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.
Known For
Credits
- 2003 · Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 · Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
- 1982 · Barbarosa as Don Braulio
- 1980 · Cabo Blanco as Dr. Rudolfo Ramirez
- 1979 · The Sacketts as Don Luis Alvarado
- 1977 · The Black Pearl as
- 1977 · Islands in the Stream as Captain Ralph
- 1975 · The Deadly Tower as Narrator (voice)
- 1974 · The Pacific Connection as Allan
- 1974 · The Mark of Zorro as Don Alejandro Vega
- 1974 · Treasure of Tayopa as Himself - Host
- 1973 · Running Wild as Chief Tomicito
- 1973 · Barnaby Jones as Juan DeVarga
- 1973 · Incident on a Dark Street as Dominic Leopold
- 1972 · Kung Fu as
- 1971 · The Christian Licorice Store as Jonathan 'JC' Carruthers
- 1970 · Night Gallery as
- 1970 · McCloud as
- 1969 · Medical Center as
- 1968 · Sartana Does Not Forgive as Kirchner
- 1968 · Between God, The Devil and a Winchester as Juan Chasquido / Jess Guido
- 1968 · Land's End as Captain Bravo
- 1968 · Johnny Hamlet as Dazio
- 1968 · The Ruthless Four as Mason
- 1967 · Any Gun Can Play as Monetero
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Don Domingo Montoya
- 1967 · Garrison's Gorillas as
- 1966 · The Poppy Is Also a Flower as Serge Marko
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Emilio Cruz
- 1965 · The Reward as Captain Carbajal
- 1964 · Cheyenne Autumn as Dull Knife
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Jose Anza
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Gus Priamos
- 1963 · The Greatest Show on Earth as
- 1962 · Combat! as Boulanger
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Luis Aguilar
- 1962 · Samar as Col. Juan Sebastian Salazar
- 1960 · Guns of the Timberland as Monty Walker
- 1959 · The Big Circus as Zach Colino - the aerialist
- 1959 · The Wild and the Innocent as Paul
- 1958 · Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as
- 1958 · The Last of the Fast Guns as Miles Lang
- 1957 · The Midnight Story as Sylvio Malatesta
- 1956 · Three Violent People as Innocencio Ortega, Grand Vacaro
- 1956 · Around the World in Eighty Days as Achmed Abdullah
- 1956 · The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- 1956 · Bandit! as Col. Escobar
- 1955 · The Treasure of Pancho Villa as Colonel Juan Castro
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Lt. Julio Chavez
- 1955 · That Lady as Antonio Perez
- 1955 · Underwater! as Dominic Quesada
- 1955 · The Racers as Dell'Oro
- 1954 · December Bride as
- 1954 · The French Line as Pierre DuQuesne
- 1953 · Beneath the 12-Mile Reef as Mike Petrakis
- 1953 · The Diamond Queen as Baron Paul de Cabannes
- 1953 · Thunder Bay as Teche Bossier
- 1952 · The Bad and the Beautiful as Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
- 1952 · Apache War Smoke as Peso Herrera
- 1952 · The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima as Hugo da Silva
- 1952 · Glory Alley as Peppi Donnato
- 1952 · My Six Convicts as Punch Pinero
- 1951 · Ten Tall Men as Corporal Luis Delgado
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Gino Bardi
- 1951 · The Mark of the Renegade as Don Pedro Garcia
- 1951 · Bullfighter and the Lady as Manolo Estrada
- 1950 · The Furies as Juan Herrera
- 1950 · Crisis as Roland Gonzales
- 1950 · The Torch as Father Sierra
- 1949 · Malaya as Romano
- 1949 · We Were Strangers as Guillermo Montilla
- 1949 · La rebelión de los fantasmas as
- 1948 · The Dude Goes West as Pecos Kid
- 1947 · Pirates of Monterey as Major de Roja
- 1947 · King of the Bandits as Cisco Kid aka Ramon Mojica
- 1947 · Robin Hood of Monterey as The Cisco Kid
- 1947 · High Conquest as Hugo Lanier
- 1947 · The Other Love as Croupier
- 1947 · Riding the California Trail as The Cisco Kid
- 1946 · Beauty and the Bandit as The Cisco Kid
- 1946 · South of Monterey as The Cisco Kid
- 1946 · The Gay Cavalier as The Cisco Kid
- 1945 · Captain Kidd as Jose Lorenzo
- 1944 · The Desert Hawk as Kasim, The Desert Hawk / Hassan, Evil Twin Brother
- 1943 · Wings Up as Himself
- 1942 · Isle of Missing Men as Dan Curtis
- 1942 · Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen as Paul Gilette
- 1941 · My Life with Caroline as Paco Del Valle
- 1941 · Angels with Broken Wings as Don Pablo Vincente
- 1940 · Rangers of Fortune as Antonio Hernandez Sierra
- 1940 · The Sea Hawk as Capt. Lopez
- 1940 · Gambling on the High Seas as Greg Morella
- 1940 · Isle Of Destiny as Oliver Barton
- 1939 · Juarez as Colonel Miguel Lopez
- 1938 · Gateway as Tony Cadona
- 1938 · La vida bohemia as Rodolfo
- 1937 · Thunder Trail as Arizona Dick Ames
- 1937 · The Last Train from Madrid as Eduardo de Soto
- 1937 · Midnight Taxi as Flash Dillon
- 1935 · Ladies Love Danger as
- 1935 · La Fiesta de Santa Barbara as Self
- 1935 · Mystery Woman as Juan Santanda
- 1934 · Elinor Norton as Rene Alba
- 1933 · After Tonight as Capt. Rudolph Ritter
- 1933 · Una viuda romántica as Luis Felipe de Córdoba aka Prudencio González
- 1933 · Gigolettes of Paris as Antoine 'Tony' Ferrand
- 1933 · Our Betters as Pepi D'Costa
- 1933 · She Done Him Wrong as Serge Stanieff
- 1932 · Call Her Savage as Moonglow
- 1932 · A Parisian Romance as Victor
- 1932 · No Living Witness as Jerry Bennett
- 1932 · Life Begins as Tony, Rita's Husband (uncredited)
- 1932 · The Woman in Room 13 as Victor Legrand
- 1932 · The men in my life as Jaime Gilman
- 1932 · The Passionate Plumber as Tony Lagorce
- 1931 · Resurrection as Prince Dmitri Nekhludov
- 1930 · Monsieur Le Fox as
- 1930 · Men of the North as Louis La Bey aka Monsieur Le Fox
- 1929 · New York Nights as Fred Deverne
- 1928 · The Woman Disputed as Paul Hartman
- 1927 · The Dove as Johnny Powell
- 1927 · The Love Mart as Victor Jallot
- 1927 · Rose of the Golden West as Juan
- 1927 · Camille as Armand Duval
- 1926 · The Blonde Saint as Annibale
- 1926 · The College Flirt as Graham Stearns
- 1925 · The Plastic Age as Carl Peters
- 1925 · The Lady Who Lied as
- 1925 · The Spaniard as Matador (uncredited)
- 1925 · The Lost World as Extra
- 1923 · The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Extra (uncredited)