Acting · Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico · Born December 11, 1905
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.
MovieComplicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
MovieClara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
MovieBarbarosa
1982
as Don Braulio
MovieCaboblanco
1980
as Dr. Rudolfo Ramirez
TVThe Sacketts
1979
as Don Luis Alvarado
MovieThe Black Pearl
1977
MovieIslands in the Stream
1977
as Captain Ralph
MovieThe Deadly Tower
1975
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Pacific Connection
1974
as Allan
MovieThe Mark of Zorro
1974
as Don Alejandro Vega
MovieTreasure of Tayopa
1974
as Himself - Host
MovieRunning Wild
1973
as Chief Tomicito
TVBarnaby Jones
1973
as Juan DeVarga
MovieIncident on a Dark Street
1973
as Dominic Leopold
TVKung Fu
1972
as Padre Braganza
MovieThe Christian Licorice Store
1971
as Jonathan 'JC' Carruthers
TVNight Gallery
1970
TVMcCloud
1970
TVMedical Center
1969
MovieSartana Does Not Forgive
1968
as Kirchner
MovieBetween God, The Devil and a Winchester
1968
as Juan Chasquido / Jess Guido
Land's End
1968
as Captain Bravo
MovieJohnny Hamlet
1968
as Dazio
MovieThe Ruthless Four
1968
as Mason
MovieAny Gun Can Play
1967
as Monetero
TVThe High Chaparral
1967
as Don Domingo Montoya
TVGarrison's Gorillas
1967
MovieThe Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
as Serge Marko
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Emilio Cruz
MovieThe Reward
1965
as Captain Carbajal
MovieCheyenne Autumn
1964
as Dull Knife
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Jose Anza
TVCombat!
1962
as Boulanger
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Luis Aguilar
MovieSamar
1962
as Col. Juan Sebastian Salazar
MovieGuns of the Timberland
1960
as Monty Walker
MovieThe Big Circus
1959
as Zach Colino (Aerialist)
MovieThe Wild and the Innocent
1959
as Paul
MovieCatch Me If You Can!
1959
as Gilberto Ramnes
TVWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
MovieThe Last of the Fast Guns
1958
as Miles Lang
MovieThe Midnight Story
1957
as Sylvio Malatesta
MovieInvitation to a Gunfighter
1957
as Dancer
MovieThree Violent People
1956
as Innocencio Ortega
MovieAround the World in 80 Days
1956
as Achmed Abdullah
TVThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
MovieBandido!
1956
as Col. Escobar
MovieThe Treasure of Pancho Villa
1955
as Colonel Juan Castro
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Lt. Julio Chavez
MovieThat Lady
1955
as Antonio Perez
MovieUnderwater!
1955
as Dominic Quesada
MovieThe Racers
1955
as Dell'Oro
TVDecember Bride
1954
MovieThe French Line
1954
as Pierre DuQuesne
MovieBeneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
as Mike Petrakis
MovieThe Diamond Queen
1953
as Baron Paul de Cabannes
MovieThunder Bay
1953
as Teche Bossier
MovieThe Bad and the Beautiful
1952
as Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
MovieApache War Smoke
1952
as Peso Herrera
MovieThe Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
1952
as Hugo da Silva
MovieGlory Alley
1952
as Peppi Donnato
MovieMy Six Convicts
1952
as Punch Pinero
MovieTen Tall Men
1951
as Corporal Luis Delgado
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Gino Bardi
MovieThe Mark of the Renegade
1951
as Don Pedro Garcia
MovieBullfighter and the Lady
1951
as Manolo Estrada
MovieThe Furies
1950
as Juan Herrera
MovieCrisis
1950
as Roland Gonzales
MovieThe Torch
1950
as Father Sierra
MovieMalaya
1949
as Romano
MovieWe Were Strangers
1949
as Guillermo Montilla
MovieRevolt of the Ghosts
1949
as Arturo Ruiz del Rosal
MovieThe Dude Goes West
1948
as Pecos Kid
MoviePirates of Monterey
1947
as Major de Roja
MovieKing of the Bandits
1947
as Cisco Kid aka Ramon Mojica
MovieRobin Hood of Monterey
1947
as The Cisco Kid
MovieHigh Conquest
1947
as Hugo Lanier
MovieThe Other Love
1947
as Croupier
MovieRiding the California Trail
1947
as The Cisco Kid
MovieBeauty and the Bandit
1946
as The Cisco Kid
MovieSouth of Monterey
1946
as The Cisco Kid
MovieThe Gay Cavalier
1946
as The Cisco Kid
MovieCaptain Kidd
1945
as Jose Lorenzo
MovieThe Desert Hawk
1944
as Kasim, The Desert Hawk / Hassan, Evil Twin Brother
MovieWings Up
1943
as Himself
MovieIsle of Missing Men
1942
as Dan Curtis
MovieEnemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942
as Paul Gilette
MovieMy Life with Caroline
1941
as Paco Del Valle
MovieAngels with Broken Wings
1941
as Don Pablo Vincente
MovieRangers of Fortune
1940
as Antonio Hernandez Sierra
MovieThe Sea Hawk
1940
as Capt. Lopez
MovieGambling on the High Seas
1940
as Greg Morella
MovieIsle Of Destiny
1940
as Oliver Barton
MovieJuarez
1939
as Colonel Miguel Lopez
MovieGateway
1938
as Tony Cadona
MovieThe Bohemian Life
1938
as Rodolfo
MovieThunder Trail
1937
as Arizona Dick Ames
MovieThe Last Train from Madrid
1937
as Eduardo de Soto
MovieMidnight Taxi
1937
as Flash Dillon
MovieLa Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935
as Self
MovieLadies Love Danger
1935
MovieMystery Woman
1935
as Juan Santanda
MovieElinor Norton
1934
as Rene Alba
MovieYo, tú y ella
1933
MovieAfter Tonight
1933
as Capt. Rudolph Ritter
Una viuda romántica
1933
as Luis Felipe de Córdoba aka Prudencio González
MovieGigolettes of Paris
1933
as Antoine 'Tony' Ferrand
MovieOur Betters
1933
as Pepi D'Costa
MovieShe Done Him Wrong
1933
as Serge Stanieff
MovieCall Her Savage
1932
as Moonglow
A Parisian Romance
1932
as Victor
MovieNo Living Witness
1932
as Jerry Bennett
MovieLife Begins
1932
as Tony, Rita's Husband (uncredited)
MovieThe Woman in Room 13
1932
as Victor Legrand
MovieThe Men in Her Life
1932
as Jaime Gilman
MovieThe Passionate Plumber
1932
as Tony Lagorce
MovieResurrection
1931
as Prince Dmitri Nekhludov
Monsieur Le Fox
1930
MovieMen of the North
1930
as Louis La Bey aka Monsieur Le Fox
MovieNew York Nights
1929
as Fred Deverne
MovieThe Woman Disputed
1928
as Paul Hartman
MovieThe Dove
1927
as Johnny Powell
MovieThe Love Mart
1927
as Victor Jallot
MovieRose of the Golden West
1927
as Juan
MovieCamille
1927
as Armand Duval
MovieThe Blonde Saint
1926
as Annibale
MovieThe Campus Flirt
1926
as Graham Stearns
MovieThe Plastic Age
1925
as Carl Peters
MovieThe Lady Who Lied
1925
MovieThe Spaniard
1925
as Matador (uncredited)
MovieThe Lost World
1925
as Extra
MovieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923
as Extra (uncredited)
