Gilbert Roland
Gilbert Roland
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. 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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
135
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-12-11 (119 years old)
Place of Birth
Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Acting

2003

Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)

1999

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)

1982

Barbarosa as Don Braulio

1980

Caboblanco as Dr. Rudolfo Ramirez

1979

The Sacketts as Don Luis Alvarado

1977

Islands in the Stream as Captain Ralph

1977

The Black Pearl as Not available

1975

The Deadly Tower as Narrator (voice)

1974

The Mark of Zorro as Don Alejandro Vega

1974

Treasure of Tayopa as Himself - Host

1973

Barnaby Jones as Juan DeVarga

1973

Incident on a Dark Street as Dominic Leopold

1973

Running Wild as Chief Tomicito

1972

Kung Fu as Padre Braganza

1971

The Christian Licorice Store as Jonathan 'JC' Carruthers

1970

Night Gallery as Not available

1970

McCloud as Not available

1969

Medical Center as Not available

1968

Land's End as Captain Bravo

1968

Between God, The Devil and a Winchester as Juan Chasquido / Jess Guido

1968

The Ruthless Four as Mason

1968

Sartana Does Not Forgive as Kirchner

1968

Johnny Hamlet as Dazio

1967

The High Chaparral as Don Domingo Montoya

1967

Garrison's Gorillas as Not available

1967

Any Gun Can Play as Monetero

1966

The Poppy Is Also a Flower as Serge Marko

1965

The F.B.I. as Emilio Cruz

1965

The Reward as Captain Carbajal

1964

Cheyenne Autumn as Dull Knife

1963

The Greatest Show on Earth as Not available

1963

The Fugitive as Jose Anza

1963

The Fugitive as Gus Priamos

1962

Combat! as Boulanger

1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Luis Aguilar

1962

Samar as Col. Juan Sebastian Salazar

1960

Guns of the Timberland as Monty Walker

1959

The Big Circus as Zach Colino (Aerialist)

1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Not available

1958

The Last of the Fast Guns as Miles Lang

1957

The Midnight Story as Sylvio Malatesta

1956

Around the World in Eighty Days as Achmed Abdullah

1956

Three Violent People as Innocencio Ortega, Grand Vacaro

1956

Bandido! as Col. Escobar

1955

Gunsmoke as Lt. Julio Chavez

1955

The Treasure of Pancho Villa as Colonel Juan Castro

1955

Underwater! as Dominic Quesada

1955

The Racers as Dell'Oro

1955

That Lady as Antonio Perez

1954

December Bride as Not available

1954

The French Line as Pierre DuQuesne

1953

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef as Mike Petrakis

1953

Thunder Bay as Teche Bossier

1953

The Diamond Queen as Baron Paul de Cabannes

1952

The Bad and the Beautiful as Victor "Gaucho" Ribera

1952

The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima as Hugo da Silva

1952

My Six Convicts as Punch Pinero

1952

Apache War Smoke as Peso Herrera

1952

Glory Alley as Peppi Donnato

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Gino Bardi

1951

Ten Tall Men as Corporal Luis Delgado

1951

The Mark of the Renegade as Don Pedro Garcia

1951

Bullfighter and the Lady as Manolo Estrada

1950

The Furies as Juan Herrera

1950

The Torch as Father Sierra

1950

Crisis as Roland Gonzales

1949

We Were Strangers as Guillermo Montilla

1949

Malaya as Romano

1949

Revolt of the Ghosts as Arturo Ruiz del Rosal

1948

The Dude Goes West as Pecos Kid

1947

The Other Love as Croupier

1947

High Conquest as Hugo Lanier

1947

King of the Bandits as Cisco Kid aka Ramon Mojica

1947

Pirates of Monterey as Major de Roja

1947

Robin Hood of Monterey as The Cisco Kid

1947

Riding the California Trail as The Cisco Kid

1946

Beauty and the Bandit as The Cisco Kid

1946

The Gay Cavalier as The Cisco Kid

1946

South of Monterey as The Cisco Kid

1945

Captain Kidd as Jose Lorenzo

1944

The Desert Hawk as Kasim, The Desert Hawk / Hassan, Evil Twin Brother

1943

Wings Up as Himself

1942

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen as Paul Gilette

1942

Isle of Missing Men as Dan Curtis

1941

My Life with Caroline as Paco Del Valle

1941

Angels with Broken Wings as Don Pablo Vincente

1940

The Sea Hawk as Capt. Lopez

1940

Isle Of Destiny as Oliver Barton

1940

Rangers of Fortune as Antonio Hernandez Sierra

1940

Gambling on the High Seas as Greg Morella

1939

Juarez as Colonel Miguel Lopez

1938

Gateway as Tony Cadona

1938

The Bohemian Life as Rodolfo

1937

The Last Train from Madrid as Eduardo de Soto

1937

Midnight Taxi as Flash Dillon

1937

Thunder Trail as Arizona Dick Ames

1935

Ladies Love Danger as Not available

1935

Mystery Woman as Juan Santanda

1934

Elinor Norton as Rene Alba

1933

She Done Him Wrong as Serge Stanieff

1933

Our Betters as Pepi D'Costa

1933

After Tonight as Capt. Rudolph Ritter

1933

Gigolettes of Paris as Antoine 'Tony' Ferrand

1933

Una viuda romántica as Luis Felipe de Córdoba aka Prudencio González

1932

Call Her Savage as Moonglow

1932

Life Begins as Tony, Rita's Husband (uncredited)

1932

The Woman in Room 13 as Victor Legrand

1932

The Passionate Plumber as Tony Lagorce

1932

A Parisian Romance as Victor

1932

The Men in Her Life as Jaime Gilman

1932

No Living Witness as Jerry Bennett

1931

Resurrection as Prince Dmitri Nekhludov

1930

Men of the North as Louis La Bey aka Monsieur Le Fox

1930

Monsieur Le Fox as Not available

1929

New York Nights as Fred Deverne

1928

The Woman Disputed as Paul Hartman

1927

Camille as Armand Duval

1927

The Love Mart as Victor Jallot

1927

The Dove as Johnny Powell

1926

The Blonde Saint as Annibale

1926

The Campus Flirt as Graham Stearns

1925

The Lost World as Extra

1925

The Plastic Age as Carl Peters

1925

The Lady Who Lied as Not available

1925

The Spaniard as Matador (uncredited)

1923

The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Extra (uncredited)
Crew

1947

King of the Bandits Additional Dialogue

1947

Robin Hood of Monterey Additional Dialogue

1946

Beauty and the Bandit Additional Dialogue