From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaGilbert 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.Rolands 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 Hustons 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.
Film 1930
Extra
Film 1925
Monetero
Film 1967
Mike Petrakis
Film 1953
Don Braulio
Film 1982
Juan Herrera
Film 1950
Serge Stanieff
Film 1933
Jose Lorenzo
Film 1945
Punch Pinero
Film 1952
Col. Escobar
Film 1956
Jaime Gilman
Film 1932
Prince Dmitri Nekhludov
Film 1931
Hugo da Silva
Film 1952
Paco Del Valle
Film 1941
Paul Gilette
Film 1942
Roland Gonzales
Film 1950
Guillermo Montilla
Film 1949
Extra (uncredited)
Film 1923
Pierre DuQuesne
Film 1954
Dazio
Film 1968
Innocencio Ortega, Grand Vacaro
Film 1956
Juan Chasquido / Jess Guido
Film 1968
Mason
Film 1968
Armand Duval
Film 1927
Colonel Miguel Lopez
Film 1939
Manolo Estrada
Film 1951
Himself - Host
Film 1974
Moonglow
Film 1932
Johnny Powell
Film 1927
Dominic Quesada
Film 1955
Croupier
Film 1947
Captain Carbajal
Film 1965
Peso Herrera
Film 1952
Don Alejandro Vega
Film 1974
Kirchner
Film 1968
Fred Deverne
Film 1929
Dell'Oro
Film 1955
Antonio Perez
Film 1955
Baron Paul de Cabannes
Film 1953
Dan Curtis
Film 1942
Antoine 'Tony' Ferrand
Film 1933
Greg Morella
Film 1940
Juan Santanda
Film 1935
Victor
Film 1932
Father Sierra
Film 1950
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Film 1999
Film 1935
Capt. Rudolph Ritter
Film 1933
Oliver Barton
Film 1940
Cisco Kid aka Ramon Mojica
Film 1947
Eduardo de Soto
Film 1937
Col. Juan Sebastian Salazar
Film 1962
The Cisco Kid
Film 1947
The Cisco Kid
Film 1947
The Cisco Kid
Film 1946
The Cisco Kid
Film 1946
The Cisco Kid
Film 1946
Monty Walker
Film 1960
Louis La Bey aka Monsieur Le Fox
Film 1930
Pecos Kid
Film 1948
Don Pablo Vincente
Film 1941
Matador (uncredited)
Film 1925
Tony, Rita's Husband (uncredited)
Film 1932
Paul Hartman
Film 1928
Pepi D'Costa
Film 1933
Luis Felipe de Córdoba aka Prudencio González
Film 1933
Major de Roja
Film 1947
Antonio Hernandez Sierra
Film 1940
Arizona Dick Ames
Film 1937
Allan
Film 1974
Victor Legrand
Film 1932
Film 1949
Graham Stearns
Film 1926
Jonathan 'JC' Carruthers
Film 1971
Rodolfo
Film 1938
Dominic Leopold
Film 1973
Film 1977
Jerry Bennett
Film 1932
Juan
Film 1927
Self (archive footage)
Film 2003
Carl Peters
Film 1925
Victor Jallot
Film 1927
Rene Alba
Film 1934
Self
Film 1935
Kasim, The Desert Hawk / Hassan, Evil Twin Brother
Film 1944
Himself
Film 1943
Chief Tomicito
Film 1973
Hugo Lanier
Film 1947
Annibale
Film 1926
Film 1925
Tv 1972
Emilio Cruz
Tv 1965
Tv 1969
Lt. Julio Chavez
Tv 1955
Boulanger
Tv 1962
Tv 1970
Tv 1963
Tv 1958
Jose Anza
Tv 1963
Don Domingo Montoya
Tv 1967
Tv 1970
Gino Bardi
Tv 1951
Self
Tv 1956
Captain Bravo
Tv 1968
Gus Priamos
Tv 1963
Tv 1954
Tv 1967
Juan DeVarga
Tv 1973
Luis Aguilar
Tv 1962