Today's star is probably best known for at least two Irish roles...
Victor McLaglen for French's Worcestershire Sauce
In the two movies he's best known for are The Informer, and The Quiet Man, he played Irish Catholics. His other best known turn would probably as one of the three leads in Gunga Din.
In real life, he was neither Irish nor Catholic.
He was born in England, from Scottish background. His father was a missionary with the Free Protestant Episcopal Church.
For some reason I conflate him with Lawrence Tierney, who looked the teeniest bit like McLaglan when Tierney hit age 60 or so.
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