Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 18, 1898
Died
Oct 15, 1969
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Credits
75 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Great Chase
Meet John Doe
Ted Sheldon
Dark Streets of Cairo
Inspector Joachim
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
Prof. Kenneth Parker
Beyond Tomorrow
Phil Hubert
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Phillippe
International Crime
Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
The Shadow Strikes
Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
The Drag Net
Lawrence Thomas Jr.
Till We Meet Again
Carl Schrottle
The Preview Murder Mystery
Neil Du Beck
Taming the Wild
Dick Clayton
Frisco Waterfront
Dan Elliott
Hi, Gaucho!
Escurra, aka Captain Garcia
Mystery Woman
Jacques Benoit
S.O.S. Iceberg
Dr. Carl Lawrence
Let Us Be Gay
Bob Brown
One Romantic Night
Prince Albert
Beau Bandit
Montero
The Locked Door
Frank Devereaux
The Delightful Rogue
Lastro
Our Modern Maidens
Glenn Abbott aka 'Dynamite'
The Man and the Moment
Michel
The One Woman Idea
Prince Ahmed
Love Over Night
Richard Hill
Show People
Rod La Rocque (uncredited)
Captain Swagger
Captain Swagger / Hugh Drummond
Hold 'Em Yale
Jaime Emmanuel Alvarado Montez
Stand and Deliver
Roger Norman
The Circus: Premiere
Self
The Fighting Eagle
Etienne Gerard
Resurrection
Prince Dimitry Ivanitch Nekhludov
The Cruise of the Jasper B
Jerry Cleggett
Bachelor Brides
Gigolo
Gideon Gory
Red Dice
Alan Beckwith
Braveheart
Braveheart
The Coming of Amos
Amos Burden
Wild, Wild Susan
Tod Waterbury
Night Life of New York
Ronald Bentley
The Golden Bed
Admah Holtz
Feet of Clay
Kerry Harlan
Code of the Sea
Bruce McDow
Triumph
King Garnet
A Society Scandal
Daniel Farr
Don't Call It Love
Patrick Delaney
Forbidden Paradise
Capt. Alexei Czerny
The Ten Commandments
Dan McTavish
The French Doll
Pedro Carrova
Jazzmania
Jerry Langdon