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Acting
Gilbert Roland
Also known as: Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso, Luis Alonso, Гилберт Роланд
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 11, 1905
Day of Death
May 15, 1994
Age at Death
88 years old
Place of Birth
Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Popularity Score
0.9
Filmography
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2003Movie
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002Movie
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
1999Movie
Barbarosa
Don Braulio
1982Movie
Caboblanco
Dr. Rudolfo Ramirez
1980Movie
The Sacketts
Don Luis Alvarado
1979TV
Islands in the Stream
Captain Ralph
1977Movie
The Black Pearl
1977Movie
The Deadly Tower
Narrator (voice)
1975Movie
Treasure of Tayopa
Himself - Host
1974Movie
The Mark of Zorro
Don Alejandro Vega
1974Movie
The Pacific Connection
Allan
1974Movie
Incident on a Dark Street
Dominic Leopold
1973Movie
Running Wild
Chief Tomicito
1973Movie
Barnaby Jones
Juan DeVarga
1973TV
Kung Fu
Padre Braganza
1972TV
The Christian Licorice Store
Jonathan 'JC' Carruthers
1971Movie
Night Gallery
1970TV
McCloud
1970TV
Medical Center
1969TV
Johnny Hamlet
Dazio
1968Movie
Between God, The Devil and a Winchester
Juan Chasquido / Jess Guido
1968Movie
The Ruthless Four
Mason
1968Movie
Sartana Does Not Forgive
Kirchner
1968Movie
Land's End
Captain Bravo
1968TV
Any Gun Can Play
Monetero
1967Movie
The High Chaparral
Don Domingo Montoya
1967TV
Garrison's Gorillas
1967TV
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Serge Marko
1966Movie
The Reward
Captain Carbajal
1965Movie
The F.B.I.
Emilio Cruz
1965TV
Cheyenne Autumn
Dull Knife
1964Movie
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963TV
The Fugitive
Jose Anza
1963TV
Samar
Col. Juan Sebastian Salazar
1962Movie
Combat!
Boulanger
1962TV
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Luis Aguilar
1962TV
Guns of the Timberland
Monty Walker
1960Movie
The Wild and the Innocent
Paul
1959Movie
The Big Circus
Zach Colino (Aerialist)
1959Movie
Catch Me If You Can!
Gilberto Ramnes
1959Movie
The Last of the Fast Guns
Miles Lang
1958Movie
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958TV
The Midnight Story
Sylvio Malatesta
1957Movie
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Dancer
1957Movie
Around the World in 80 Days
Achmed Abdullah
1956Movie
Bandido!
Col. Escobar
1956Movie
Three Violent People
Innocencio Ortega
1956Movie
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956TV
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
Colonel Juan Castro
1955Movie
Underwater!
Dominic Quesada
1955Movie
The Racers
Dell'Oro
1955Movie
That Lady
Antonio Perez
1955Movie
Gunsmoke
Lt. Julio Chavez
1955TV
The French Line
Pierre DuQuesne
1954Movie
December Bride
1954TV
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Mike Petrakis
1953Movie
Thunder Bay
Teche Bossier
1953Movie
The Diamond Queen
Baron Paul de Cabannes
1953Movie
The Bad and the Beautiful
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
1952Movie
My Six Convicts
Punch Pinero
1952Movie
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
Hugo da Silva
1952Movie
Apache War Smoke
Peso Herrera
1952Movie
Glory Alley
Peppi Donnato
1952Movie
Bullfighter and the Lady
Manolo Estrada
1951Movie
Ten Tall Men
Corporal Luis Delgado
1951Movie
The Mark of the Renegade
Don Pedro Garcia
1951Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Gino Bardi
1951TV
The Furies
Juan Herrera
1950Movie
Crisis
Roland Gonzales
1950Movie
The Torch
Father Sierra
1950Movie
Malaya
Romano
1949Movie
We Were Strangers
Guillermo Montilla
1949Movie
Revolt of the Ghosts
Arturo Ruiz del Rosal
1949Movie
The Dude Goes West
Pecos Kid
1948Movie
The Other Love
Croupier
1947Movie
King of the Bandits
Cisco Kid aka Ramon Mojica
1947Movie
Riding the California Trail
The Cisco Kid
1947Movie
Robin Hood of Monterey
The Cisco Kid
1947Movie
Pirates of Monterey
Major de Roja
1947Movie
High Conquest
Hugo Lanier
1947Movie
Robin Hood of Monterey
Additional Dialogue
1947Movie
King of the Bandits
Additional Dialogue
1947Movie
Beauty and the Bandit
The Cisco Kid
1946Movie
The Gay Cavalier
The Cisco Kid
1946Movie
South of Monterey
The Cisco Kid
1946Movie
Beauty and the Bandit
Additional Dialogue
1946Movie
Captain Kidd
Jose Lorenzo
1945Movie
The Desert Hawk
Kasim, The Desert Hawk / Hassan, Evil Twin Brother
1944Movie
Wings Up
Himself
1943Movie
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
Paul Gilette
1942Movie
Isle of Missing Men
Dan Curtis
1942Movie
My Life with Caroline
Paco Del Valle
1941Movie
Angels with Broken Wings
Don Pablo Vincente
1941Movie
The Sea Hawk
Capt. Lopez
1940Movie
Gambling on the High Seas
Greg Morella
1940Movie
Isle Of Destiny
Oliver Barton
1940Movie
Rangers of Fortune
Antonio Hernandez Sierra
1940Movie
Juarez
Colonel Miguel Lopez
1939Movie
Gateway
Tony Cadona
1938Movie
The Bohemian Life
Rodolfo
1938Movie
The Last Train from Madrid
Eduardo de Soto
1937Movie
Midnight Taxi
Flash Dillon
1937Movie
Thunder Trail
Arizona Dick Ames
1937Movie
Mystery Woman
Juan Santanda
1935Movie
Ladies Love Danger
1935Movie
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Self
1935Movie
Elinor Norton
Rene Alba
1934Movie
She Done Him Wrong
Serge Stanieff
1933Movie
Gigolettes of Paris
Antoine 'Tony' Ferrand
1933Movie
After Tonight
Capt. Rudolph Ritter
1933Movie
Our Betters
Pepi D'Costa
1933Movie
Una viuda romántica
Luis Felipe de Córdoba aka Prudencio González
1933Movie
Yo, tú y ella
1933Movie
The Men in Her Life
Jaime Gilman
1932Movie
The Passionate Plumber
Tony Lagorce
1932Movie
Call Her Savage
Moonglow
1932Movie
A Parisian Romance
Victor
1932Movie
Life Begins
Tony, Rita's Husband (uncredited)
1932Movie
The Woman in Room 13
Victor Legrand
1932Movie
No Living Witness
Jerry Bennett
1932Movie
Resurrection
Prince Dmitri Nekhludov
1931Movie
Monsieur Le Fox
1930Movie
Men of the North
Louis La Bey aka Monsieur Le Fox
1930Movie
New York Nights
Fred Deverne
1929Movie
The Woman Disputed
Paul Hartman
1928Movie
Camille
Armand Duval
1927Movie
The Dove
Johnny Powell
1927Movie
Rose of the Golden West
Juan
1927Movie
The Love Mart
Victor Jallot
1927Movie
The Campus Flirt
Graham Stearns
1926Movie
The Blonde Saint
Annibale
1926Movie
The Lost World
Extra
1925Movie
The Spaniard
Matador (uncredited)
1925Movie
The Plastic Age
Carl Peters
1925Movie
The Lady Who Lied
1925Movie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Extra (uncredited)
1923Movie