Gilbert Roland

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

133

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-12-11

Day of death

1994-05-15 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Gilbert Roland

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

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • December Bride

    December Bride

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The High Chaparral

    The High Chaparral

  • Barnaby Jones

    Barnaby Jones

  • McCloud

    McCloud

  • Medical Center

    Medical Center

  • Night Gallery

    Night Gallery

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

  • Garrison's Gorillas

    Garrison's Gorillas

  • The Lost World

    The Lost World

  • The Bad and the Beautiful

    The Bad and the Beautiful

  • The Greatest Show on Earth

    The Greatest Show on Earth

  • South of Monterey

    South of Monterey

  • Ten Tall Men

    Ten Tall Men

  • Apache War Smoke

    Apache War Smoke

  • The Treasure of Pancho Villa

    The Treasure of Pancho Villa

  • The Torch

    The Torch

  • Life Begins

    Life Begins

  • High Conquest

    High Conquest

  • Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

    Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

  • The Last of the Fast Guns

    The Last of the Fast Guns

  • The Mark of the Renegade

    The Mark of the Renegade

  • The Christian Licorice Store

    The Christian Licorice Store

  • My Life with Caroline

    My Life with Caroline

  • Running Wild

    Running Wild

  • Underwater!

    Underwater!

  • The Midnight Story

    The Midnight Story

  • The Woman Disputed

    The Woman Disputed

  • Angels with Broken Wings

    Angels with Broken Wings

  • The Dove

    The Dove

  • Around the World in Eighty Days

    Around the World in Eighty Days

  • Caboblanco

    Caboblanco

  • Camille

    Camille

  • The Poppy Is Also a Flower

    The Poppy Is Also a Flower

  • The Racers

    The Racers

  • Pirates of Monterey

    Pirates of Monterey

  • The Big Circus

    The Big Circus

  • Midnight Taxi

    Midnight Taxi

  • The Reward

    The Reward

  • The Black Pearl

    The Black Pearl

  • The Sacketts

    The Sacketts

  • Gigolettes of Paris

    Gigolettes of Paris

  • Crisis

    Crisis

  • Isle of Missing Men

    Isle of Missing Men

  • The Furies

    The Furies

  • The Deadly Tower

    The Deadly Tower

  • The Plastic Age

    The Plastic Age

  • The Sea Hawk

    The Sea Hawk

  • Sartana Does Not Forgive

    Sartana Does Not Forgive

  • The Desert Hawk

    The Desert Hawk

  • The Other Love

    The Other Love

  • La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

    La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

  • Thunder Bay

    Thunder Bay

  • Bullfighter and the Lady

    Bullfighter and the Lady

  • The Mark of Zorro

    The Mark of Zorro

  • New York Nights

    New York Nights

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  • Gateway

    Gateway

  • The French Line

    The French Line

  • Barbarosa

    Barbarosa

  • Islands in the Stream

    Islands in the Stream

  • After Tonight

    After Tonight

  • The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

    The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

  • She Done Him Wrong

    She Done Him Wrong

  • Bandido!

    Bandido!

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Samar

    Samar

  • Juarez

    Juarez

  • The Woman in Room 13

    The Woman in Room 13

  • Any Gun Can Play

    Any Gun Can Play

  • A Parisian Romance

    A Parisian Romance

  • Glory Alley

    Glory Alley

  • Isle Of Destiny

    Isle Of Destiny

  • King of the Bandits

    King of the Bandits

  • Elinor Norton

    Elinor Norton

  • Rose of the Golden West

    Rose of the Golden West

  • Captain Kidd

    Captain Kidd

  • The Love Mart

    The Love Mart

  • The Diamond Queen

    The Diamond Queen

  • The Passionate Plumber

    The Passionate Plumber

  • Cheyenne Autumn

    Cheyenne Autumn

  • That Lady

    That Lady

  • Our Betters

    Our Betters

  • The Spaniard

    The Spaniard

  • The Ruthless Four

    The Ruthless Four

  • No Living Witness

    No Living Witness

  • Guns of the Timberland

    Guns of the Timberland

  • The Last Train from Madrid

    The Last Train from Madrid

  • Malaya

    Malaya

  • The Dude Goes West

    The Dude Goes West

  • Land's End

    Land's End

  • Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen

    Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen

  • Thunder Trail

    Thunder Trail

  • Resurrection

    Resurrection

  • Rangers of Fortune

    Rangers of Fortune

  • The Bohemian Life

    The Bohemian Life

  • The Gay Cavalier

    The Gay Cavalier

  • Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

    Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

  • Men of the North

    Men of the North

  • The Wild and the Innocent

    The Wild and the Innocent

  • Una viuda romántica

    Una viuda romántica

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • The Lady Who Lied

    The Lady Who Lied

  • The Campus Flirt

    The Campus Flirt

  • Three Violent People

    Three Violent People

  • The Men in Her Life

    The Men in Her Life

  • Incident on a Dark Street

    Incident on a Dark Street

  • Call Her Savage

    Call Her Savage

  • Gambling on the High Seas

    Gambling on the High Seas

  • Between God, The Devil and a Winchester

    Between God, The Devil and a Winchester

  • We Were Strangers

    We Were Strangers

  • The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima

    The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima

  • Invitation to a Gunfighter

    Invitation to a Gunfighter

  • Mystery Woman

    Mystery Woman

  • Monsieur Le Fox

    Monsieur Le Fox

  • Treasure of Tayopa

    Treasure of Tayopa

  • Johnny Hamlet

    Johnny Hamlet

  • Ladies Love Danger

    Ladies Love Danger

  • Complicated Women

    Complicated Women

  • My Six Convicts

    My Six Convicts

  • Beauty and the Bandit

    Beauty and the Bandit

  • Robin Hood of Monterey

    Robin Hood of Monterey

  • Revolt of the Ghosts

    Revolt of the Ghosts

  • The Blonde Saint

    The Blonde Saint

  • Riding the California Trail

    Riding the California Trail

  • Wings Up

    Wings Up

  • The Pacific Connection

    The Pacific Connection