Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso (December 11, 1905 – May 15, 1994), known professionally as Gilbert Roland, 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

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in 1952 and 1964 and inducted into the

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in 1960.

Early years

Gilbert Roland in The Bad and the Beautiful trailer

Roland was born in

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, Mexico, and originally intended to become a

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like his father and his paternal grandfather. When

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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. After arriving there, he found menial jobs and slept in a Catholic church. He often lost those jobs because he spent time working as an extra in films. 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.

Career

Roland's first film contract was with Paramount. His first major role was in the collegiate comedy '' The Plastic Age'' (1925) together with

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, to whom he became engaged."My life, by Clara Bow". Told to and edited by Adela Rogers St. Johns. Published by ''

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'' magazine in February, March, and April 1928 In 1926, he played Armand in '' Camille'' opposite

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, 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. In 1933, Roland played a large supporting role in '' She Done Him Wrong'' as one of

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's character's lovers, along with rivals

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, Noah Beery Sr. and

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. Roland served in the

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during

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. Beginning in the 1940s, critics began to take notice of his acting, and he was praised for his supporting roles in

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's '' We Were Strangers'' (1949), '' The Bad and the Beautiful'' (1952), ''

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'' (1953), and ''

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'' (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 (and fictional) friend of the three shepherd children in '' The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima,'' based on the apparitions of

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in 1917. In 1953, Roland played Greek-American sponge diver Mike Petrakis in the epic ''

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.'' Roland played Dom Pedro II, the emperor of

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, in a 1963 episode, "A Kingdom for a Horse", of the syndicated

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''. He also portrayed Howard McMahon on ''

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,'' acted on '' December Bride'' and ''

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,'' and both wrote the script for and acted in an episode of ''

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.'' His last film appearance was in the 1982

'' Barbarosa.''

Personal life

Roland married actress

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on April 20, 1941 in

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. They were married until 1946 and had two daughters, Lorinda "Lynda" (b. 1938) and Christina "Gyl" (b. 1941). Bennett won custody of their daughters. He had appeared with Bennett in 1933 as Pepe in George Cukor's '' Our Betters'', and in the same year, as the romantic lead in ''

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'', a

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drama. His second marriage to Guillermina Cantú in 1954 lasted until his death 40 years later.

Death

Gilbert Roland died of

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, California, in 1994, aged 88. His body was cremated, and his ashes were scattered at sea.

Accolades

Roland was nominated twice for a

, for his roles in '' The Bad and the Beautiful'' (1952) and ''

'' (1964). For his contributions to the motion picture industry, Gilbert Roland has a star on the

at 6730 Hollywood Boulevard.

Filmography

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Cinema

*''

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'' ( 1923) as Extra (uncredited) *'' The Lost World'' ( 1925) as Extra (uncredited) *''

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'' (1925) as Matador (uncredited) *''

The Lady Who Lied ''The Lady Who Lied'' is a 1925 American silent melodrama film produced and distributed by First National Pictures and based on a novel by Robert Hichens. Edwin Carewe directed, and Nita Naldi, and Lewis Stone star. The film has the distinct ...

'' (1925) *''The Lawful Cheater'' (1925) (uncredited) *''

The Midshipman ''The Midshipman '' is a 1925 American silent romantic drama film directed by Christy Cabanne. The film stars Ramon Novarro and Harriet Hammond. Joan Crawford had an early uncredited role as an extra. Plot James Randall (Novarro), a second yea ...

'' (1925) (uncredited) *'' The Plastic Age'' (1925) as Carl Peters *''

The Campus Flirt ''The Campus Flirt'' (a.k.a. The College Flirt) is a lost 1926 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Clarence Badger and starred Bebe Daniels. Comedian El Bren ...

'' ( 1926) as Graham Stearns *''

The Blonde Saint ''The Blonde Saint'' is a 1926 American silent romantic adventure film directed by Svend Gade. It was produced by Sam E. Rork and released through First National Pictures. Lewis Stone and Doris Kenyon star and young newcomer Gilbert Roland is ...

