Cast

Gilbert Roland

Acting

Cast

Gilbert Roland

Known for

Acting

Born

1905-12-11

From

Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Died

1994-05-15

Also known as Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso, Luis Alonso, Гилберт Роланд

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.

Gilbert Roland

Gilbert Roland

Biography

Thunder Trail

Juarez

Around the World in 80 Days

Barbarosa

Mystery Woman

Three Violent People

The Spaniard

Call Her Savage

Cheyenne Autumn

The Bad and the Beautiful

Malaya

Wings Up

The Big Circus

The Dude Goes West

The Mark of Zorro

Ladies Love Danger

No Living Witness

Islands in the Stream

We Were Strangers

Samar

That Lady

Underwater!

Bullfighter and the Lady

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Ten Tall Men

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

The Midnight Story

The Furies

The Sea Hawk

Resurrection

The Reward

The Woman in Room 13

The Lost World

Yo, tú y ella

Isle Of Destiny

Captain Kidd

My Life with Caroline

Johnny Hamlet

The Lady Who Lied

She Done Him Wrong

Incident on a Dark Street

The Racers

The Christian Licorice Store

Complicated Women

The Last Train from Madrid

The Blonde Saint

The Treasure of Pancho Villa

The Woman Disputed

The Pacific Connection

The Deadly Tower

Caboblanco

A Parisian Romance

My Six Convicts

Any Gun Can Play

The Wild and the Innocent

Thunder Bay

King of the Bandits

Isle of Missing Men

The Last of the Fast Guns

Catch Me If You Can!

The Men in Her Life

The Ruthless Four

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

Gambling on the High Seas

The Diamond Queen

Guns of the Timberland

The Other Love

Rangers of Fortune

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

Between God, The Devil and a Winchester

Revolt of the Ghosts

After Tonight

High Conquest

Invitation to a Gunfighter

The Mark of the Renegade

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl

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