Gilbert Roland
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieComplicated Women
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieClara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
movieBarbarosa
1982
Don Braulio
movieCaboblanco
1980
Dr. Rudolfo Ramirez
tvThe Sacketts
1979
Don Luis Alvarado
movieIslands in the Stream
1977
Captain Ralph
movieThe Deadly Tower
1975
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Mark of Zorro
1974
Don Alejandro Vega
movieTreasure of Tayopa
1974
Himself - Host
movieRunning Wild
1973
Chief Tomicito
tvBarnaby Jones
1973
Juan DeVarga
movieIncident on a Dark Street
1973
Dominic Leopold
tvKung Fu
1972
Padre Braganza
movieThe Christian Licorice Store
1971
Jonathan 'JC' Carruthers
movieBetween God, The Devil and a Winchester
1968
Juan Chasquido / Jess Guido
Land's End
1968
Captain Bravo
movieAny Gun Can Play
1967
Monetero
tvThe High Chaparral
1967
Don Domingo Montoya
movieThe Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
Serge Marko
tvThe F.B.I.
1965
Emilio Cruz
movieThe Reward
1965
Captain Carbajal
movieCheyenne Autumn
1964
Dull Knife
tvThe Fugitive
1963
Jose Anza / Gus Priamos
tvCombat!
1962
Boulanger
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Luis Aguilar
movieSamar
1962
Col. Juan Sebastian Salazar
movieGuns of the Timberland
1960
Monty Walker
movieThe Big Circus
1959
Zach Colino (Aerialist)
movieCatch Me If You Can!
1959
Gilberto Ramnes
movieThe Last of the Fast Guns
1958
Miles Lang
movieThe Midnight Story
1957
Sylvio Malatesta
movieThree Violent People
1956
Innocencio Ortega
movieAround the World in 80 Days
1956
Achmed Abdullah
movieBandido!
1956
Col. Escobar
movieThe Treasure of Pancho Villa
1955
Colonel Juan Castro
tvGunsmoke
1955
Lt. Julio Chavez
movieThat Lady
1955
Antonio Perez
movieUnderwater!
1955
Dominic Quesada
movieThe Racers
1955
Dell'Oro
movieThe French Line
1954
Pierre DuQuesne
movieBeneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
Mike Petrakis
movieThe Diamond Queen
1953
Baron Paul de Cabannes
movieThunder Bay
1953
Teche Bossier
movieThe Bad and the Beautiful
1952
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
movieApache War Smoke
1952
Peso Herrera
movieThe Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
1952
Hugo da Silva
movieGlory Alley
1952
Peppi Donnato
movieMy Six Convicts
1952
Punch Pinero
movieTen Tall Men
1951
Corporal Luis Delgado
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Gino Bardi
movieThe Mark of the Renegade
1951
Don Pedro Garcia
movieBullfighter and the Lady
1951
Manolo Estrada
movieThe Furies
1950
Juan Herrera
movieCrisis
1950
Roland Gonzales
movieThe Torch
1950
Father Sierra
movieMalaya
1949
Romano
movieWe Were Strangers
1949
Guillermo Montilla
movieRevolt of the Ghosts
1949
Arturo Ruiz del Rosal
movieThe Dude Goes West
1948
Pecos Kid
moviePirates of Monterey
1947
Major de Roja
movieKing of the Bandits
1947
Cisco Kid aka Ramon Mojica
movieRobin Hood of Monterey
1947
The Cisco Kid
movieHigh Conquest
1947
Hugo Lanier
movieThe Other Love
1947
Croupier
movieRiding the California Trail
1947
The Cisco Kid
movieBeauty and the Bandit
1946
The Cisco Kid
movieSouth of Monterey
1946
The Cisco Kid
movieThe Gay Cavalier
1946
The Cisco Kid
movieCaptain Kidd
1945
Jose Lorenzo
movieThe Desert Hawk
1944
Kasim, The Desert Hawk / Hassan, Evil Twin Brother
movieWings Up
1943
Himself
movieIsle of Missing Men
1942
Dan Curtis
movieEnemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942
Paul Gilette
movieMy Life with Caroline
1941
Paco Del Valle
movieAngels with Broken Wings
1941
Don Pablo Vincente
movieRangers of Fortune
1940
Antonio Hernandez Sierra
movieThe Sea Hawk
1940
Capt. Lopez
movieGambling on the High Seas
1940
Greg Morella
movieIsle Of Destiny
1940
Oliver Barton
movieJuarez
1939
Colonel Miguel Lopez
movieGateway
1938
Tony Cadona
movieThe Bohemian Life
1938
Rodolfo
movieThunder Trail
1937
Arizona Dick Ames
movieThe Last Train from Madrid
1937
Eduardo de Soto
movieMidnight Taxi
1937
Flash Dillon
movieMystery Woman
1935
Juan Santanda
movieElinor Norton
1934
Rene Alba
movieAfter Tonight
1933
Capt. Rudolph Ritter
Una viuda romántica
1933
Luis Felipe de Córdoba aka Prudencio González
movieGigolettes of Paris
1933
Antoine 'Tony' Ferrand
movieOur Betters
1933
Pepi D'Costa
movieShe Done Him Wrong
1933
Serge Stanieff
movieCall Her Savage
1932
Moonglow
movieNo Living Witness
1932
Jerry Bennett
movieLife Begins
1932
Tony, Rita's Husband (uncredited)
movieThe Woman in Room 13
1932
Victor Legrand
movieThe Men in Her Life
1932
Jaime Gilman
movieThe Passionate Plumber
1932
Tony Lagorce
movieResurrection
1931
Prince Dmitri Nekhludov
movieMen of the North
1930
Louis La Bey aka Monsieur Le Fox
movieNew York Nights
1929
Fred Deverne
movieThe Woman Disputed
1928
Paul Hartman
movieThe Dove
1927
Johnny Powell
movieThe Love Mart
1927
Victor Jallot
movieCamille
1927
Armand Duval
movieThe Blonde Saint
1926
Annibale
movieThe Campus Flirt
1926
Graham Stearns
movieThe Plastic Age
1925
Carl Peters
movieThe Spaniard
1925
Matador (uncredited)
movieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923
Extra (uncredited)
Crew3
movieKing of the Bandits
1947
Additional Dialogue
movieRobin Hood of Monterey
1947
Additional Dialogue
movieBeauty and the Bandit
1946
Additional Dialogue