Acting
63
Man
18 Nov 1898
15 Oct 1969 (70)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Rod La Rocque
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.
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | Ted Sheldon |
| 1940 | Beyond Tomorrow | Phil Hubert |
| 1940 | Dr. Christian Meets the Women | Prof. Kenneth Parker |
| 1940 | Dark Streets of Cairo | Inspector Joachim |
| 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Phillippe |
| 1938 | International Crime | Lamont Cranston |
| 1937 | The Shadow Strikes | Lamont Granston |
| 1936 | The Drag-Net | Lawrence Thomas Jr. |
| 1936 | The Preview Murder Mystery | Neil DuBeck |
| 1936 | Till We Meet Again | Carl Schrottle |
| 1936 | Taming the Wild | Dick Clayton |
| 1935 | Hi, Gaucho! | Escurra, aka Captain Garcia |
| 1935 | Mystery Woman | Jacques Benoit |
| 1935 | Frisco Waterfront | Dan Elliott |
| 1933 | S.O.S. Iceberg | Dr. Carl Lawrence |
| 1930 | Let Us Be Gay | Bob Brown |
| 1930 | One Romantic Night | Prince Albert |
| 1930 | Beau Bandit | Montero |
| 1929 | Our Modern Maidens | Glenn Abbott aka 'Dynamite' |
| 1929 | The Locked Door | Frank Devereaux |
| 1929 | The One Woman Idea | Prince Ahmed |
| 1929 | The Man and the Moment | Michel |
| 1929 | The Delightful Rogue | Lastro |
| 1928 | Show People | Self (uncredited) |
| 1928 | The Circus: Premiere | Self |
| 1928 | Stand and Deliver | Roger Norman |
| 1928 | Hold 'Em Yale | Jaime Emmanuel Alvarado Montez |
| 1928 | Captain Swagger | Captain Swagger / Hugh Drummond |
| 1927 | The Fighting Eagle | Etienne Gerard |
| 1927 | Resurrection | Prince Dimitry Ivanitch Nekhludov |
| 1926 | The Cruise of the Jasper B | Jerry Cleggett |
| 1926 | Gigolo | Gideon Gory |
| 1926 | Bachelor Brides | |
| 1926 | Red Dice | Alan Beckwith |
| 1925 | The Golden Bed | Admah Holtz |
| 1925 | The Coming of Amos | Amos Burden |
| 1925 | Night Life of New York | Ronald Bentley |
| 1925 | Braveheart | Braveheart |
| 1925 | Wild, Wild Susan | Tod Waterbury |
| 1924 | Forbidden Paradise | Capt. Alexei Czerny |
| 1924 | Code of the Sea | Bruce McDow |
| 1924 | Feet of Clay | Kerry Harlan |
| 1924 | Don't Call It Love | Patrick Delaney |
| 1924 | Triumph | King Garnet |
| 1924 | A Society Scandal | Daniel Farr |
| 1923 | The Ten Commandments | Dan McTavish |
| 1923 | Jazzmania | Jerry Langdon |
| 1923 | The French Doll | Pedro Carrova |
| 1922 | A Woman's Woman | Dean Laddbarry |
| 1921 | Paying the Piper | Larry Grahame |
| 1921 | Suspicious Wives | Bob Standing |
| 1920 | The Discarded Woman | Samuel Radburn - Gold Digger |
| 1920 | The Common Sin | Hugh Stanton |
| 1920 | A Philistine in Bohemia | Mr. Brunelli |
| 1920 | The Stolen Kiss | |
| 1919 | The Trap | The Blackmailer |
| 1918 | Ruggles of Red Gap | Belknap Jackson |
| 1918 | A Perfect 36 | O.P. Dildock |
| 1918 | A Perfect Lady | Bob Griswold |
| 1918 | The Venus Model | Paul Braddock |
| 1918 | Let's Get a Divorce | Chauffeur |
| 1917 | Efficiency Edgar's Courtship | Wimple |
| 1917 | The Dream Doll | Her Sweetheart |