Rod La Rocque
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1898-11-18
Day of Death
1969-10-15 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Acting
(1962)
(1941)
Meet John Doe
as Ted Sheldon
(1940)
Dark Streets of Cairo
as Inspector Joachim
(1940)
Beyond Tomorrow
as Phil Hubert
(1940)
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
as Prof. Kenneth Parker
(1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Phillippe
(1938)
International Crime
as Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
(1937)
The Shadow Strikes
as Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
(1936)
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Neil Du Beck
(1936)
Till We Meet Again
as Carl Schrottle
(1936)
Taming the Wild
as Dick Clayton
(1936)
The Drag-Net
as Lawrence Thomas Jr.
(1935)
Frisco Waterfront
as Dan Elliott
(1935)
Hi, Gaucho!
as Escurra, aka Captain Garcia
(1935)
Mystery Woman
as Jacques Benoit
(1933)
S.O.S. Iceberg
as Dr. Carl Lawrence
(1930)
One Romantic Night
as Prince Albert
(1930)
Beau Bandit
as Montero
(1930)
Let Us Be Gay
as Bob Brown
(1929)
The One Woman Idea
as Prince Ahmed
(1929)
Our Modern Maidens
as Glenn Abbott aka 'Dynamite'
(1929)
The Delightful Rogue
as Lastro
(1929)
The Man and the Moment
as Michel
(1929)
The Locked Door
as Frank Devereaux
(1928)
The Circus: Premiere
as Self
(1928)
Hold 'Em Yale
as Jaime Emmanuel Alvarado Montez
(1928)
Stand and Deliver
as Roger Norman
(1928)
Show People
as Self (uncredited)
(1928)
Captain Swagger
as Captain Swagger / Hugh Drummond
(1927)
Resurrection
as Prince Dimitry Ivanitch Nekhludov
(1927)
The Fighting Eagle
as Etienne Gerard
(1926)
The Cruise of the Jasper B
as Jerry Cleggett
(1926)
Gigolo
as Gideon Gory
(1926)
(1926)
Red Dice
as Alan Beckwith
(1925)
Night Life of New York
as Ronald Bentley
(1925)
The Coming of Amos
as Amos Burden
(1925)
The Golden Bed
as Admah Holtz
(1925)
Wild, Wild Susan
as Tod Waterbury
(1925)
Braveheart
as Braveheart
(1924)
Feet of Clay
as Kerry Harlan
(1924)
Triumph
as King Garnet
(1924)
Don't Call It Love
as Patrick Delaney
(1924)
Forbidden Paradise
as Capt. Alexei Czerny
(1924)
Code of the Sea
as Bruce McDow
(1924)
A Society Scandal
as Daniel Farr
(1923)
The Ten Commandments
as Dan McTavish
(1923)
Jazzmania
as Jerry Langdon
(1923)
The French Doll
as Pedro Carrova
(1922)
A Woman's Woman
as Dean Laddbarry
(1921)
Paying the Piper
as Larry Grahame
(1921)
Suspicious Wives
as Bob Standing
(1920)
The Discarded Woman
as Samuel Radburn - Gold Digger
(1920)
The Common Sin
as Hugh Stanton
(1920)
(1920)
A Philistine in Bohemia
as Mr. Brunelli
(1919)
The Trap
as The Blackmailer
(1919)
Greater Than Love
as Bob Standing
(1918)
A Perfect Lady
as Bob Griswold
(1918)
Let's Get a Divorce
as Chauffeur
(1918)
Ruggles of Red Gap
as Belknap Jackson
(1918)
The Venus Model
as Paul Braddock
(1918)
A Perfect 36
as O.P. Dildock
(1917)
The Dream Doll
as Her Sweetheart
(1917)
Sadie Goes to Heaven
as Coal Heaver
(1917)
Efficiency Edgar's Courtship
as Wimple