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