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