
Acting
Born December 11, 1905 · Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
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.

Complicated Women
2003

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999

Barbarosa
1982

Caboblanco
1980

The Black Pearl
1977

Islands in the Stream
1977

The Deadly Tower
1975

The Pacific Connection
1974

The Mark of Zorro
1974

Treasure of Tayopa
1974

Running Wild
1973

Incident on a Dark Street
1973

The Christian Licorice Store
1971

Sartana Does Not Forgive
1968

Between God, The Devil and a Winchester
1968

Johnny Hamlet
1968

The Ruthless Four
1968

Any Gun Can Play
1967

The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966

The Reward
1965

Cheyenne Autumn
1964

Samar
1962

Guns of the Timberland
1960

The Big Circus
1959

The Wild and the Innocent
1959

The Last of the Fast Guns
1958

The Midnight Story
1957

Invitation to a Gunfighter
1957

Three Violent People
1956

Around the World in 80 Days
1956

Bandido!
1956

The Treasure of Pancho Villa
1955

That Lady
1955

Underwater!
1955

The Racers
1955

The French Line
1954

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953

The Diamond Queen
1953

Thunder Bay
1953

The Bad and the Beautiful
1952

Apache War Smoke
1952

The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
1952

Glory Alley
1952

My Six Convicts
1952

Ten Tall Men
1951

The Mark of the Renegade
1951

Bullfighter and the Lady
1951

The Furies
1950

Crisis
1950

The Torch
1950

Malaya
1949

We Were Strangers
1949

Revolt of the Ghosts
1949

The Dude Goes West
1948

Pirates of Monterey
1947

King of the Bandits
1947

Robin Hood of Monterey
1947

High Conquest
1947

The Other Love
1947

Riding the California Trail
1947

Beauty and the Bandit
1946

South of Monterey
1946

The Gay Cavalier
1946

Captain Kidd
1945

The Desert Hawk
1944

Wings Up
1943

Isle of Missing Men
1942

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942

My Life with Caroline
1941

Angels with Broken Wings
1941

Rangers of Fortune
1940

The Sea Hawk
1940

Gambling on the High Seas
1940

Isle Of Destiny
1940

Juarez
1939

Gateway
1938

The Bohemian Life
1938

Thunder Trail
1937

The Last Train from Madrid
1937

Midnight Taxi
1937

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935

Ladies Love Danger
1935
Mystery Woman
1935

Elinor Norton
1934

After Tonight
1933
Una viuda romántica
1933

Gigolettes of Paris
1933

Our Betters
1933

She Done Him Wrong
1933

Call Her Savage
1932
A Parisian Romance
1932

No Living Witness
1932

Life Begins
1932

The Woman in Room 13
1932

The Men in Her Life
1932

The Passionate Plumber
1932

Resurrection
1931
Monsieur Le Fox
1930

Men of the North
1930

New York Nights
1929

The Woman Disputed
1928

The Dove
1927

The Love Mart
1927

Rose of the Golden West
1927

Camille
1927

The Blonde Saint
1926

The Campus Flirt
1926

The Plastic Age
1925

The Lady Who Lied
1925

The Spaniard
1925

The Lost World
1925

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923