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.
115 movies · 19 shows
Complicated Women
2003·6.9
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002·6.5
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999·8.3
Barbarosa
1982·5.8
Caboblanco
1980·5.3
The Black Pearl
1977·7.6
Islands in the Stream
1977·6.5
The Deadly Tower
1975·6.7
The Pacific Connection
1974·5.3
The Mark of Zorro
1974·6.2
Treasure of Tayopa
1974·4.8
Running Wild
1973·10.0
Incident on a Dark Street
1973·5.3
The Christian Licorice Store
1971·4.8
Sartana Does Not Forgive
1968·6.4
Between God, The Devil and a Winchester
1968·5.5
Johnny Hamlet
1968·6.5
The Ruthless Four
1968·5.9
Any Gun Can Play
1967·6.2
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966·6.1
The Reward
1965·6.0
Cheyenne Autumn
1964·6.7
Samar
1962·7.0
Guns of the Timberland
1960·6.2
The Big Circus
1959·6.6
The Wild and the Innocent
1959·6.3
Catch Me If You Can!
1959·7.0
The Last of the Fast Guns
1958·5.5
The Midnight Story
1957·6.1
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1957·0.0
Three Violent People
1956·5.9
Around the World in 80 Days
1956·6.7
Bandido!
1956·5.7
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
1955·5.9
That Lady
1955·6.6
Underwater!
1955·5.5
The Racers
1955·6.7
The French Line
1954·4.4
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953·6.0
The Diamond Queen
1953·7.0
Thunder Bay
1953·6.0
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952·7.3
Apache War Smoke
1952·5.0
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
1952·5.9
Glory Alley
1952·5.9
My Six Convicts
1952·6.5
Ten Tall Men
1951·6.2
The Mark of the Renegade
1951·5.7
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951·6.3
The Furies
1950·7.1
Crisis
1950·6.7
The Torch
1950·5.3
Malaya
1949·6.9
We Were Strangers
1949·6.3
Revolt of the Ghosts
1949·6.0
The Dude Goes West
1948·5.9
Pirates of Monterey
1947·5.6
King of the Bandits
1947·7.0
Robin Hood of Monterey
1947·6.1
High Conquest
1947·0.0
The Other Love
1947·6.1
Riding the California Trail
1947·5.5
Beauty and the Bandit
1946·6.3
South of Monterey
1946·8.0
The Gay Cavalier
1946·10.0
Captain Kidd
1945·6.3
The Desert Hawk
1944·6.5
Wings Up
1943·5.7
Isle of Missing Men
1942·6.8
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942·6.5
My Life with Caroline
1941·6.8
Angels with Broken Wings
1941·5.3
Rangers of Fortune
1940·6.5
The Sea Hawk
1940·7.2
Gambling on the High Seas
1940·5.7
Isle Of Destiny
1940·5.7
Juarez
1939·6.5
Gateway
1938·7.4
The Bohemian Life
1938·8.0
Thunder Trail
1937·8.0
The Last Train from Madrid
1937·4.8
Midnight Taxi
1937·6.2
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935·6.1
Ladies Love Danger
1935·8.0
Mystery Woman
1935·6.5
Elinor Norton
1934·6.5
Yo, tú y ella
1933·0.0
After Tonight
1933·6.6
Una viuda romántica
1933·9.0
Gigolettes of Paris
1933·5.7
Our Betters
1933·5.4
She Done Him Wrong
1933·5.9
Call Her Savage
1932·5.8
A Parisian Romance
1932·4.6
No Living Witness
1932·10.0
Life Begins
1932·6.2
The Woman in Room 13
1932·8.0
The Men in Her Life
1932·9.0
The Passionate Plumber
1932·6.1
Resurrection
1931·6.3
Monsieur Le Fox
1930·7.0
Men of the North
1930·5.7
New York Nights
1929·5.5
The Woman Disputed
1928·7.1
The Dove
1927·6.8
The Love Mart
1927·8.0
Rose of the Golden West
1927·9.0
Camille
1927·3.7
The Blonde Saint
1926·10.0
The Campus Flirt
1926·7.0
The Plastic Age
1925·6.2
The Lady Who Lied
1925·9.0
The Spaniard
1925·8.0
The Lost World
1925·6.7
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923·6.6