Gilbert Roland signed letter sent to Sports writer Jim Murray. (December 11, 1905 - May 15, 1994) 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. In 1952 and 1964, and inducted to the. He was born Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso in Ciudad Juárez.
Mexico, and originally intended to become a bullfighter. When the family moved to the United States, however, he became interested in acting when he was picked at random for a role as an extra.
He chose his screen name by combining the names of his favorite actors, John Gilbert. He was often cast in the stereotypical "Latin Lover" role. Roland's first major role was in the collegiate comedy The Plastic Age.(1925) together with Clara Bow. To whom he became engaged.
In 1927, he played Armand in Camille. With whom he was romantically involved, and they starred together in several productions. Roland later appeared in Spanish language adaptations of American films, in romantic lead roles. Roland served in the United States Army Air Corps. Beginning in the 1940s, critics began to take notice of his acting and he was praised for his supporting roles in John Huston.
(1949), The Bad and the Beautiful. 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 totally 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 1953, Roland played Greek-American. Sponge diver Mike Petrakis in the epic Beneath the 12-Mile Reef. Roland played Dom Pedro II.
In a 1963 episode, "A Kingdom for a Horse", of the syndicated. His last film appearance was in the 1982 western. James Patrick Murray was an American sportswriter at the Los Angeles Times from 1961 to 1998. Many of his achievements include winning the NSSA's Sportswriter of the Year award an astounding 14 times.This item is in the category "Collectibles\Autographs\Celebrities". The seller is "thebuyer1" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide., Ghana, New Zealand, Djibouti, Fiji, Cape Verde Islands, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Mali, Botswana, Sierra Leone, Nauru, Wallis and Futuna, Cambodia, Madagascar, Indonesia, Vietnam, Saint Helena, Lebanon, Seychelles, Gambia, Liberia, Rwanda, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon Republic, Lesotho, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Taiwan, Jordan, Guinea, Macau, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Oman, Tonga, United Arab Emirates, Chad, Kenya, Kiribati, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Senegal, Togo, Morocco, Yemen, Qatar, Burundi, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Equatorial Guinea, Thailand, Bahrain, Mauritania, Philippines, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Angola, Israel, Kuwait, Benin, Algeria, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Turkey, Western Samoa, Vanuatu, Egypt, Swaziland, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Niger, Tanzania, Laos, Namibia, Burkina Faso, Singapore, South Africa, Brunei Darussalam.