Name
Rod La Rocque
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1898-11-18
Deathday
1969-10-15 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roderick Ross La Rocque (November 29, 1898 – October 15, 1969) was an American actor.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois to Edmund La Rocque and Ann (née Rice) La Rocque. His father was of French-Canadian descent and his mother was of Irish descent. He began appearing in stock theater at the age of seven and eventually ended up at the Essanay Studios as a teenager in Chicago where he found steady work until the studios closed. He then moved to New York City and worked on the stage until he was noticed by Samuel Goldwyn who took him to Hollywood. Over the next two decades, he appeared in films and made the transition to sound films.
In 1927, he married Hungarian actress Vilma Bánky in a lavish and highly publicized wedding. They were married until his death in 1969. He retired from movies in 1941 and became a real estate broker.
For his contribution to the film industry, La Rocque was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Known For
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- 1940 Beyond Tomorrow as Phil Hubert
- 1923 The Ten Commandments as Dan McTavish
- 1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Phillippe
- 1941 Meet John Doe as Ted Sheldon
- 1929 The Locked Door as Frank Devereaux
- 1920 The Discarded Woman as Samuel Radburn - Gold Digger
- 1920 The Common Sin as Hugh Stanton
- 1922 A Woman's Woman as Dean Laddbarry
- 1923 Jazzmania as Jerry Langdon
- 1925 The Golden Bed as Admah Holtz
- 1937 The Shadow Strikes as Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
- 1929 Our Modern Maidens as Glenn Abbott aka 'Dynamite'
- 1918 Ruggles of Red Gap as Belknap Jackson
- 1928 Stand and Deliver as Roger Norman
- 1930 Let Us Be Gay as Bob Brown
- 1925 The Coming of Amos as Amos Burden
- 1940 Dark Streets of Cairo as Inspector Joachim
- 1929 The One Woman Idea as Prince Ahmed
- 1930 One Romantic Night as Prince Albert
- 1927 The Fighting Eagle as Etienne Gerard
- 1935 Mystery Woman as Jacques Benoit
- 1938 International Crime as Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
- 1936 Taming the Wild as Dick Clayton
- 1926 The Cruise of the Jasper B as Jerry Cleggett
- 1936 The Drag Net as Lawrence Thomas Jr.
- 1936 The Preview Murder Mystery as Neil Du Beck
- 1936 Till We Meet Again as Carl Schrottle
- 1917 The Dream Doll as Her Sweetheart
- 1924 Code of the Sea as Bruce McDow
- 1924 Forbidden Paradise as Capt. Alexei Czerny
- 1928 The Circus: Premiere as Self
- 1928 Hold 'Em Yale as Jaime Emmanuel Alvarado Montez
- 1926 Gigolo as Gideon Gory
- 1920 A Philistine in Bohemia as Mr. Brunelli
- 1918 A Perfect Lady as Bob Griswold
- 1918 A Perfect 36 as O.P. Dildock
- 1929 The Delightful Rogue as Lastro
- 1935 Hi, Gaucho! as Escurra, aka Captain Garcia
- 1933 S.O.S. Iceberg as Dr. Carl Lawrence
- 1919 The Trap as The Blackmailer
- 1927 Resurrection as Prince Dimitry Ivanitch Nekhludov
- 1925 Night Life of New York as Ronald Bentley
- 1921 Paying the Piper as Larry Grahame
- 1924 Feet of Clay as Kerry Harlan
- 1940 Dr. Christian Meets the Women as Prof. Kenneth Parker
- 1929 The Man and the Moment as Michel
- 1928 Captain Swagger as Captain Swagger / Hugh Drummond
- 1926 Bachelor Brides
- 1920 The Stolen Kiss
- 1928 Show People as Rod La Rocque (uncredited)
- 1925 Braveheart as Braveheart
- 1926 Red Dice as Alan Beckwith
- 1935 Frisco Waterfront as Dan Elliott
- 1930 Beau Bandit as Montero
- 1924 Don't Call It Love as Patrick Delaney
- 1923 The French Doll as Pedro Carrova
- 1921 Suspicious Wives as Bob Standing
- 1918 The Venus Model as Paul Braddock
- 1924 Triumph as King Garnet
- 1918 Let's Get a Divorce as Chauffeur
- 1924 A Society Scandal as Daniel Farr
- 1925 Wild, Wild Susan as Tod Waterbury
- 1917 Efficiency Edgar's Courtship as Wimple
- 1919 Greater Than Love as Bob Standing
- 1917 Sadie Goes to Heaven as Coal Heaver
- 1962 The Great Chase
- 1920 The Garter Girl as Arthur Lyle
- 1922 Notoriety as Arthur Beal
- 1922 Slim Shoulders as Richard Langden
- 1922 What's Wrong with the Women? as Jack Lee
- 1920 Easy to Get as Dick Elliott
- 1918 Uneasy Money as Johnny Gates
- 1919 Miss Crusoe as Harold Vance
- 1928 Love Over Night as Richard Hill
- 1917 Filling His Own Shoes as Dick Downing
