Gilbert Roland
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.
Films (113)
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