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Gilbert Roland

Gilbert Roland

Actor · 1905 – 1994 · 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.

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  • Movie6.7
  • Movie6.7

    Cheyenne Autumn

    1964 · 151 votes

  • Movie7.3

    The Bad and the Beautiful

    1952 · 309 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Captain Kidd

    1945 · 38 votes

  • Movie7.1

    The Furies

    1950 · 85 votes

  • Movie7.2

    The Sea Hawk

    1940 · 161 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Quella sporca storia nel west

    Johnny Hamlet

    1968 · 24 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Barbarosa

    1982 · 47 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Juarez

    1939 · 25 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Caboblanco

    1980 · 40 votes

  • Movie6.5
  • Movie6.0
  • Movie6.0

    Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

    1953 · 35 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Vado... l'ammazzo e torno

    Any Gun Can Play

    1967 · 22 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The Mark of Zorro

    1974 · 19 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Deadly Tower

    1975 · 30 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Three Violent People

    1956 · 44 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Ten Tall Men

    1951 · 19 votes

  • Movie5.5
  • Movie6.2

    Guns of the Timberland

    1960 · 14 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Underwater!

    1955 · 28 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Lost World

    1925 · 173 votes

  • Movie4.5

    The French Line

    1954 · 12 votes

  • Movie6.3

    We Were Strangers

    1949 · 22 votes

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  • TV7.3

    The Fugitive

    1963 · 63 votes

  • TV7.9
  • TV7.9

    Combat!

    1962 · 119 votes

  • TV5.6

    The F.B.I.

    1965 · 25 votes

  • TV6.4
  • TV6.4

    Medical Center

    1969 · 14 votes

  • TV6.7

    Gunsmoke

    1955 · 119 votes

  • TV7.8

    Night Gallery

    1970 · 112 votes

  • TV7.1

    Barnaby Jones

    1973 · 31 votes

  • TV7.2

    McCloud

    1970 · 53 votes

  • TV6.3

    December Bride

    1954 · 4 votes

  • TV6.8

    The High Chaparral

    1967 · 26 votes

  • TV6.3
  • TV7.5
  • TV8.1

    Garrison's Gorillas

    1967 · 9 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Sacketts

    1979 · 15 votes

  • TV7.2
  • TV7.7

    Kung Fu

    1972 · 241 votes

  • TV10.0

    Land's End

    1968 · 1 votes