Gilbert Roland
2 credits on HibingeTV
Mexican-American actor, born in 1905. Born Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso, he had a long career spanning from the silent era to the 1980s. He appeared in The Plastic Age (1925) opposite Clara Bow, and later starred in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and Che! (1969). He died in 1994.
Acted In
Adventure, Drama
One of the first features shot in CinemaScope, this Twentieth Century-Fox adventure drops a Romeo-and-Juliet romance into the sponge-diving wars of Tarpon Springs, Florida. Robert Wagner plays Tony Petrakis, son of a Greek sponge-boat captain (Gilbert Roland), who falls for Gwyneth Rhys (Terry Moore), daughter of the rival clan led by Richard Boone. Directed by Robert D. Webb, the film is remembered less for its melodrama than for Edward Cronjager's Oscar-nominated underwater cinematography and a shimmering early score by Bernard Herrmann. Shot on location in Florida and the Bahamas, it entered the public domain in the United States after its copyright was not renewed.
Adventure · Drama
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953 - as Mike Petrakis
Comedy, Romance
A 1925 American silent romantic comedy directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring Clara Bow, Donald Keith, and Gilbert Roland. Based on Percy Marks's best-selling 1924 novel about college life at a fictional "Sanford College," the film follows Hugh Carver, a freshman and championship runner who falls for Cynthia Day (Bow), a popular party girl, and finds it impossible to please her while keeping up with his studies and athletic training. The Plastic Age was Clara Bow's first major hit and helped jumpstart her meteoric rise to stardom. The film features early uncredited appearances by Clark Gable, Janet Gaynor, and Carole Lombard.
Comedy · Romance
The Plastic Age
1925 - as Carl Peters