Name
Gilbert Roland
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1905-12-11
Deathday
1994-05-15 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gilbert Roland (born Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso, December 11, 1905 – May 15, 1994) was a Mexican-born American film and television actor whose career spanned seven decades from the 1920s until the 1980s. He was twice nominated for the Golden Globe Award in 1952 and 1964, and inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
Roland was born in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. When Pancho Villa took control of their town, Roland and his family fled to the United States. He lived in Texas until at age 14 he hopped on a freight train and went to Hollywood. He chose his screen name by combining the names of his favorite actors, John Gilbert and Ruth Roland. He was often cast in the stereotypical Latin lover role.
Roland's first film contract was with Paramount. His first major role was in the collegiate comedy The Plastic Age (1925) together with Clara Bow, to whom he became engaged. In 1926, he played Armand in Camille opposite Norma Talmadge, with whom he was romantically involved, and they starred together in several productions. With the advent of sound films, Roland frequently appeared in Spanish language adaptations of American films, in romantic lead roles. Roland served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II.
Beginning in the 1940s, critics began to take notice of his acting and he was praised for his supporting roles in John Huston's We Were Strangers (1949), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Thunder Bay (1953), and Cheyenne Autumn (1964). He also appeared in a series of films in the mid-1940s as the popular character "The Cisco Kid". He played Hugo, the agnostic friend of the three shepherd children in The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima. In 1953, Roland played Greek-American sponge diver Mike Petrakis in the epic Beneath the 12-Mile Reef. His last film appearance was in the 1982 western Barbarosa.
Roland married actress Constance Bennett in 1941. They were married until 1946 and had two daughters. His second marriage, to Guillermina Cantú in 1954, lasted until his death 40 years later.
Gilbert Roland died of cancer in Beverly Hills, California in 1994, aged 88.
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- 1930 Monsieur Le Fox
- 1956 Around the World in 80 Days as Achmed Abdullah
- 1925 The Lost World as Extra
- 1967 Any Gun Can Play as Monetero
- 1980 Caboblanco as Dr. Rudolfo Ramirez
- 1953 Beneath the 12-Mile Reef as Mike Petrakis
- 1982 Barbarosa as Don Braulio
- 1952 The Bad and the Beautiful as Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
- 1940 The Sea Hawk as Capt. Lopez
- 1950 The Furies as Juan Herrera
- 1964 Cheyenne Autumn as Dull Knife
- 1953 Thunder Bay as Teche Bossier
- 1933 She Done Him Wrong as Serge Stanieff
- 1945 Captain Kidd as Jose Lorenzo
- 1952 My Six Convicts as Punch Pinero
- 1949 Malaya as Romano
- 1956 Bandido! as Col. Escobar
- 1959 The Wild and the Innocent as Paul
- 1932 The Men in Her Life as Jaime Gilman
- 1931 Resurrection as Prince Dmitri Nekhludov
- 1952 The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima as Hugo da Silva
- 1941 My Life with Caroline as Paco Del Valle
- 1942 Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen as Paul Gilette
- 1950 Crisis as Roland Gonzales
- 1949 We Were Strangers as Guillermo Montilla
- 1923 The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Extra (uncredited)
- 1954 The French Line as Pierre DuQuesne
- 1977 Islands in the Stream as Captain Ralph
- 1932 The Passionate Plumber as Tony Lagorce
- 1957 The Midnight Story as Sylvio Malatesta
- 1968 Johnny Hamlet as Dazio
- 1956 Three Violent People as Innocencio Ortega
- 1975 The Deadly Tower as Narrator (voice)
- 1968 Between God, The Devil and a Winchester as Juan Chasquido / Jess Guido
- 1968 The Ruthless Four as Mason
- 1927 Camille as Armand Duval
- 1955 The Treasure of Pancho Villa as Colonel Juan Castro
- 1939 Juarez as Colonel Miguel Lopez
- 1951 Bullfighter and the Lady as Manolo Estrada
- 1974 Treasure of Tayopa as Himself - Host
- 1932 Call Her Savage as Moonglow
