Gilbert Roland

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

120

Movies

115

Born: December 11, 1905 – May 15, 1994
From: 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.

Works

115 films

Around the World in 80 Days

19566.7

The Bad and the Beautiful

19527.3

The Sea Hawk

19407.2

Cheyenne Autumn

19646.7

Barbarosa

19825.8

Juarez

19396.5

The Furies

19507.1

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

19236.6

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

19666.1

Three Violent People

19565.9

Complicated Women

20036.9

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

19536.0

The Wild and the Innocent

19596.3

Thunder Trail

19378.0

That Lady

19556.6

The Big Circus

19596.6

Malaya

19496.9

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

19356.1

Samar

19627.0

The Lost World

19256.7

The Mark of the Renegade

19515.7

Call Her Savage

19325.8

The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima

19525.9

The Spaniard

19258.0

Thunder Bay

19536.0

Revolt of the Ghosts

19496.0

We Were Strangers

19496.3

Incident on a Dark Street

19735.3

Mystery Woman

19356.5

Captain Kidd

19456.3

No Living Witness

193210.0

The Last of the Fast Guns

19585.5

Caboblanco

19805.3

Underwater!

19555.5

The Christian Licorice Store

19714.8

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl

19998.3

Resurrection

19316.3

She Done Him Wrong

19335.9

Ten Tall Men

19516.2

Crisis

19506.6

The Other Love

19476.1

Isle Of Destiny

19405.7

The Mark of Zorro

19746.2

The Midnight Story

19576.1

Guns of the Timberland

19606.2

Wings Up

19435.7

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

20026.5

Between God, The Devil and a Winchester

19685.5

The Last Train from Madrid

19374.8

Bullfighter and the Lady

19516.3

Gambling on the High Seas

19405.7

The Deadly Tower

19756.7

Johnny Hamlet

19686.5

The Treasure of Pancho Villa

19555.9

Isle of Missing Men

19426.8

The Dude Goes West

19485.9

Any Gun Can Play

19676.2

Islands in the Stream

19776.5

Ladies Love Danger

19358.0

Bandido!

19565.7

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen

19426.5

The Ruthless Four

19685.9

My Life with Caroline

19416.8

The Torch

19505.3

The Racers

19556.7

Gateway

19387.4

Invitation to a Gunfighter

1957

Robin Hood of Monterey

19476.1

Life Begins

19326.2

Riding the California Trail

19475.5

Sartana Does Not Forgive

19686.4

The Black Pearl

19777.6

Catch Me If You Can!

19597.0

The French Line

19544.4

Elinor Norton

19346.5

A Parisian Romance

19324.6

The Plastic Age

19256.2

Angels with Broken Wings

19415.3

Midnight Taxi

19376.2

The Pacific Connection

19745.3

The Blonde Saint

192610.0

Camille

19273.7

King of the Bandits

19477.0

The Diamond Queen

19537.0

The Woman Disputed

19287.1

Men of the North

19305.7

The Passionate Plumber

19326.1

The Woman in Room 13

19328.0

Rose of the Golden West

19279.0

Monsieur Le Fox

19307.0

Glory Alley

19525.9

My Six Convicts

19526.5

Beauty and the Bandit

19466.3

The Reward

19656.0

Yo, tú y ella

1933

High Conquest

1947

Pirates of Monterey

19475.6

The Dove

19276.8

Treasure of Tayopa

19744.8

Our Betters

19335.4

Rangers of Fortune

19406.5

Apache War Smoke

19525.0

The Love Mart

19278.0

Running Wild

197310.0

The Gay Cavalier

194610.0

After Tonight

19336.6

New York Nights

19295.5

Gigolettes of Paris

19335.7

The Bohemian Life

19388.0

South of Monterey

19468.0

Una viuda romántica

19339.0

The Campus Flirt

19267.0

The Desert Hawk

19446.5

The Men in Her Life

19329.0

The Lady Who Lied

19259.0