Gilbert Roland

Gilbert Roland

actor, writer, additional crew

Gilbert Roland was born on Dec 11, 1905 in Mexico. Gilbert Roland's big-screen debut came with The Hunchback of Notre Dame directed by Wallace Worsley in 1923, strarring Extra (uncredited). Gilbert Roland is known for The Sacketts directed by Robert Totten, Sam Elliott stars as Tell Sackett and Tom Selleck as Orrin Sackett. Gilbert Roland has got 1 awards and 2 nominations so far. The most recent award Gilbert Roland achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Gilbert Roland plays is Barbarosa which will be released on Feb 19, 1982.

Luis Antonio Damaso de Alonso, later known as Gilbert Roland, was born in 1905 in Mexico. Following his parents to the USA, he did not become the bullfighter he had dreamed of being but became an actor instead. His Mexican roots, his half macho half romantic ways, his handsome virile figure helped him land roles in movies from the early twenties to 1982. A long and varied career in which Roland was in turns an extra, a matinée idol (Armand Duval in Camille (1926)), a Latin Lover, a star of English-speaking films made in Hollywood in the early 1930s, a Mexican bandit in B-Movies, The Cisco Kid in a series of six popular Westerns, a brilliant character in major A movies (John Huston's We Were Strangers (1949), Vincente Minnelli's The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); Anthony Mann's Thunder Bay (1953), John Ford's Cheyenne Autumn (1964)), a sinister character in Spaghetti Westerns... When he retired in 1982, twelve years before he died, he could be satisfied. His career had spanned six decades, the coming of sound had not ended it, he had played in all kinds of movies, he had held the most beautiful women in his arms, and maybe the most important thing, he had been given the opportunity to show his acting talents. Not every actor can boast such a life achievement.

  • Birthday

    Dec 11, 1905
  • Place of Birth

    Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 2 nominations

Walk of Fame
1960
Motion Picture
Winner - Star on the Walk of Fame

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