Gilbert Roland
Acting
🎂 1905-12-11
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.
Cast credits(132)
Luis Aguilar
1962
1969
Juan DeVarga
1973
1963
Emilio Cruz
1965
Boulanger
1962
1967
1958
1954
Jose Anza
1963
Gus Priamos
1963
Self
1956
1970
1970
Don Domingo Montoya
1967
Lt. Julio Chavez
1955
Don Luis Alvarado
1979
Extra
1925
Mike Petrakis
1953
Gino Bardi
1951
Achmed Abdullah
1956
Padre Braganza
1972
Capt. Lopez
1940
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
1952
Juan Herrera
1950
Jose Lorenzo
1945
Dull Knife
1964
Innocencio Ortega, Grand Vacaro
1956
Paul
1959
Extra (uncredited)
1923
Serge Marko
1966
Dr. Rudolfo Ramirez
1980
Teche Bossier
1953
Monetero
1967
Pepi D'Costa
1933
Dominic Leopold
1973
Mason
1968
Captain Bravo
1968
Colonel Miguel Lopez
1939
1935
Don Braulio
1982
Croupier
1947
The Cisco Kid
1947
Hugo da Silva
1952
Sylvio Malatesta
1957
Zach Colino (Aerialist)
1959
Dominic Quesada
1955
Paco Del Valle
1941
Juan Chasquido / Jess Guido
1968
Romano
1949
Graham Stearns
1926
Col. Juan Sebastian Salazar
1962
Self (archive footage)
2003
The Cisco Kid
1946
Guillermo Montilla
1949
Col. Escobar
1956
Serge Stanieff
1933
Captain Ralph
1977
Don Pedro Garcia
1951
Kasim, The Desert Hawk / Hassan, Evil Twin Brother
1944
Corporal Luis Delgado
1951
Don Alejandro Vega
1974
Tony Cadona
1938
1925
Victor
1932
Monty Walker
1960
Manolo Estrada
1951
Dell'Oro
1955
Tony Lagorce
1932
Kirchner
1968
Hugo Lanier
1947
Punch Pinero
1952
Roland Gonzales
1950
Pierre DuQuesne
1954
Father Sierra
1950
Fred Deverne
1929
Tony, Rita's Husband (uncredited)
1932
Dazio
1968
Annibale
1926
Self
1935
Miles Lang
1958
Louis La Bey aka Monsieur Le Fox
1930
Narrator (voice)
1975
Eduardo de Soto
1937
Himself - Host
1974
The Cisco Kid
1946
Rene Alba
1934
Cisco Kid aka Ramon Mojica
1947
1977
Don Pablo Vincente
1941
Johnny Powell
1927
Pecos Kid
1948
Paul Gilette
1942
Capt. Rudolph Ritter
1933
Jonathan 'JC' Carruthers
1971
Antonio Hernandez Sierra
1940
Dan Curtis
1942
Allan
1974
Rodolfo
1938
2002
Greg Morella
1940
Antonio Perez
1955
The Cisco Kid
1946
Antoine 'Tony' Ferrand
1933
Carl Peters
1925
Peso Herrera
1952
Victor Jallot
1927
Moonglow
1932
Oliver Barton
1940
Captain Carbajal
1965
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
1999
Flash Dillon
1937
Major de Roja
1947
Armand Duval
1927
Paul Hartman
1928
Colonel Juan Castro
1955
Jerry Bennett
1932
The Cisco Kid
1947
Chief Tomicito
1973
Arizona Dick Ames
1937
Victor Legrand
1932
Prince Dmitri Nekhludov
1931
Matador (uncredited)
1925
Baron Paul de Cabannes
1953
Juan Santanda
1935
Peppi Donnato
1952
Arturo Ruiz del Rosal
1949
Jaime Gilman
1932
1930
Juan
1927
Luis Felipe de Córdoba aka Prudencio González
1933
Himself
1943