Gilbert Roland
Acting
Born: December 11, 1905 · Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Died: May 15, 1994 (aged 88)
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
Kung Fu
1972
The Lost World
1925
The Sea Hawk
1940
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923
She Done Him Wrong
1933
Combat!
1962
Gunsmoke
1955
Night Gallery
1970
The Furies
1950
Photos (2)
Movies (107)
The Sea Hawk
Capt. Lopez
The Bad and the Beautiful
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Around the World in 80 Days
Achmed Abdullah
Guns of the Timberland
Monty Walker
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Serge Marko
The Lost World
Extra
Captain Kidd
Jose Lorenzo
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Extra (uncredited)
Thunder Bay
Teche Bossier
The Furies
Juan Herrera
Cheyenne Autumn
Dull Knife
Juarez
Colonel Miguel Lopez
The Last of the Fast Guns
Miles Lang
Three Violent People
Innocencio Ortega
Islands in the Stream
Captain Ralph
Ten Tall Men
Corporal Luis Delgado
That Lady
Antonio Perez
She Done Him Wrong
Serge Stanieff
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
Hugo da Silva
Sartana Does Not Forgive
Kirchner
Barbarosa
Don Braulio
The Ruthless Four
Mason
The Midnight Story
Sylvio Malatesta
The Deadly Tower
Narrator (voice)
Johnny Hamlet
Dazio
The Black Pearl
1977
The Wild and the Innocent
Paul
We Were Strangers
Guillermo Montilla
The Other Love
Croupier
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Mike Petrakis
The Reward
Captain Carbajal
Between God, The Devil and a Winchester
Juan Chasquido / Jess Guido
The Mark of Zorro
Don Alejandro Vega
The Mark of the Renegade
Don Pedro Garcia
Underwater!
Dominic Quesada
The Racers
Dell'Oro
Men of the North
Louis La Bey aka Monsieur Le Fox
Caboblanco
Dr. Rudolfo Ramirez
The French Line
Pierre DuQuesne
Any Gun Can Play
Monetero
The Last Train from Madrid
Eduardo de Soto
The Spaniard
Matador (uncredited)
Mystery Woman
Juan Santanda
Robin Hood of Monterey
The Cisco Kid
Thunder Trail
Arizona Dick Ames
The Big Circus
Zach Colino (Aerialist)
King of the Bandits
Cisco Kid aka Ramon Mojica
Malaya
Romano
The Passionate Plumber
Tony Lagorce
The Christian Licorice Store
Jonathan 'JC' Carruthers
My Six Convicts
Punch Pinero
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
The Dude Goes West
Pecos Kid
Crisis
Roland Gonzales
Isle of Missing Men
Dan Curtis
Life Begins
Tony, Rita's Husband (uncredited)
Angels with Broken Wings
Don Pablo Vincente
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
Colonel Juan Castro
The Lady Who Lied
1925
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Dancer
Bullfighter and the Lady
Manolo Estrada
Gambling on the High Seas
Greg Morella
Rangers of Fortune
Antonio Hernandez Sierra
Bandido!
Col. Escobar
Riding the California Trail
The Cisco Kid
Incident on a Dark Street
Dominic Leopold
Running Wild
Chief Tomicito
Rose of the Golden West
Juan
Samar
Col. Juan Sebastian Salazar
Call Her Savage
Moonglow
My Life with Caroline
Paco Del Valle
Catch Me If You Can!
Gilberto Ramnes
The Plastic Age
Carl Peters
Revolt of the Ghosts
Arturo Ruiz del Rosal
The Woman Disputed
Paul Hartman
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
Paul Gilette
The Torch
Father Sierra
The Desert Hawk
Kasim, The Desert Hawk / Hassan, Evil Twin Brother
Midnight Taxi
Flash Dillon
Yo, tú y ella
1933
The Diamond Queen
Baron Paul de Cabannes
Glory Alley
Peppi Donnato
Isle Of Destiny
Oliver Barton
The Men in Her Life
Jaime Gilman
The Love Mart
Victor Jallot
Beauty and the Bandit
The Cisco Kid
The Woman in Room 13
Victor Legrand
Pirates of Monterey
Major de Roja
Gateway
Tony Cadona
Our Betters
Pepi D'Costa
Ladies Love Danger
1935
Resurrection
Prince Dmitri Nekhludov
After Tonight
Capt. Rudolph Ritter
Apache War Smoke
Peso Herrera
The Pacific Connection
Allan
The Gay Cavalier
The Cisco Kid
High Conquest
Hugo Lanier
Elinor Norton
Rene Alba
South of Monterey
The Cisco Kid
The Campus Flirt
Graham Stearns
The Dove
Johnny Powell
No Living Witness
Jerry Bennett
Camille
Armand Duval
The Bohemian Life
Rodolfo
The Blonde Saint
Annibale
New York Nights
Fred Deverne
Gigolettes of Paris
Antoine 'Tony' Ferrand
TV Shows (18)
The Fugitive
Jose Anza · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Gus Priamos · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Luis Aguilar · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Emilio Cruz · 1 eps
Combat!
Boulanger · 1 eps
Medical Center
1 eps
Barnaby Jones
Juan DeVarga · 1 eps
The High Chaparral
Don Domingo Montoya · 2 eps
Night Gallery
1 eps
McCloud
1970
McCloud
Marshal Ben Melendez · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Lt. Julio Chavez · 2 eps
December Bride
1 eps
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1 eps
Garrison's Gorillas
1 eps
The Sacketts
Don Luis Alvarado · 2 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Gino Bardi · 1 eps
Kung Fu
Padre Braganza · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (6)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · 1 eps
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Wings Up
Himself
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Self
Treasure of Tayopa
Himself - Host