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)
Around the World in 80 Days
Achmed Abdullah
The Reward
Captain Carbajal
The Bad and the Beautiful
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Three Violent People
Innocencio Ortega
Cheyenne Autumn
Dull Knife
Barbarosa
Don Braulio
The Sea Hawk
Capt. Lopez
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Serge Marko
The Furies
Juan Herrera
The Lost World
Extra
Malaya
Romano
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Extra (uncredited)
Captain Kidd
Jose Lorenzo
The Spaniard
Matador (uncredited)
Mystery Woman
Juan Santanda
Caboblanco
Dr. Rudolfo Ramirez
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
Hugo da Silva
Juarez
Colonel Miguel Lopez
Call Her Savage
Moonglow
Samar
Col. Juan Sebastian Salazar
The Wild and the Innocent
Paul
Ten Tall Men
Corporal Luis Delgado
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Mike Petrakis
Underwater!
Dominic Quesada
Thunder Trail
Arizona Dick Ames
The Midnight Story
Sylvio Malatesta
The Big Circus
Zach Colino (Aerialist)
The Last Train from Madrid
Eduardo de Soto
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
We Were Strangers
Guillermo Montilla
The Deadly Tower
Narrator (voice)
The Last of the Fast Guns
Miles Lang
Thunder Bay
Teche Bossier
She Done Him Wrong
Serge Stanieff
Islands in the Stream
Captain Ralph
Glory Alley
Peppi Donnato
The Christian Licorice Store
Jonathan 'JC' Carruthers
After Tonight
Capt. Rudolph Ritter
Isle Of Destiny
Oliver Barton
The Ruthless Four
Mason
That Lady
Antonio Perez
The French Line
Pierre DuQuesne
The Other Love
Croupier
The Dude Goes West
Pecos Kid
The Racers
Dell'Oro
Any Gun Can Play
Monetero
The Mark of Zorro
Don Alejandro Vega
Life Begins
Tony, Rita's Husband (uncredited)
Guns of the Timberland
Monty Walker
Robin Hood of Monterey
The Cisco Kid
High Conquest
Hugo Lanier
My Six Convicts
Punch Pinero
Bandido!
Col. Escobar
Revolt of the Ghosts
Arturo Ruiz del Rosal
Gambling on the High Seas
Greg Morella
Gateway
Tony Cadona
The Black Pearl
1977
Bullfighter and the Lady
Manolo Estrada
Midnight Taxi
Flash Dillon
My Life with Caroline
Paco Del Valle
The Torch
Father Sierra
Resurrection
Prince Dmitri Nekhludov
The Mark of the Renegade
Don Pedro Garcia
Our Betters
Pepi D'Costa
Elinor Norton
Rene Alba
Isle of Missing Men
Dan Curtis
Incident on a Dark Street
Dominic Leopold
Running Wild
Chief Tomicito
Crisis
Roland Gonzales
The Woman Disputed
Paul Hartman
Catch Me If You Can!
Gilberto Ramnes
The Plastic Age
Carl Peters
No Living Witness
Jerry Bennett
Sartana Does Not Forgive
Kirchner
The Woman in Room 13
Victor Legrand
Johnny Hamlet
Dazio
The Gay Cavalier
The Cisco Kid
The Blonde Saint
Annibale
Riding the California Trail
The Cisco Kid
The Dove
Johnny Powell
Pirates of Monterey
Major de Roja
The Pacific Connection
Allan
Angels with Broken Wings
Don Pablo Vincente
Yo, tú y ella
1933
Between God, The Devil and a Winchester
Juan Chasquido / Jess Guido
Gigolettes of Paris
Antoine 'Tony' Ferrand
Beauty and the Bandit
The Cisco Kid
The Passionate Plumber
Tony Lagorce
The Diamond Queen
Baron Paul de Cabannes
South of Monterey
The Cisco Kid
Ladies Love Danger
1935
Men of the North
Louis La Bey aka Monsieur Le Fox
Rose of the Golden West
Juan
The Men in Her Life
Jaime Gilman
Apache War Smoke
Peso Herrera
The Lady Who Lied
1925
The Desert Hawk
Kasim, The Desert Hawk / Hassan, Evil Twin Brother
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Dancer
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
Paul Gilette
New York Nights
Fred Deverne
Rangers of Fortune
Antonio Hernandez Sierra
Camille
Armand Duval
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
Colonel Juan Castro
The Campus Flirt
Graham Stearns
The Love Mart
Victor Jallot
King of the Bandits
Cisco Kid aka Ramon Mojica
The Bohemian Life
Rodolfo
TV Shows (17)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Luis Aguilar · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Jose Anza · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Gus Priamos · 1 eps
Combat!
Boulanger · 1 eps
Barnaby Jones
Juan DeVarga · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Emilio Cruz · 1 eps
Night Gallery
1 eps
Gunsmoke
Lt. Julio Chavez · 2 eps
The High Chaparral
Don Domingo Montoya · 2 eps
Medical Center
1 eps
McCloud
1 eps
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1 eps
December Bride
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
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Self
Wings Up
Himself
Treasure of Tayopa
Himself - Host