature film as director was McLintock! (1963) starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara . McLaglen later said " that put me in the big time." The movie, his first of five starring Wayne, was a big success and led to McLaglen being offered another studio feature, Shenandoah (1965), starring James Stewart . It
992-472: Was offered the chance to join the studio's directing program. Boetticher's first credited film as director was a Boston Blackie film One Mysterious Night (1944). It was followed by other "B" movies: The Missing Juror (1944), Youth on Trial (1945), A Guy, a Gal and a Pal (1945), and Escape in the Fog (1945). "They were terrible pictures”, he remarked in 1979. "We had eight or ten days to make
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1024-501: Was six feet seven. ...The little guy didn’t know what to do. I’ll always remember that he didn’t say a word. He just got down and took a little yellow pad, and he wrote “4F” (unfit for military service because of a physical handicap) on it and gave it to me. ...instead of being in the Army, I spent four years chasing ring corrugations for the P38 all over the factory at Lockheed . When the war ended, he wrote to Republic Pictures asking for
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