Gilbert Roland
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 11, 1905
- Died
- May 15, 1994 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- 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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Filmography
Complicated Women
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Movie
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Movie · as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Barbarosa
Movie · as Don Braulio
Caboblanco
Movie · as Dr. Rudolfo Ramirez
The Sacketts
TV · as Don Luis Alvarado · 2 eps
Islands in the Stream
Movie · as Captain Ralph
The Black Pearl
Movie
The Deadly Tower
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Treasure of Tayopa
Movie · as Himself - Host
The Mark of Zorro
Movie · as Don Alejandro Vega
The Pacific Connection
Movie · as Allan
Incident on a Dark Street
Movie · as Dominic Leopold
Running Wild
Movie · as Chief Tomicito
Barnaby Jones
TV · as Juan DeVarga · 1 ep
Kung Fu
TV · as Padre Braganza · 1 ep
The Christian Licorice Store
Movie · as Jonathan 'JC' Carruthers
Night Gallery
TV · 1 ep
McCloud
TV · as Marshal Ben Melendez
Medical Center
TV · 1 ep
Johnny Hamlet
Movie · as Dazio
Between God, The Devil and a Winchester
Movie · as Juan Chasquido / Jess Guido
The Ruthless Four
Movie · as Mason
Sartana Does Not Forgive
Movie · as Kirchner
Land's End
TV · as Captain Bravo · 1 ep
Any Gun Can Play
Movie · as Monetero
The High Chaparral
TV · as Don Domingo Montoya · 2 eps
Garrison's Gorillas
TV · 1 ep
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Movie · as Serge Marko
The Reward
Movie · as Captain Carbajal
The F.B.I.
TV · as Emilio Cruz · 1 ep
Cheyenne Autumn
Movie · as Dull Knife
The Greatest Show on Earth
TV · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Jose Anza, Gus Priamos · 1 ep
Samar
Movie · as Col. Juan Sebastian Salazar
Combat!
TV · as Boulanger · 1 ep
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as Luis Aguilar · 1 ep
Guns of the Timberland
Movie · as Monty Walker
The Wild and the Innocent
Movie · as Paul
The Big Circus
Movie · as Zach Colino (Aerialist)
Catch Me If You Can!
Movie · as Gilberto Ramnes
The Last of the Fast Guns
Movie · as Miles Lang
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
The Midnight Story
Movie · as Sylvio Malatesta
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Movie · as Dancer
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie · as Achmed Abdullah
Bandido!
Movie · as Col. Escobar
Three Violent People
Movie · as Innocencio Ortega
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
Movie · as Colonel Juan Castro
Underwater!
Movie · as Dominic Quesada
The Racers
Movie · as Dell'Oro
That Lady
Movie · as Antonio Perez
Gunsmoke
TV · as Lt. Julio Chavez · 2 eps
The French Line
Movie · as Pierre DuQuesne
December Bride
TV · 1 ep
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Movie · as Mike Petrakis
Thunder Bay
Movie · as Teche Bossier
The Diamond Queen
Movie · as Baron Paul de Cabannes
The Bad and the Beautiful
Movie · as Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
My Six Convicts
Movie · as Punch Pinero
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
Movie · as Hugo da Silva
Apache War Smoke
Movie · as Peso Herrera
Glory Alley
Movie · as Peppi Donnato
Bullfighter and the Lady
Movie · as Manolo Estrada
Ten Tall Men
Movie · as Corporal Luis Delgado
The Mark of the Renegade
Movie · as Don Pedro Garcia
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Gino Bardi · 1 ep
The Furies
Movie · as Juan Herrera
Crisis
Movie · as Roland Gonzales
The Torch
Movie · as Father Sierra
Malaya
Movie · as Romano
We Were Strangers
Movie · as Guillermo Montilla
Revolt of the Ghosts
Movie · as Arturo Ruiz del Rosal
The Dude Goes West
Movie · as Pecos Kid
The Other Love
Movie · as Croupier
King of the Bandits
Movie · as Cisco Kid aka Ramon Mojica
Riding the California Trail
Movie · as The Cisco Kid
Robin Hood of Monterey
Movie · as The Cisco Kid
Pirates of Monterey
Movie · as Major de Roja
High Conquest
Movie · as Hugo Lanier
South of Monterey
Movie · as The Cisco Kid
The Gay Cavalier
Movie · as The Cisco Kid
Beauty and the Bandit
Movie · as The Cisco Kid
Captain Kidd
Movie · as Jose Lorenzo
The Desert Hawk
Movie · as Kasim, The Desert Hawk / Hassan, Evil Twin Brother
Wings Up
Movie · as Himself
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
Movie · as Paul Gilette
Isle of Missing Men
Movie · as Dan Curtis
My Life with Caroline
Movie · as Paco Del Valle
Angels with Broken Wings
Movie · as Don Pablo Vincente
The Sea Hawk
Movie · as Capt. Lopez
Gambling on the High Seas
Movie · as Greg Morella
Isle Of Destiny
Movie · as Oliver Barton
Rangers of Fortune
Movie · as Antonio Hernandez Sierra
Juarez
Movie · as Colonel Miguel Lopez
Gateway
Movie · as Tony Cadona
The Bohemian Life
Movie · as Rodolfo
The Last Train from Madrid
Movie · as Eduardo de Soto
Midnight Taxi
Movie · as Flash Dillon
Thunder Trail
Movie · as Arizona Dick Ames
Mystery Woman
Movie · as Juan Santanda
Ladies Love Danger
Movie
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Movie · as Self
Elinor Norton
Movie · as Rene Alba
She Done Him Wrong
Movie · as Serge Stanieff
Gigolettes of Paris
Movie · as Antoine 'Tony' Ferrand
After Tonight
Movie · as Capt. Rudolph Ritter
Our Betters
Movie · as Pepi D'Costa
Una viuda romántica
Movie · as Luis Felipe de Córdoba aka Prudencio González
Yo, tú y ella
Movie
The Men in Her Life
Movie · as Jaime Gilman
The Passionate Plumber
Movie · as Tony Lagorce
Call Her Savage
Movie · as Moonglow
A Parisian Romance
Movie · as Victor
Life Begins
Movie · as Tony, Rita's Husband (uncredited)
The Woman in Room 13
Movie · as Victor Legrand
No Living Witness
Movie · as Jerry Bennett
Resurrection
Movie · as Prince Dmitri Nekhludov
Monsieur Le Fox
Movie
Men of the North
Movie · as Louis La Bey aka Monsieur Le Fox
New York Nights
Movie · as Fred Deverne
The Woman Disputed
Movie · as Paul Hartman
Camille
Movie · as Armand Duval
The Dove
Movie · as Johnny Powell
Rose of the Golden West
Movie · as Juan
The Love Mart
Movie · as Victor Jallot
The Campus Flirt
Movie · as Graham Stearns
The Blonde Saint
Movie · as Annibale
The Lost World
Movie · as Extra
The Spaniard
Movie · as Matador (uncredited)
The Plastic Age
Movie · as Carl Peters
The Lady Who Lied
Movie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)