'' (1926) as Annibale *'' Camille'' (1926) as Armand Duval *''

Rose of the Golden West ''Rose of the Golden West'' is a surviving 1927 American silent romantic drama film produced by Richard A. Rowland and released by First National Pictures. It was directed by George Fitzmaurice and starred Mary Astor and Gilbert Roland. Cast * ...

'' (

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) as Juan *''

The Love Mart ''The Love Mart'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice starring Billie Dove, Gilbert Roland and Noah Beery, and featuring Boris Karloff. The film is lost. Cast * Billie Dove as Antoinette Frobelle * Gilbert Rolan ...

'' (1927) as Victor Jallot *'' The Dove'' (1927) as Johnny Powell *'' The Woman Disputed'' (

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...

) as Paul Hartman *'' New York Nights'' ( 1929) as Fred Deverne *'' Men of the North'' (1930) (Spanish and French version also filmed) as Louis La Bey aka Monsieur Le Fox *'' Resurrección'' ( 1931) (Spanish version of ''

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'') as Prince Dmitri Nekhludov *''

The Passionate Plumber ''The Passionate Plumber'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick, and starring Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, and Irene Purcell. The screenplay by Laurence E. Johnson and Ralph Spence is based on the 1926 play ''D ...

'' (

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...

) as Tony Lagorce *''Hombres de mi vida'' (1932) (Spanish version of ''

Men in Her Life ''Men in Her Life'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by William Beaudine and starring Lois Moran, Charles Bickford and Victor Varconi. It was based on a 1930 novel by Warner Fabian (Samuel Hopkins Adams)."AT THE PALACE 'Men in H ...

'') as Jaime Gilman *''

The Woman in Room 13 ''The Woman in Room 13'' is a lost 1920 American silent mystery drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Pauline Frederick. It was produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures and is based on a Broadway play of the same name, ''The Woma ...

'' (1932) as Victor Legrand *'' Life Begins '' (1932) as Tony, Rita's Husband (uncredited) *''

No Living Witness ''No Living Witness'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by E. Mason Hopper and written by Norman Houston. The film stars Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery Sr., Barbara Kent, Carmel Myers, Otis Harlan, Dorothy Revier, J. Carrol Naish, Fe ...

'' (1932) as Jerry Bennett *''

A Parisian Romance ''A Parisian Romance'' (french: Un Roman Parisien) is a play written in French by Octave Feuillet and adapted in English by Augustus R. Cazauran. Producer A. M. Palmer staged it at the Union Square Theatre on Broadway, where it debuted on Janu ...

'' (1932) as Victor *''

Call Her Savage ''Call Her Savage'' is a 1932 pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Clara Bow. The film was Bow's second-to-last film role. It is also one of the first portrayals of homosexuals on screen, including a scene in a gay ba ...

'' (1932) as Moonglow *'' She Done Him Wrong'' (

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) as Serge Stanieff *'' Our Betters'' (1933) as Pepi D'Costa *''The Romantic Widow'' (1933) as Luis Felipe de Córdoba aka Prudencio González *'' Tarnished Youth'' (1933) (UK version of ''

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'') as Antoine 'Tony' Ferrand *''

'' (1933) as Captain Rudolph "Rudy" Ritter *''Yo, tú y ella'' (1933) as Gabriel Villalba *''

Elinor Norton ''Elinor Norton'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Rose Franken and Philip Klein. It is based on the 1933 novel, ''The State versus Elinor Norton'' by Mary Roberts Rinehart. The film stars Claire Trevor ...

'' (

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ...

) as Rene Alba *'' Mystery Woman'' (

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

) as Juan Santanda *''Juliet Buys a Baby'' (1935) as Jack Aranda *'' Ladies Love Danger'' (1935) as Ricardo Souchet aka Alonzo *'' Midnight Taxi'' (

1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into ...

) as Flash Dillon *'' The Last Train from Madrid'' (1937) as Eduardo de Soto *'' Thunder Trail'' (1937) as Dick Ames aka Arizona Lopez *''La vida bohemia'' (

1938 Events January * January 1 ** The new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the authoritarian regime. ** State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France ...

