Gilbert Roland
Known for Acting · 134 credits
- Born
- 1905-12-11
- Died
- 1994-05-15
- Place of birth
- Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (19)
The Fugitive
1963
as Jose Anza / Gus Priamos
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Luis Aguilar
The F.B.I.
1965
as Emilio Cruz
Combat!
1962
as Boulanger
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Juan DeVarga
Medical Center
1969
Night Gallery
1970
The High Chaparral
1967
as Don Domingo Montoya
Gunsmoke
1955
as Lt. Julio Chavez
McCloud
1970
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
December Bride
1954
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
The Sacketts
1979
as Don Luis Alvarado
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Gino Bardi
Kung Fu
1972
as Padre Braganza
Land's End
1968
as Captain Bravo
Movies (115)
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Achmed Abdullah
The Furies
1950
as Juan Herrera
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
as Dull Knife
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Captain Kidd
1945
as Jose Lorenzo
Juarez
1939
as Colonel Miguel Lopez
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
as Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Barbarosa
1982
as Don Braulio
Camille
1927
as Armand Duval
The Sea Hawk
1940
as Capt. Lopez
Caboblanco
1980
as Dr. Rudolfo Ramirez
The Lost World
1925
as Extra
The Reward
1965
as Captain Carbajal
Three Violent People
1956
as Innocencio Ortega
The Racers
1955
as Dell'Oro
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923
as Extra (uncredited)
Mystery Woman
1935
as Juan Santanda
That Lady
1955
as Antonio Perez
Our Betters
1933
as Pepi D'Costa
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
as Serge Marko
We Were Strangers
1949
as Guillermo Montilla
Bandido!
1956
as Col. Escobar
Gateway
1938
as Tony Cadona
Thunder Bay
1953
as Teche Bossier
The Lady Who Lied
1925
Johnny Hamlet
1968
as Dazio
The Last Train from Madrid
1937
as Eduardo de Soto
Malaya
1949
as Romano
Ten Tall Men
1951
as Corporal Luis Delgado
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
Isle Of Destiny
1940
as Oliver Barton
Thunder Trail
1937
as Arizona Dick Ames
The Deadly Tower
1975
as Narrator (voice)
The Wild and the Innocent
1959
as Paul
Crisis
1950
as Roland Gonzales
The Last of the Fast Guns
1958
as Miles Lang
The Midnight Story
1957
as Sylvio Malatesta
The French Line
1954
as Pierre DuQuesne
She Done Him Wrong
1933
as Serge Stanieff
The Dude Goes West
1948
as Pecos Kid
Midnight Taxi
1937
as Flash Dillon
Any Gun Can Play
1967
as Monetero
Sartana Does Not Forgive
1968
as Kirchner
Underwater!
1955
as Dominic Quesada
Islands in the Stream
1977
as Captain Ralph
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951
as Manolo Estrada
My Six Convicts
1952
as Punch Pinero
Rose of the Golden West
1927
as Juan
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
as Mike Petrakis
The Plastic Age
1925
as Carl Peters
The Other Love
1947
as Croupier
No Living Witness
1932
as Jerry Bennett
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
1952
as Hugo da Silva
Resurrection
1931
as Prince Dmitri Nekhludov
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942
as Paul Gilette
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935
as Self
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Incident on a Dark Street
1973
as Dominic Leopold
The Woman in Room 13
1932
as Victor Legrand
Call Her Savage
1932
as Moonglow
Between God, The Devil and a Winchester
1968
as Juan Chasquido / Jess Guido
The Mark of the Renegade
1951
as Don Pedro Garcia
The Big Circus
1959
as Zach Colino (Aerialist)
Pirates of Monterey
1947
as Major de Roja
The Ruthless Four
1968
as Mason
The Torch
1950
as Father Sierra
Glory Alley
1952
as Peppi Donnato
My Life with Caroline
1941
as Paco Del Valle
The Campus Flirt
1926
as Graham Stearns
Men of the North
1930
as Louis La Bey aka Monsieur Le Fox
Life Begins
1932
as Tony, Rita's Husband (uncredited)
Apache War Smoke
1952
as Peso Herrera
The Dove
1927
as Johnny Powell
Running Wild
1973
as Chief Tomicito
The Mark of Zorro
1974
as Don Alejandro Vega
Angels with Broken Wings
1941
as Don Pablo Vincente
The Love Mart
1927
as Victor Jallot
Gambling on the High Seas
1940
as Greg Morella
Samar
1962
as Col. Juan Sebastian Salazar
Robin Hood of Monterey
1947
as The Cisco Kid
Isle of Missing Men
1942
as Dan Curtis
The Passionate Plumber
1932
as Tony Lagorce
South of Monterey
1946
as The Cisco Kid
Rangers of Fortune
1940
as Antonio Hernandez Sierra
The Black Pearl
1977
The Christian Licorice Store
1971
as Jonathan 'JC' Carruthers
The Gay Cavalier
1946
as The Cisco Kid
The Woman Disputed
1928
as Paul Hartman
The Pacific Connection
1974
as Allan
The Diamond Queen
1953
as Baron Paul de Cabannes
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
1955
as Colonel Juan Castro
High Conquest
1947
as Hugo Lanier
Elinor Norton
1934
as Rene Alba
Monsieur Le Fox
1930
King of the Bandits
1947
as Cisco Kid aka Ramon Mojica
Riding the California Trail
1947
as The Cisco Kid
The Desert Hawk
1944
as Kasim, The Desert Hawk / Hassan, Evil Twin Brother
The Bohemian Life
1938
as Rodolfo
Guns of the Timberland
1960
as Monty Walker
A Parisian Romance
1932
as Victor
Treasure of Tayopa
1974
as Himself - Host
Wings Up
1943
as Himself
After Tonight
1933
as Capt. Rudolph Ritter
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1957
as Dancer
New York Nights
1929
as Fred Deverne
The Men in Her Life
1932
as Jaime Gilman
Revolt of the Ghosts
1949
as Arturo Ruiz del Rosal
The Blonde Saint
1926
as Annibale
Catch Me If You Can!
1959
as Gilberto Ramnes
Gigolettes of Paris
1933
as Antoine 'Tony' Ferrand
The Spaniard
1925
as Matador (uncredited)
Ladies Love Danger
1935
Beauty and the Bandit
1946
as The Cisco Kid
Una viuda romántica
1933
as Luis Felipe de Córdoba aka Prudencio González
Yo, tú y ella
1933
About Gilbert Roland
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… With 134 credits spanning from 1923 to 2003, Gilbert Roland has appeared in 115 films and 19 TV shows.
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- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — as Achmed Abdullah
- The Furies (1950) — as Juan Herrera
- Cheyenne Autumn (1964) — as Dull Knife
- Complicated Women (2003) — as Self (archive footage)
- Captain Kidd (1945) — as Jose Lorenzo
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