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.
Movie | Meet John Doe | Ted Sheldon | 1941-03-14 |
Movie | Beyond Tomorrow | Phil Hubert | 1940-05-10 |
Movie | Dr. Christian Meets the Women | Prof. Kenneth Parker | 1940-08-05 |
Movie | Dark Streets of Cairo | Inspector Joachim | 1940-12-01 |
Movie | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Phillippe | 1939-12-29 |
Movie | International Crime | Lamont Cranston | 1938-04-23 |
Movie | The Shadow Strikes | Lamont Granston | 1937-10-29 |
Movie | Taming the Wild | Dick Clayton | 1936-02-14 |
Movie | The Preview Murder Mystery | Neil DuBeck | 1936-02-28 |
Movie | Till We Meet Again | Carl Schrottle | 1936-04-04 |
Movie | The Drag-Net | Lawrence Thomas Jr. | 1936-04-15 |
Movie | Mystery Woman | Jacques Benoit | 1935-01-08 |
Movie | Hi, Gaucho! | Escurra, aka Captain Garcia | 1935-10-10 |
Movie | Frisco Waterfront | Dan Elliott | 1935-12-03 |
Movie | S.O.S. Iceberg | Dr. Carl Lawrence | 1933-09-22 |
Movie | Beau Bandit | Montero | 1930-03-02 |
Movie | One Romantic Night | Prince Albert | 1930-04-30 |
Movie | Let Us Be Gay | Bob Brown | 1930-07-11 |
Movie | The One Woman Idea | Prince Ahmed | 1929-06-02 |
Movie | The Man and the Moment | Michel | 1929-07-06 |
Movie | The Locked Door | Frank Devereaux | 1929-11-16 |
Movie | Our Modern Maidens | Glenn Abbott aka 'Dynamite' | 1929-09-08 |
Movie | The Delightful Rogue | Lastro | 1929-09-21 |
Movie | Hold 'Em Yale | Jaime Emmanuel Alvarado Montez | 1928-05-14 |
Movie | The Circus: Premiere | Self | 1928-01-13 |
Movie | Stand and Deliver | Roger Norman | 1928-02-18 |
Movie | Captain Swagger | Captain Swagger / Hugh Drummond | 1928-10-13 |
Movie | Show People | Self (uncredited) | 1928-11-20 |
Movie | Resurrection | Prince Dimitry Ivanitch Nekhludov | 1927-03-19 |
Movie | The Fighting Eagle | Etienne Gerard | 1927-08-28 |
Movie | Gigolo | Gideon Gory | 1926-10-03 |
Movie | Red Dice | Alan Beckwith | 1926-03-14 |
Movie | The Cruise of the Jasper B | Jerry Cleggett | 1926-12-12 |
Movie | The Golden Bed | Admah Holtz | 1925-01-25 |
Movie | Night Life of New York | Ronald Bentley | 1925-08-02 |
Movie | The Coming of Amos | Amos Burden | 1925-09-05 |
Movie | Braveheart | Braveheart | 1925-12-27 |
Movie | Don't Call It Love | Patrick Delaney | 1924-01-06 |
Movie | Forbidden Paradise | Capt. Alexei Czerny | 1924-01-02 |
Movie | A Society Scandal | Daniel Farr | 1924-03-09 |
Movie | Code of the Sea | Bruce McDow | 1924-06-02 |
Movie | Feet of Clay | Kerry Harlan | 1924-09-27 |
Movie | Jazzmania | Jerry Langdon | 1923-02-12 |
Movie | The French Doll | Pedro Carrova | 1923-09-03 |
Movie | The Ten Commandments | Dan McTavish | 1923-11-23 |
Movie | A Woman's Woman | Dean Laddbarry | 1922-09-24 |
Movie | Suspicious Wives | Bob Standing | 1921-01-09 |
Movie | Paying the Piper | Larry Grahame | 1921-01-16 |
Movie | A Philistine in Bohemia | Mr. Brunelli | 1920-03-19 |
Movie | The Trap | The Blackmailer | 1919-08-10 |
Movie | The Venus Model | Paul Braddock | 1918-06-16 |
Movie | A Perfect Lady | Bob Griswold | 1918-12-01 |
Movie | A Perfect 36 | O.P. Dildock | 1918-10-20 |
Movie | Efficiency Edgar's Courtship | Wimple | 1917-09-03 |