- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 11, 1905
- Place of Birth
- Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Died
- May 15, 1994
Gilbert Roland
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 C…
Filmography
movieComplicated Women
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
movieClara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999 · Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
movieBarbarosa
1982 · Don Braulio
movieCaboblanco
1980 · Dr. Rudolfo Ramirez
tvThe Sacketts
1979 · Don Luis Alvarado
movieThe Black Pearl
1977
movieIslands in the Stream
1977 · Captain Ralph
movieThe Deadly Tower
1975 · Narrator (voice)
movieThe Pacific Connection
1974 · Allan
movieThe Mark of Zorro
1974 · Don Alejandro Vega
movieTreasure of Tayopa
1974 · Himself - Host
movieRunning Wild
1973 · Chief Tomicito
tvBarnaby Jones
1973 · Juan DeVarga
movieIncident on a Dark Street
1973 · Dominic Leopold
tvKung Fu
1972 · Padre Braganza
movieThe Christian Licorice Store
1971 · Jonathan 'JC' Carruthers
tvNight Gallery
1970
tvMcCloud
1970
tvMedical Center
1969
movieSartana Does Not Forgive
1968 · Kirchner
movieBetween God, The Devil and a Winchester
1968 · Juan Chasquido / Jess Guido
Land's End
tvLand's End
1968 · Captain Bravo
movieJohnny Hamlet
1968 · Dazio
movieThe Ruthless Four
1968 · Mason
movieAny Gun Can Play
1967 · Monetero
tvThe High Chaparral
1967 · Don Domingo Montoya
tvGarrison's Gorillas
1967
movieThe Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966 · Serge Marko
tvThe F.B.I.
1965 · Emilio Cruz
movieThe Reward
1965 · Captain Carbajal
movieCheyenne Autumn
1964 · Dull Knife
The Greatest Show on Earth
tvThe Greatest Show on Earth
1963
tvThe Fugitive
1963 · Jose Anza, Gus Priamos
tvCombat!
1962 · Boulanger
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Luis Aguilar
movieSamar
1962 · Col. Juan Sebastian Salazar
movieGuns of the Timberland
1960 · Monty Walker
movieThe Big Circus
1959 · Zach Colino (Aerialist)
movieThe Wild and the Innocent
1959 · Paul
movieCatch Me If You Can!
1959 · Gilberto Ramnes
tvWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
movieThe Last of the Fast Guns
1958 · Miles Lang
movieThe Midnight Story
1957 · Sylvio Malatesta
movieInvitation to a Gunfighter
1957 · Dancer
movieThree Violent People
1956 · Innocencio Ortega
movieAround the World in 80 Days
1956 · Achmed Abdullah
tvThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Self
movieBandido!
1956 · Col. Escobar
movieThe Treasure of Pancho Villa
1955 · Colonel Juan Castro
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Lt. Julio Chavez
movieThat Lady
1955 · Antonio Perez
movieUnderwater!
1955 · Dominic Quesada
movieThe Racers
1955 · Dell'Oro
tvDecember Bride
1954
movieThe French Line
1954 · Pierre DuQuesne
movieBeneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953 · Mike Petrakis
movieThe Diamond Queen
1953 · Baron Paul de Cabannes
movieThunder Bay
1953 · Teche Bossier
movieThe Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
movieApache War Smoke
1952 · Peso Herrera
movieThe Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
1952 · Hugo da Silva
movieGlory Alley
1952 · Peppi Donnato
movieMy Six Convicts
1952 · Punch Pinero
movieTen Tall Men
1951 · Corporal Luis Delgado
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Gino Bardi
movieThe Mark of the Renegade
1951 · Don Pedro Garcia
movieBullfighter and the Lady
1951 · Manolo Estrada
movieThe Furies
1950 · Juan Herrera
movieCrisis
1950 · Roland Gonzales
movieThe Torch
1950 · Father Sierra
movieMalaya
1949 · Romano
movieWe Were Strangers
1949 · Guillermo Montilla
movieRevolt of the Ghosts
1949 · Arturo Ruiz del Rosal
movieThe Dude Goes West
1948 · Pecos Kid
moviePirates of Monterey
1947 · Major de Roja
movieKing of the Bandits
1947 · Cisco Kid aka Ramon Mojica, Additional Dialogue
movieRobin Hood of Monterey
1947 · The Cisco Kid, Additional Dialogue
movieHigh Conquest
1947 · Hugo Lanier
movieThe Other Love
1947 · Croupier
movieRiding the California Trail
1947 · The Cisco Kid
movieBeauty and the Bandit
1946 · The Cisco Kid, Additional Dialogue
movieSouth of Monterey
1946 · The Cisco Kid
movieThe Gay Cavalier
1946 · The Cisco Kid
movieCaptain Kidd
1945 · Jose Lorenzo
movieThe Desert Hawk
1944 · Kasim, The Desert Hawk / Hassan, Evil Twin Brother
movieWings Up
1943 · Himself
movieIsle of Missing Men
1942 · Dan Curtis
movieEnemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942 · Paul Gilette
movieMy Life with Caroline
1941 · Paco Del Valle
movieAngels with Broken Wings
1941 · Don Pablo Vincente
movieRangers of Fortune
1940 · Antonio Hernandez Sierra
movieThe Sea Hawk
1940 · Capt. Lopez
movieGambling on the High Seas
1940 · Greg Morella
movieIsle Of Destiny
1940 · Oliver Barton
movieJuarez
1939 · Colonel Miguel Lopez
movieGateway
1938 · Tony Cadona
movieThe Bohemian Life
1938 · Rodolfo
movieThunder Trail
1937 · Arizona Dick Ames
movieThe Last Train from Madrid
1937 · Eduardo de Soto
movieMidnight Taxi
1937 · Flash Dillon
movieLa Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935 · Self
movieLadies Love Danger
1935
movieMystery Woman
1935 · Juan Santanda
movieElinor Norton
1934 · Rene Alba
movieYo, tú y ella
1933
movieAfter Tonight
1933 · Capt. Rudolph Ritter
Una viuda romántica
movieUna viuda romántica
1933 · Luis Felipe de Córdoba aka Prudencio González
movieGigolettes of Paris
1933 · Antoine 'Tony' Ferrand
movieOur Betters
1933 · Pepi D'Costa
movieShe Done Him Wrong
1933 · Serge Stanieff
movieCall Her Savage
1932 · Moonglow
A Parisian Romance
movieA Parisian Romance
1932 · Victor
movieNo Living Witness
1932 · Jerry Bennett
movieLife Begins
1932 · Tony, Rita's Husband (uncredited)
movieThe Woman in Room 13
1932 · Victor Legrand
movieThe Men in Her Life
1932 · Jaime Gilman
movieThe Passionate Plumber
1932 · Tony Lagorce
movieResurrection
1931 · Prince Dmitri Nekhludov
Monsieur Le Fox
movieMonsieur Le Fox
1930
movieMen of the North
1930 · Louis La Bey aka Monsieur Le Fox
movieNew York Nights
1929 · Fred Deverne
movieThe Woman Disputed
1928 · Paul Hartman
movieThe Dove
1927 · Johnny Powell
movieThe Love Mart
1927 · Victor Jallot
movieRose of the Golden West
1927 · Juan
movieCamille
1927 · Armand Duval
movieThe Blonde Saint
1926 · Annibale
movieThe Campus Flirt
1926 · Graham Stearns
movieThe Plastic Age
1925 · Carl Peters
movieThe Lady Who Lied
1925
movieThe Spaniard
1925 · Matador (uncredited)
movieThe Lost World
1925 · Extra
movieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923 · Extra (uncredited)