Gilbert Roland

Acting December 11, 1905 (88 years old) May 15, 1994 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.

Gilbert Roland

Biography

Movies 115

Around the World in 80 Days

The Bad and the Beautiful

Cheyenne Autumn

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Sea Hawk

Three Violent People

Juarez

She Done Him Wrong

The Lost World

Captain Kidd

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

The Last of the Fast Guns

The Mark of Zorro

The Furies

Islands in the Stream

Barbarosa

The Wild and the Innocent

The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima

Caboblanco

Underwater!

Guns of the Timberland

Any Gun Can Play

King of the Bandits

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

The Deadly Tower

The Christian Licorice Store

The Last Train from Madrid

Ten Tall Men

That Lady

The Black Pearl

The French Line

Thunder Bay

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

Incident on a Dark Street

Samar

The Other Love

The Treasure of Pancho Villa

Call Her Savage

Malaya

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl

The Racers

Johnny Hamlet

Bandido!

We Were Strangers

Isle of Missing Men

Gambling on the High Seas

The Mark of the Renegade

Complicated Women

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

The Reward

Between God, The Devil and a Winchester

Thunder Trail

Revolt of the Ghosts

Mystery Woman

Bullfighter and the Lady

The Ruthless Four

The Midnight Story

The Big Circus

Life Begins

Midnight Taxi

Sartana Does Not Forgive

The Torch

Men of the North

Robin Hood of Monterey

The Woman in Room 13

Rose of the Golden West

Catch Me If You Can!

The Dude Goes West

My Six Convicts

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen

My Life with Caroline

Beauty and the Bandit

Glory Alley

Angels with Broken Wings

Our Betters

The Spaniard

Apache War Smoke