Gilbert Roland
Gender: Male
Born: 11th December 1905
Died: 15th May 1994
Nationality: United States of America, Mexico
TV programs: The Sacketts
Movies: She Done Him Wrong, Three Violent People, The Dove, The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima, The Bullfighter and the Lady, The Bad and the Beautiful, We Were Strangers, Beneath the 12-Mile Reef, The Gay Cavalier, Guns of the Timberland, My Six Convicts, Call Her Savage, Islands in the Stream, The Midnight Story, The Love Mart, The Desert Hawk, Bandido, Méphisto, The Treasure of Pancho Villa, Camille, Crisis, Our Betters, Any Gun Can Play, The Furies, The Sea Hawk, Cheyenne Autumn, Isle of Missing Men, Barbarosa, Around the World in Eighty Days, Isle of Destiny, Cisco Kid: Vol. 2, The Mark of Zorro, Cisco Kid: Vol. 1, Captain Kidd, The French Line, The Plastic Age, The Torch, The Other Love, Diamond Queen, My Life with Caroline, The Christian Licorice Store, Caboblanco, Apache War Smoke, Glory Alley, Monsieur Le Fox
Gilbert Roland (December 11, 1905 – May 15, 1994) was a Mexican-born American film actor.
He was born Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico and originally intended to become a bullfighter like his father. When the family moved to the United States, however, he became interested in acting when he was picked at random for a role as an extra. He chose his screen name by combining the names of his favorite actors, John Gilbert and Ruth Roland. He was often cast in the typical "Latin Lover" role.
Roland's first major role was in the collegiate comedy The Plastic Age (1925) together with Clara Bow, to whom he became engaged. In 1927, he played Armand in Camille opposite Norma Talmadge, whom he was romantically involved with, and they starred together in several productions. Roland later appeared in Spanish language adaptations of American films, in romantic lead roles.
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
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