About Gilbert Roland
Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso (December 11, 1905 – May 15, 1994), known professionally as Gilbert Roland, 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. He chose his screen name by combining the names of his favorite actors, John Gilbert and Ruth Roland. When Pancho Villa took control of their town, Roland and his family fled to the United States.
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