Gilbert Roland
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Fugitive
Jose Anza
1963
Series
The Fugitive
Gus Priamos
1963
Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Luis Aguilar
1962
Series
Gunsmoke
Lt. Julio Chavez
1955
Series
Combat!
Boulanger
1962
Series
Barnaby Jones
Juan DeVarga
1973
Series
The F.B.I.
Emilio Cruz
1965
Series
Night Gallery
1970
Series
Medical Center
1969
Series
The High Chaparral
Don Domingo Montoya
1967
Series
McCloud
1970
Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Series
December Bride
1954
Series
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Film
Around the World in 80 Days
Achmed Abdullah
1956
Series
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
Film
The Ruthless Four
Mason
1968
Series
The Sacketts
Don Luis Alvarado
1979
Film
The Sea Hawk
Capt. Lopez
1940
Film
Cheyenne Autumn
Dull Knife
1964
Film
Barbarosa
Don Braulio
1982
Film
Juarez
Colonel Miguel Lopez
1939
Film
The Bad and the Beautiful
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
1952
Film
The Lost World
Extra
1925
Film
The Furies
Juan Herrera
1950
Film
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Extra (uncredited)
1923
Film
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Serge Marko
1966
Film
That Lady
Antonio Perez
1955
Film
Three Violent People
Innocencio Ortega
1956
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Gino Bardi
1951
Film
Thunder Trail
Arizona Dick Ames
1937
Film
Malaya
Romano
1949
Film
We Were Strangers
Guillermo Montilla
1949
Film
Mystery Woman
Juan Santanda
1935
Film
Isle Of Destiny
Oliver Barton
1940
Film
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Thunder Bay
Teche Bossier
1953
Film
Captain Kidd
Jose Lorenzo
1945
Film
Ten Tall Men
Corporal Luis Delgado
1951
Film
She Done Him Wrong
Serge Stanieff
1933
Film
Resurrection
Prince Dmitri Nekhludov
1931
Film
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Mike Petrakis
1953
Film
The Last of the Fast Guns
Miles Lang
1958
Film
The Mark of Zorro
Don Alejandro Vega
1974
Film
The Spaniard
Matador (uncredited)
1925
Film
Islands in the Stream
Captain Ralph
1977
Film
Caboblanco
Dr. Rudolfo Ramirez
1980
Film
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
Hugo da Silva
1952
Film
The Mark of the Renegade
Don Pedro Garcia
1951
Film
The Wild and the Innocent
Paul
1959
Film
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
1999
Film
The Deadly Tower
Narrator (voice)
1975
Film
Guns of the Timberland
Monty Walker
1960
Film
Underwater!
Dominic Quesada
1955
Film
The Racers
Dell'Oro
1955
Film
The Big Circus
Zach Colino (Aerialist)
1959
Film
Midnight Taxi
Flash Dillon
1937
Film
Call Her Savage
Moonglow
1932
Film
Samar
Col. Juan Sebastian Salazar
1962
Film
Glory Alley
Peppi Donnato
1952
Film
The Torch
Father Sierra
1950
Film
The Other Love
Croupier
1947
Film
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
Film
Revolt of the Ghosts
Arturo Ruiz del Rosal
1949
Film
The Midnight Story
Sylvio Malatesta
1957
Film
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Self
1935
Film
The Christian Licorice Store
Jonathan 'JC' Carruthers
1971
Film
Men of the North
Louis La Bey aka Monsieur Le Fox
1930
Film
Any Gun Can Play
Monetero
1967
Film
Ladies Love Danger
1935
Film
Bullfighter and the Lady
Manolo Estrada
1951
Film
No Living Witness
Jerry Bennett
1932
Film
The Dude Goes West
Pecos Kid
1948
Film
Incident on a Dark Street
Dominic Leopold
1973
Film
The Last Train from Madrid
Eduardo de Soto
1937
Film
Crisis
Roland Gonzales
1950
Film
Johnny Hamlet
Dazio
1968
Film
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
Colonel Juan Castro
1955
Film
Between God, The Devil and a Winchester
Juan Chasquido / Jess Guido
1968
Film
Elinor Norton
Rene Alba
1934
Film
Sartana Does Not Forgive
Kirchner
1968
Film
Gambling on the High Seas
Greg Morella
1940
Film
The French Line
Pierre DuQuesne
1954
Film
The Plastic Age
Carl Peters
1925
Land's End
Captain Bravo
1968
Film
Bandido!
Col. Escobar
1956
Film
Life Begins
Tony, Rita's Husband (uncredited)
1932
Film
Robin Hood of Monterey
The Cisco Kid
1947
Film
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
Paul Gilette
1942
Series
Kung Fu
Padre Braganza
1972
Film
Isle of Missing Men
Dan Curtis
1942
Film
The Woman Disputed
Paul Hartman
1928
Film
Catch Me If You Can!
Gilberto Ramnes
1959
Film
Gateway
Tony Cadona
1938
Film
The Reward
Captain Carbajal
1965
Film
The Blonde Saint
Annibale
1926
Film
My Six Convicts
Punch Pinero
1952
Film
Riding the California Trail
The Cisco Kid
1947
Film
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Dancer
1957
Film
The Black Pearl
1977
Film
Wings Up
Himself
1943
Film
The Passionate Plumber
Tony Lagorce
1932
Monsieur Le Fox
1930
Film
My Life with Caroline
Paco Del Valle
1941
Una viuda romántica
Luis Felipe de Córdoba aka Prudencio González
1933
Film
King of the Bandits
Cisco Kid aka Ramon Mojica
1947
Film
Rose of the Golden West
Juan
1927
Film
The Diamond Queen
Baron Paul de Cabannes
1953
Film
The Woman in Room 13
Victor Legrand
1932
Film
The Pacific Connection
Allan
1974
Film
Rangers of Fortune
Antonio Hernandez Sierra
1940
Film
Our Betters
Pepi D'Costa
1933
Film
The Desert Hawk
Kasim, The Desert Hawk / Hassan, Evil Twin Brother
1944
Film
The Lady Who Lied
1925
Film
The Dove
Johnny Powell
1927
Film
High Conquest
Hugo Lanier
1947
Film
Beauty and the Bandit
The Cisco Kid
1946
Film
Camille
Armand Duval
1927
Film
Angels with Broken Wings
Don Pablo Vincente
1941
Film
New York Nights
Fred Deverne
1929
A Parisian Romance
Victor
1932
Film
Running Wild
Chief Tomicito
1973
Film
Apache War Smoke
Peso Herrera
1952
Film
The Love Mart
Victor Jallot
1927
Film
South of Monterey
The Cisco Kid
1946
Film
Yo, tú y ella
1933
Film
Pirates of Monterey
Major de Roja
1947
Film
The Gay Cavalier
The Cisco Kid
1946
Film
After Tonight
Capt. Rudolph Ritter
1933
Film
The Men in Her Life
Jaime Gilman
1932
Film
The Campus Flirt
Graham Stearns
1926
Film
Gigolettes of Paris
Antoine 'Tony' Ferrand
1933
Film
Treasure of Tayopa
Himself - Host
1974
Film
The Bohemian Life
Rodolfo
1938