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Roland, Gilbert. ( b. 11 December 1905 in Juarez, Mexico; d. 15 May 1994 in Beverly Hills, California), Mexican-American actor whose career spanned seven decades, from silent films to television, including eleven films as the legendary Cisco Kid. Roland was born Luis Antonio Damasco de Alonso, the second of six children born to Don Francisco ...
Lowest Rated: 40% Camille (1927) Birthday: Dec 11, 1905. Birthplace: Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. As a boy in Mexico Gilbert Roland dreamed of being a bullfighter. But when his family moved to the ...
May 17, 1994 · Gilbert Roland was born Luis Alonso in 1905 in Juarez, on the Mexican border with Texas. His father, Francisco, was a bullfighter who had come from Spain. Luis had ambitions to follow his father ...
Other articles where Gilbert Roland is discussed: Sam Wood: Wood’s heyday: …Fred MacMurray, Albert Dekker, and Gilbert Roland. Kitty Foyle (1940), however, was a huge hit. The sentimental soap opera, which was based on Christopher Morley’s best seller, centres on a working-class girl (Ginger Rogers) who must choose between her wealthy boss and an idealistic doctor. The dramatic role made ...
Film: South side of the 6700 block of Hollywood Boulevard. Actor Born Luis Antonio Damaso de Alonso on Dec. 11, 1905 in Chihuahua, Mexico. Died May 15, 1994 in Beverly Hills, Calif. G ilbert Roland was a lithe, muscular star whose career spanned seven decades from silents to television and included 11 films as the legendary Cisco Kid.
Gilbert Roland Collection. In his 60-year career, Mexican-born actor Gilbert Roland garnered over 150 film and television credits, including “Bullfighter and the Lady” (1951), “The Bad and the Beautiful” (1952), and “Cheyenne Autumn” (1964). Fifteen reels of home movies, filmed by Roland between 1935 and 1961, make up the bulk of ...
