Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso

[Fedya]

Today marks the birth anniversary of Mexican born actor Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso, who was born December 11, 1905.

OK, you probably don't recognize that name, because he used a stage name under which he's much more recognizable to fans around here:



Gilbert Roland, who appeared in dozens of movies in a career spanning over 50 years, among them being "the Gaucho" in The Bad and the Beautiful, seen above with Elaine Stewart.

What's your favorite Gilbert Roland film?

[sagebrush]

OUR BETTERS (1933) with Constance Bennett (whom he was married to at the time.)
I always enjoy Gilbert Roland. I think he brightens every film in which he's cast.

[Fedya]

I didn't realize until after I posted that The Reward was on FXM this morning

[jamesjazzguitar]

Yesterday I was watching Wagon Train and there was Gilbert Roland. What a fine actor with a very charming screen persona.

My favorite Roland films are:

Juarez, The Sea Hawk, We Were Strangers, Malaya, The Furies, The Bad and the Beautiful, Thunder Bay, That Lady, and Bandido.