) as Rodolfo *'' Gateway'' (1938) as Tony Cadona *'' Juarez'' (

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) as Colonel Miguel Lopez *''

Isle of Destiny ''Isle of Destiny'' (aka ''Trouble Over the Pacific'') is a 1940 American comedy adventure film set in the South Seas. The film was directed by Elmer Clifton and originally produced by Franklyn Warner for Grand National Pictures in 1939. ''Isle ...

'' ( 1940) as Oliver Barton *'' Gambling on the High Seas'' (1940) as Greg Morella *''

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'' (1940) as Capt. Lopez *''

Rangers of Fortune ''Rangers of Fortune'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Wood. The plot revolves around three heroes, played by Fred MacMurray, Albert Dekker, and Gilbert Roland, as they battle a ruthless land baron who is intent on driving out s ...

'' (1940) as Antonio Hernandez Sierra *''

Angels with Broken Wings ''Angels with Broken Wings'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Jane Frazee and Binnie Barnes. It was released by Republic Pictures. Cast *Binnie Barnes ... Sybil Barton *Gilbert Roland ... Don Pablo Vin ...

'' (

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) as Don Pablo Vincente *''

My Life with Caroline ''My Life with Caroline'' is a 1941 RKO Pictures American comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Ronald Colman and Anna Lee, in her second Hollywood film and her first in a starring role. The screenplay was written by John Van D ...

'' (1941) as Paco Del Valle *'' Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen'' (1942) as Paul Gillette *'' Isle of Missing Men'' (1942) as Thomas 'Dan' Bentley aka Curtis *'' The Desert Hawk'' (1944) as Kasim, The Desert Hawk / Hassan, The Evil Twin Brother *''

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'' (1945) as Jose Lorenzo *'' The Gay Cavalier'' (1946) as The Cisco Kid *'' South of Monterey'' (1946) as The Cisco Kid *'' Beauty and the Bandit'' (1946) as The Cisco Kid *''

Riding the California Trail ''Riding the California Trail'' is a 1947 American Western film directed by William Nigh and written by Clarence Upson Young. The film stars Gilbert Roland as the Cisco Kid, Martin Garralaga, Frank Yaconelli, Teala Loring, Inez Cooper and Te ...

'' (

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...

) as The Cisco Kid posing as Don Luis Salazar *''

The Other Love ''The Other Love'' is a 1947 American film noir drama romance film directed by Andre DeToth and starring Barbara Stanwyck, David Niven, and Richard Conte. Written by Ladislas Fodor and Harry Brown based on the story "Beyond" by Erich Maria Remar ...

'' (1947) as Croupier *'' High Conquest'' (1947) as Hugo Lanier *'' Robin Hood of Monterey'' (1947) as The Cisco Kid *'' Pirates of Monterey'' (1947) as Major de Rojas * ''

King of the Bandits ''King of the Bandits'' is a 1947 American Western film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Gilbert Roland, Angela Greene, and Chris-Pin Martin, and was released on November 8, 1947. Cast list * Gilbert Roland as the Cisco Kid, aka Chico V ...

'' (1947) as the Cisco Kid aka Ramon Mojica *'' The Dude Goes West'' (

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

) as Pecos Kid *''The Rebellion of the Ghosts'' (

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...

) as Arturo del Rosal *'' We Were Strangers'' (1949) as Guillermo Montilla *'' Malaya'' (1949) as Romano *''The Torch (film), The Torch'' (1950 in film, 1950) as Father Sierra *''Crisis (1950 film), Crisis'' (1950) as Roland Gonzales *''The Furies (1950 film), The Furies'' (1950) as Juan Herrera *''Bullfighter and the Lady'' (1951 in film, 1951) as Manolo Estrada *''The Mark of the Renegade'' (1951) as Don Pedro Garcia *''Ten Tall Men'' (1951) as Corporal Luis Delgado *''My Six Convicts'' (1952 in film, 1952) as Punch Pinero *''Glory Alley'' (1952) as Peppi Donnato *'' The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima'' (1952) as Hugo da Silva *''Apache War Smoke'' (1952) as Peso Herrera *'' The Bad and the Beautiful'' (1952) as Victor 'Gaucho' Ribero *''

'' (1953 in film, 1953) as Teche Bossier *''The Diamond Queen (1953 film), The Diamond Queen'' (1953) as Baron Paul de Cabannes *''

