Rod La Rocque
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roderick Ross La Rocque (November 29, 1898 – October 15, 1969) was an American actor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois to Edmund La Rocque and Ann (née Rice) La Rocque. His father was of French-Canadian descent and his mother was of Irish descent. He began appearing in stock theater at the age of seven and eventually ended up at the Essanay Studios as a teenager in Chicago where he found steady work until the studios closed. He then moved to New York City and worked on the stage until he was noticed by Samuel Goldwyn who took him to Hollywood. Over the next two decades, he appeared in films and made the transition to sound films. In 1927, he married Hungarian actress Vilma Bánky in a lavish and highly publicized wedding. They were married until his death in 1969. He retired from movies in 1941 and became a real estate broker. For his contribution to the film industry, La Rocque was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Movies (50)
The Great Chase
1962
Meet John Doe
as Ted Sheldon
1941
Dark Streets of Cairo
as Inspector Joachim
1940
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
as Prof. Kenneth Parker
1940
Beyond Tomorrow
as Phil Hubert
1940
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Phillippe
1939
International Crime
as Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
1938
The Shadow Strikes
as Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
1937
The Drag-Net
as Lawrence Thomas Jr.
1936
Till We Meet Again
as Carl Schrottle
1936
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Neil Du Beck
1936
Taming the Wild
as Dick Clayton
1936
Frisco Waterfront
as Dan Elliott
1935
Hi, Gaucho!
as Escurra, aka Captain Garcia
1935
Mystery Woman
as Jacques Benoit
1935
S.O.S. Iceberg
as Dr. Carl Lawrence
1933
Let Us Be Gay
as Bob Brown
1930
One Romantic Night
as Prince Albert
1930
Beau Bandit
as Montero
1930
The Locked Door
as Frank Devereaux
1929
The Delightful Rogue
as Lastro
1929
Our Modern Maidens
as Glenn Abbott aka 'Dynamite'
1929
The Man and the Moment
as Michel
1929
The One Woman Idea
as Prince Ahmed
1929
Show People
as Self (uncredited)
1928
Captain Swagger
as Captain Swagger / Hugh Drummond
1928
Hold 'Em Yale
as Jaime Emmanuel Alvarado Montez
1928
Stand and Deliver
as Roger Norman
1928
The Circus: Premiere
as Self
1928
The Fighting Eagle
as Etienne Gerard
1927
Resurrection
as Prince Dimitry Ivanitch Nekhludov
1927
The Cruise of the Jasper B
as Jerry Cleggett
1926
Bachelor Brides
1926
Gigolo
as Gideon Gory
1926
Red Dice
as Alan Beckwith
1926
Braveheart
as Braveheart
1925
The Coming of Amos
as Amos Burden
1925
Wild, Wild Susan
as Tod Waterbury
1925
Night Life of New York
as Ronald Bentley
1925
The Golden Bed
as Admah Holtz
1925
Feet of Clay
as Kerry Harlan
1924
Code of the Sea
as Bruce McDow
1924
Triumph
as King Garnet
1924
A Society Scandal
as Daniel Farr
1924
Don't Call It Love
as Patrick Delaney
1924
Forbidden Paradise
as Capt. Alexei Czerny
1924
The Ten Commandments
as Dan McTavish
1923
The French Doll
as Pedro Carrova
1923
Jazzmania
as Jerry Langdon
1923
Notoriety
as Arthur Beal
1922