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