'' (1953) as Mike Petrakis *''The French Line'' (1953) as Pierre DuQuesne *''The Racers'' (1955 in film, 1955) as Dell'Oro *''Underwater!'' (1955) as Dominic Quesada *''That Lady'' (1955) as Antonio Perez *''The Treasure of Pancho Villa'' (1955) as Colonel Juan Castro *''Bandido (1956 film), Bandido'' (1956 in film, 1956) as Colonel José Escobar *''Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film), Around the World in 80 Days'' (1956) as Achmed Abdullah *''Three Violent People'' (1956) as Innocencio Ortega *''The Midnight Story'' (1957 in film, 1957) as Sylvio Malatesta *''The Last of the Fast Guns'' (1958 in film, 1958) as Miles Lang *''The Wild and the Innocent'' (1959 in film, 1959) as Paul *''The Big Circus'' (1959) as Zach Colino *''Catch Me If You Can (1959 film), Catch Me If You Can'' (1959) (unreleased) *''Guns of the Timberland'' (1960 in film, 1960) as Monty Walker *''Samar (1962 film), Samar'' (1962 in film, 1962) as Col. Juan Sebastian Salazar *''

'' (1964 in film, 1964) as Dull Knife *''The Reward'' (1965 in film, 1965) as Capt. Carbajal *''The Poppy Is Also a Flower'' (1966 in film, 1966) as Serge Marko *''Any Gun Can Play'' (1967 in film, 1967) as Monetero *''The Ruthless Four'' (1968 in film, 1968) as Mason *''Between God, the Devil and a Winchester'' (1968) as Horace *''Johnny Hamlet'' (1968) as Juan Chasquisdo *''Sartana Does Not Forgive'' (1968) as Kirchner *''The Christian Licorice Store'' (1971 in film, 1971) as Jonathan 'JC' Carruthers *''Running Wild (1973 film), Running Wild'' (1973 in film, 1973) as Chief Tomacito *''Treasure of Tayopa'' (1974 in film, 1974) as Himself - Host *''The Pacific Connection'' (1974) as Alan *''Islands in the Stream (film), Islands in the Stream'' (1977 in film, 1977) as Captain Ralph *''The Black Pearl (film), The Black Pearl '' (1977) *''Caboblanco'' (1980 in film, 1980) as Dr. Rudolfo Ramirez *'' Barbarosa'' (1982 in film, 1982) as Don Braulio (final film role)

Television

*''Zorro (1957 TV series), Zorro'', episodes "El Bandido" and "Adios El Cuchillo" (1960) as El Cuchillo / The Knife *''Gunsmoke'', episode "Extradition" (1963) as Lt. Julio Chavez *''

'', episode "A Kingdom for a Horse" (1963) as Emperor Dom Pedro *''The Fugitive (1963 TV series), The Fugitive'', episode "Somebody to Remember" (1964) as Gus Priamos; *''Combat!'', episode "The Convict" (1965) as Boulanger *''Bonanza'', episode "The Lonely Runner" (1965) as Jim Acton *''The Fugitive (1963 TV series), The Fugitive'', episode "The Savage Street" (1967) as Jose Anza. *''The High Chaparral'', episode "The New Lion of Sonora" (1971) as Don Domingo Montoya *''Night Gallery'', segment "The Waiting Room" (1972) as The Bartender *''Incident on a Dark Street'' (1973, TV Movie) as Dominic Leopold *''Kung Fu (1972 TV series)'', episode "The Chalice" (1973) *''Barnaby Jones'', episode "Rendezvous with Terror" (1974) *''The Mark of Zorro (1974 film), The Mark of Zorro'' (1974, TV Movie) as Don Alejandro Vega *''The Sacketts'' (1979, TV Movie) as Don Luis *''Hart to Hart'', episode "The Raid" (1980) as Jorge

Short subjects

*''La Fiesta de Santa Barbara'' (

) *''Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 8'' (1936 in film, 1936) *''Picture People No. 2: Hollywood Sports'' (

) *''Wings Up'' (1943 in film, 1943)

References

*Monush, Barry. ''The Encyclopedia of Film Actors From The Silent Era to 1965''. New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2003.

External links

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