Acting
Gilbert Roland
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.
Filmography
Complicated Women
Film · 2003
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Film · 2002
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Film · 1999
Barbarosa
Film · 1982
Caboblanco
Film · 1980
The Sacketts
Series · 1979
Islands in the Stream
Film · 1977
The Black Pearl
Film · 1977
The Deadly Tower
Film · 1975
Treasure of Tayopa
Film · 1974
The Mark of Zorro
Film · 1974
The Pacific Connection
Film · 1974
Incident on a Dark Street
Film · 1973
Running Wild
Film · 1973
Barnaby Jones
Series · 1973
Kung Fu
Series · 1972
The Christian Licorice Store
Film · 1971
Night Gallery
Series · 1970
McCloud
Series · 1970
McCloud
Series · 1970
Medical Center
Series · 1969
Johnny Hamlet
Film · 1968
Between God, The Devil and a Winchester
Film · 1968
The Ruthless Four
Film · 1968
Sartana Does Not Forgive
Film · 1968
Land's End
Series · 1968
Any Gun Can Play
Film · 1967
The High Chaparral
Series · 1967
Garrison's Gorillas
Series · 1967
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Film · 1966
The Reward
Film · 1965
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
Cheyenne Autumn
Film · 1964
The Greatest Show on Earth
Series · 1963
The Fugitive
Series · 1963
The Fugitive
Series · 1963
Samar
Film · 1962
Combat!
Series · 1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Series · 1962
Guns of the Timberland
Film · 1960
The Wild and the Innocent
Film · 1959
The Big Circus
Film · 1959
Catch Me If You Can!
Film · 1959
The Last of the Fast Guns
Film · 1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Series · 1958
The Midnight Story
Film · 1957
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Film · 1957
Around the World in 80 Days
Film · 1956
Bandido!
Film · 1956
Three Violent People
Film · 1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Series · 1956
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
Film · 1955
Underwater!
Film · 1955
The Racers
Film · 1955
That Lady
Film · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
The French Line
Film · 1954
December Bride
Series · 1954
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Film · 1953
Thunder Bay
Film · 1953
The Diamond Queen
Film · 1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
Film · 1952
My Six Convicts
Film · 1952
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
Film · 1952
Apache War Smoke
Film · 1952
Glory Alley
Film · 1952
Bullfighter and the Lady
Film · 1951
Ten Tall Men
Film · 1951
The Mark of the Renegade
Film · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
The Furies
Film · 1950
Crisis
Film · 1950
The Torch
Film · 1950
Malaya
Film · 1949
We Were Strangers
Film · 1949
Revolt of the Ghosts
Film · 1949
The Dude Goes West
Film · 1948
The Other Love
Film · 1947
King of the Bandits
Film · 1947
Riding the California Trail
Film · 1947
Robin Hood of Monterey
Film · 1947
Pirates of Monterey
Film · 1947
High Conquest
Film · 1947
South of Monterey
Film · 1946
The Gay Cavalier
Film · 1946
Beauty and the Bandit
Film · 1946
Captain Kidd
Film · 1945
The Desert Hawk
Film · 1944
Wings Up
Film · 1943
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
Film · 1942
Isle of Missing Men
Film · 1942
My Life with Caroline
Film · 1941
Angels with Broken Wings
Film · 1941
The Sea Hawk
Film · 1940
Gambling on the High Seas
Film · 1940
Isle Of Destiny
Film · 1940
Rangers of Fortune
Film · 1940
Juarez
Film · 1939
Gateway
Film · 1938
The Bohemian Life
Film · 1938
The Last Train from Madrid
Film · 1937
Midnight Taxi
Film · 1937
Thunder Trail
Film · 1937
Mystery Woman
Film · 1935
Ladies Love Danger
Film · 1935
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Film · 1935
Elinor Norton
Film · 1934
She Done Him Wrong
Film · 1933
Gigolettes of Paris
Film · 1933
After Tonight
Film · 1933
Our Betters
Film · 1933
Una viuda romántica
Film · 1933
Yo, tú y ella
Film · 1933
The Men in Her Life
Film · 1932
The Passionate Plumber
Film · 1932
Call Her Savage
Film · 1932
A Parisian Romance
Film · 1932
Life Begins
Film · 1932
The Woman in Room 13
Film · 1932
No Living Witness
Film · 1932
Resurrection
Film · 1931
Monsieur Le Fox
Film · 1930
Men of the North
Film · 1930
New York Nights
Film · 1929
The Woman Disputed
Film · 1928
Camille
Film · 1927
The Dove
Film · 1927
Rose of the Golden West
Film · 1927
The Love Mart
Film · 1927
The Campus Flirt
Film · 1926
The Blonde Saint
Film · 1926
The Lost World
Film · 1925
The Spaniard
Film · 1925
The Plastic Age
Film · 1925
The Lady Who Lied
Film · 1925
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Film · 1923