7.5
7.5
The Black Pearl
1977
Gilbert Roland
Acting
Born:December 11, 1905
Died:May 15, 1994(aged 88)
Birthplace:Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
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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.
Filmography (108 movies)
7.3
7.3
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
as Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
7.2
7.2
The Furies
1950
as Juan Herrera
7.1
7.1
The Sea Hawk
1940
as Capt. Lopez
6.7
6.7
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
as Dull Knife
6.7
6.7
The Lost World
1925
as Extra
6.6
6.6
Around the World in Eighty Days
1956
as Achmed Abdullah
6.6
6.6
The Deadly Tower
1975
as Narrator (voice)
6.6
6.6
Crisis
1950
as Roland Gonzales
6.5
6.5
Malaya
1949
as Romano
6.5
6.5
The Big Circus
1959
as Zach Colino (Aerialist)
6.5
6.5
Gateway
1938
as Tony Cadona
6.5
6.5
Juarez
1939
as Colonel Miguel Lopez
6.4
6.4
Ten Tall Men
1951
as Corporal Luis Delgado
6.4
6.4
The Dove
1927
as Johnny Powell
6.4
6.4
Islands in the Stream
1977
as Captain Ralph
6.3
6.3
Johnny Hamlet
1968
as Dazio
6.3
6.3
After Tonight
1933
as Capt. Rudolph Ritter
6.3
6.3
The Wild and the Innocent
1959
as Paul
6.3
6.3
My Six Convicts
1952
as Punch Pinero
6.2
6.2
Any Gun Can Play
1967
as Monetero
6.2
6.2
Captain Kidd
1945
as Jose Lorenzo
6.2
6.2
Isle of Missing Men
1942
as Dan Curtis
6.2
6.2
The Woman Disputed
1928
as Paul Hartman
6.2
6.2
Beauty and the Bandit
1946
as The Cisco Kid
6.1
6.1
Thunder Bay
1953
as Teche Bossier
6.1
6.1
Sartana Does Not Forgive
1968
as Kirchner
6.1
6.1
Guns of the Timberland
1960
as Monty Walker
6.1
6.1
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951
as Manolo Estrada
6.0
6.0
The Midnight Story
1957
as Sylvio Malatesta
6.0
6.0
The Other Love
1947
as Croupier
6.0
6.0
That Lady
1955
as Antonio Perez
6.0
6.0
The Racers
1955
as Dell'Oro
6.0
6.0
The Desert Hawk
1944
as Kasim, The Desert Hawk / Hassan, Evil Twin Brother
6.0
6.0
The Passionate Plumber
1932
as Tony Lagorce
6.0
6.0
Monsieur Le Fox
1930
6.0
6.0
Thunder Trail
1937
as Arizona Dick Ames
6.0
6.0
Resurrection
1931
as Prince Dmitri Nekhludov
6.0
6.0
The Plastic Age
1925
as Carl Peters
6.0
6.0
We Were Strangers
1949
as Guillermo Montilla
6.0
6.0
Elinor Norton
1934
as Rene Alba
5.9
5.9
Three Violent People
1956
as Innocencio Ortega
5.9
5.9
Robin Hood of Monterey
1947
as The Cisco Kid
5.9
5.9
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
as Mike Petrakis
5.9
5.9
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935
as Self
5.9
5.9
The Ruthless Four
1968
as Mason
5.9
5.9
The Mark of Zorro
1974
as Don Alejandro Vega
5.9
5.9
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
1952
as Hugo da Silva
5.8
5.8
She Done Him Wrong
1933
as Serge Stanieff
5.8
5.8
Barbarosa
1982
as Don Braulio
5.8
5.8
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
1955
as Colonel Juan Castro
5.8
5.8
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
as Serge Marko
5.7
5.7
The Reward
1965
as Captain Carbajal
5.7
5.7
My Life with Caroline
1941
as Paco Del Valle
5.7
5.7
Bandido!
1956
as Col. Escobar
5.5
5.5
Glory Alley
1952
as Peppi Donnato
5.5
5.5
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942
as Paul Gilette
5.5
5.5
Call Her Savage
1932
as Moonglow
5.4
5.4
The Last of the Fast Guns
1958
as Miles Lang
5.4
5.4
Underwater!
1955
as Dominic Quesada
5.3
5.3
Caboblanco
1980
as Dr. Rudolfo Ramirez
5.2
5.2
The Dude Goes West
1948
as Pecos Kid
5.2
5.2
The Mark of the Renegade
1951
as Don Pedro Garcia
5.2
5.2
Wings Up
1943
as Himself
5.1
5.1
Our Betters
1933
as Pepi D'Costa
5.0
5.0
Men of the North
1930
as Louis La Bey aka Monsieur Le Fox
5.0
5.0
Gigolettes of Paris
1933
as Antoine 'Tony' Ferrand
5.0
5.0
Revolt of the Ghosts
1949
as Arturo Ruiz del Rosal
5.0
5.0
Isle Of Destiny
1940
as Oliver Barton
5.0
5.0
Incident on a Dark Street
1973
as Dominic Leopold
5.0
5.0
Midnight Taxi
1937
as Flash Dillon
5.0
5.0
Gambling on the High Seas
1940
as Greg Morella
5.0
5.0
Rangers of Fortune
1940
as Antonio Hernandez Sierra
4.9
4.9
Between God, The Devil and a Winchester
1968
as Juan Chasquido / Jess Guido
4.8
4.8
The Torch
1950
as Father Sierra
4.8
4.8
New York Nights
1929
as Fred Deverne
4.7
4.7
Pirates of Monterey
1947
as Major de Roja
4.3
4.3
The Pacific Connection
1974
as Allan
4.3
4.3
The Last Train from Madrid
1937
as Eduardo de Soto
4.1
4.1
The Christian Licorice Store
1971
as Jonathan 'JC' Carruthers
4.0
4.0
King of the Bandits
1947
as Cisco Kid aka Ramon Mojica
4.0
4.0
Riding the California Trail
1947
as The Cisco Kid
3.9
3.9
The French Line
1954
as Pierre DuQuesne
3.7
3.7
Treasure of Tayopa
1974
as Himself - Host
3.7
3.7
Angels with Broken Wings
1941
as Don Pablo Vincente
3.5
3.5
A Parisian Romance
1932
as Victor
3.0
3.0
Apache War Smoke
1952
as Peso Herrera
1.0
1.0
Camille
1927
as Armand Duval
South of Monterey
1946
as The Cisco Kid
The Gay Cavalier
1946
as The Cisco Kid
The Woman in Room 13
1932
as Victor Legrand
Samar
1962
as Col. Juan Sebastian Salazar
Rose of the Golden West
1927
as Juan
No Living Witness
1932
as Jerry Bennett
The Love Mart
1927
as Victor Jallot
Running Wild
1973
as Chief Tomicito
Mystery Woman
1935
as Juan Santanda
High Conquest
1947
as Hugo Lanier
The Bohemian Life
1938
as Rodolfo
The Men in Her Life
1932
as Jaime Gilman
The Blonde Saint
1926
as Annibale
The Lady Who Lied
1925
The Campus Flirt
1926
as Graham Stearns
Ladies Love Danger
1935
The Spaniard
1925
as Matador (uncredited)
The Diamond Queen
1953
as Baron Paul de Cabannes
Una viuda romántica
1933
as Luis Felipe de Córdoba aka Prudencio González
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1957
as Dancer
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