Gilbert Roland

Movie Actor

Gilbert Roland was born in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico on December 11th, 1905 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 88, Gilbert Roland biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso
Date of Birth
December 11, 1905
Nationality
United States, Mexico
Place of Birth
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Death Date
May 15, 1994 (age 88)
Zodiac Sign
Sagittarius
Profession
Film Actor, Television Actor
Gilbert Roland Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 88 years old, Gilbert Roland has this physical status:

Height
178cm
Weight
Not Available
Hair Color
Dark brown
Eye Color
Dark brown
Build
Athletic
Measurements
Not Available
Gilbert Roland Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Roman Catholic
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Not Available
Gilbert Roland Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Constance Bennett, ​ ​(m. 1941; div. 1945)​, Guillermina Cantu, ​ ​(m. 1954)​
Children
2
Dating / Affair
Not Available
Parents
Not Available
Siblings
Francisco Day
Gilbert Roland Career

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.

In 1933, Roland played a large supporting role in She Done Him Wrong as one of Mae West's character's lovers, along with rivals Cary Grant, Noah Beery Sr. and Owen Moore.

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 (and fictional) friend of the three shepherd children in The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima, based on the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima in 1917. In 1953, Roland played Greek-American sponge diver Mike Petrakis in the epic Beneath the 12-Mile Reef.

Roland played Dom Pedro II, the emperor of Brazil, in a 1963 episode, "A Kingdom for a Horse", of the syndicated western television series Death Valley Days. He also portrayed Howard McMahon on Bewitched, acted on December Bride and Playhouse 90, and both wrote the script for and acted in an episode of Wagon Train.

His last film appearance was in the 1982 western Barbarosa.

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