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