Rod La Rocque
Known for: Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roderick Ross La Rocque (November 29, 1898 – October 15, 1969) was an American actor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois to Edmund La Rocque and Ann (née Rice) La Rocque. His father was of French-Canadian descent and his mother was of Irish descent. He began appearing in stock theater at the age of seven and eventually ended up at the Essanay Studios as a teenager in Chicago where he found steady work until the studios closed. He then moved to New York City and worked on the stage until he was noticed by Samuel Goldwyn who took him to Hollywood. Over the next two decades, he appeared in films and made the transition to sound films. In 1927, he married Hungarian actress Vilma Bánky in a lavish and highly publicized wedding. They were married until his death in 1969. He retired from movies in 1941 and became a real estate broker. For his contribution to the film industry, La Rocque was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Filmography
Film
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Phillippe
1939
Film
Show People
Rod La Rocque (uncredited)
1928
Film
Meet John Doe
Ted Sheldon
1941
Film
The Ten Commandments
Dan McTavish
1923
Film
Uneasy Money
Johnny Gates
1918
Film
Mystery Woman
Jacques Benoit
1935
Film
Captain Swagger
Captain Swagger / Hugh Drummond
1928
Film
Jazzmania
Jerry Langdon
1923
Film
Suspicious Wives
Bob Standing
1921
Film
Red Dice
Alan Beckwith
1926
Film
Braveheart
Braveheart
1925
Film
The Trap
The Blackmailer
1919
Film
Our Modern Maidens
Glenn Abbott aka 'Dynamite'
1929
Film
Miss Crusoe
Harold Vance
1919
Film
A Society Scandal
Daniel Farr
1924
Film
Beyond Tomorrow
Phil Hubert
1940
Film
Slim Shoulders
Richard Langden
1922
Film
The Preview Murder Mystery
Neil Du Beck
1936
Film
Forbidden Paradise
Capt. Alexei Czerny
1924
Film
Greater Than Love
Bob Standing
1919
Film
The Golden Bed
Admah Holtz
1925
Film
International Crime
Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
1938
Film
The Drag Net
Lawrence Thomas Jr.
1936
Film
Gigolo
Gideon Gory
1926
Film
The Shadow Strikes
Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
1937
Film
The Locked Door
Frank Devereaux
1929
Film
The Circus: Premiere
Self
1928
A Philistine in Bohemia
Mr. Brunelli
1920
Film
Easy to Get
Dick Elliott
1920
Film
Beau Bandit
Montero
1930
Film
Taming the Wild
Dick Clayton
1936
Film
Frisco Waterfront
Dan Elliott
1935
Film
Let Us Be Gay
Bob Brown
1930
Film
Till We Meet Again
Carl Schrottle
1936
Film
A Perfect Lady
Bob Griswold
1918
Film
Paying the Piper
Larry Grahame
1921
Filling His Own Shoes
Dick Downing
1917
Film
Stand and Deliver
Roger Norman
1928
Film
The Cruise of the Jasper B
Jerry Cleggett
1926
Film
The Great Chase
1962
Film
The Common Sin
Hugh Stanton
1920
Film
Code of the Sea
Bruce McDow
1924
Film
A Woman's Woman
Dean Laddbarry
1922
Film
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
Prof. Kenneth Parker
1940
Film
The Venus Model
Paul Braddock
1918
Film
S.O.S. Iceberg
Dr. Carl Lawrence
1933
Film
Wild, Wild Susan
Tod Waterbury
1925
Film
Feet of Clay
Kerry Harlan
1924
Film
Love Over Night
Richard Hill
1928
Film
Hold 'Em Yale
Jaime Emmanuel Alvarado Montez
1928
Film
Dark Streets of Cairo
Inspector Joachim
1940
Film
The Stolen Kiss
1920
Film
Ruggles of Red Gap
Belknap Jackson
1918
Film
The Delightful Rogue
Lastro
1929
Film
One Romantic Night
Prince Albert
1930
Film
Night Life of New York
Ronald Bentley
1925
Film
Bachelor Brides
1926
Film
The Fighting Eagle
Etienne Gerard
1927
Film
A Perfect 36
O.P. Dildock
1918
Film
The Dream Doll
Her Sweetheart
1917
Film
Hi, Gaucho!
Escurra, aka Captain Garcia
1935
Film
Resurrection
Prince Dimitry Ivanitch Nekhludov
1927
Film
Notoriety
Arthur Beal
1922
Film
Efficiency Edgar's Courtship
Wimple
1917
Film
Triumph
King Garnet
1924
Film
Let's Get a Divorce
Chauffeur
1918
Film
The French Doll
Pedro Carrova
1923
Film
The Garter Girl
Arthur Lyle
1920
Film
What's Wrong with the Women?
Jack Lee
1922
Film
The One Woman Idea
Prince Ahmed
1929
Film
The Man and the Moment
Michel
1929
Film
Sadie Goes to Heaven
Coal Heaver
1917
Film
Don't Call It Love
Patrick Delaney
1924
The Coming of Amos
Amos Burden
1925
Film
The Discarded Woman
Samuel Radburn - Gold Digger
1920