- 1927 The Dove as Johnny Powell
- 1955 Underwater! as Dominic Quesada
- 1947 The Other Love as Croupier
- 1965 The Reward as Captain Carbajal
- 1952 Apache War Smoke as Peso Herrera
- 1951 Ten Tall Men as Corporal Luis Delgado
- 1974 The Mark of Zorro as Don Alejandro Vega
- 1968 Sartana Does Not Forgive as Kirchner
- 1958 The Last of the Fast Guns as Miles Lang
- 1966 The Poppy Is Also a Flower as Serge Marko
- 1959 The Big Circus as Zach Colino (Aerialist)
- 1929 New York Nights as Fred Deverne
- 1955 The Racers as Dell'Oro
- 1955 That Lady as Antonio Perez
- 1953 The Diamond Queen as Baron Paul de Cabannes
- 1942 Isle of Missing Men as Dan Curtis
- 1933 Gigolettes of Paris as Antoine 'Tony' Ferrand
- 1940 Gambling on the High Seas as Greg Morella
- 1935 Mystery Woman as Juan Santanda
- 1932 A Parisian Romance as Victor
- 1950 The Torch as Father Sierra
- 1999 Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
- 1935 Ladies Love Danger
- 1952 Glory Alley as Peppi Donnato
- 1933 After Tonight as Capt. Rudolph Ritter
- 1940 Isle Of Destiny as Oliver Barton
- 1937 The Last Train from Madrid as Eduardo de Soto
- 1947 King of the Bandits as Cisco Kid aka Ramon Mojica
- 1962 Samar as Col. Juan Sebastian Salazar
- 1947 Riding the California Trail as The Cisco Kid
- 1946 South of Monterey as The Cisco Kid
- 1946 The Gay Cavalier as The Cisco Kid
- 1946 Beauty and the Bandit as The Cisco Kid
- 1947 Robin Hood of Monterey as The Cisco Kid
- 1960 Guns of the Timberland as Monty Walker
- 1951 The Mark of the Renegade as Don Pedro Garcia
- 1930 Men of the North as Louis La Bey aka Monsieur Le Fox
- 1948 The Dude Goes West as Pecos Kid
- 1941 Angels with Broken Wings as Don Pablo Vincente
- 1925 The Spaniard as Matador (uncredited)
- 1932 Life Begins as Tony, Rita's Husband (uncredited)
- 1928 The Woman Disputed as Paul Hartman
- 1938 Gateway as Tony Cadona
- 1937 Midnight Taxi as Flash Dillon
- 1933 Our Betters as Pepi D'Costa
- 1933 Una viuda romántica as Luis Felipe de Córdoba aka Prudencio González
- 1947 Pirates of Monterey as Major de Roja
- 1940 Rangers of Fortune as Antonio Hernandez Sierra
- 1937 Thunder Trail as Arizona Dick Ames
- 1974 The Pacific Connection as Allan
- 1932 The Woman in Room 13 as Victor Legrand
- 1949 Revolt of the Ghosts as Arturo Ruiz del Rosal
- 1926 The Campus Flirt as Graham Stearns
- 1971 The Christian Licorice Store as Jonathan 'JC' Carruthers
- 1938 The Bohemian Life as Rodolfo
- 1973 Incident on a Dark Street as Dominic Leopold
- 1977 The Black Pearl
- 1932 No Living Witness as Jerry Bennett
- 1927 Rose of the Golden West as Juan
- 2003 Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
- 1925 The Plastic Age as Carl Peters
- 1927 The Love Mart as Victor Jallot
- 1934 Elinor Norton as Rene Alba
- 1935 La Fiesta de Santa Barbara as Self
- 1944 The Desert Hawk as Kasim, The Desert Hawk / Hassan, Evil Twin Brother
- 1943 Wings Up as Himself
- 1973 Running Wild as Chief Tomicito
- 1947 High Conquest as Hugo Lanier
- 1926 The Blonde Saint as Annibale
- 1925 The Lady Who Lied
- 2002 The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
- 1957 Invitation to a Gunfighter as Dancer
- 1959 Catch Me If You Can! as Gilberto Ramnes
- 1933 Yo, tú y ella
- 1972 Kung Fu ( 1 episode ) as Padre Braganza
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Emilio Cruz
- 1969 Medical Center ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 2 episodes ) as Lt. Julio Chavez
- 1962 Combat! ( 1 episode ) as Boulanger
- 1970 Night Gallery ( 1 episode )
- 1963 The Greatest Show on Earth ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse ( 1 episode )
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Jose Anza
- 1967 The High Chaparral ( 2 episodes ) as Don Domingo Montoya
- 1970 McCloud ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Gino Bardi
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1979 The Sacketts ( 2 episodes ) as Don Luis Alvarado
- 1968 Land's End ( 1 episode ) as Captain Bravo
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Gus Priamos
- 1954 December Bride ( 1 episode )
- 1967 Garrison's Gorillas ( 1 episode )
- 1973 Barnaby Jones ( 1 episode ) as Juan DeVarga
- 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ( 1 episode ) as Luis Aguilar
