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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 18, 1898
Died
October 15, 1969
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- George De Winter
- Bob La Rock
- Roderick La Rock
- Rodney La Rock
- Richard La Rocque
- Roderick La Rocque
- Rodney La Rocque
- Roderick LaRocque
- Rodney LaRocque
- Roderick Ross "Rod" La Rocque
- Roderick Ross La Rocque
Rod La Rocque
0.2 Popularity
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
6.2
The Great Chase
1962
7.3
Ted Sheldon
Meet John Doe
1941
6.0
Inspector Joachim
Dark Streets of Cairo
1940
5.0
Prof. Kenneth Parker
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
1940
6.0
Phil Hubert
Beyond Tomorrow
1940
7.3
Phillippe
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
5.4
Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
International Crime
1938
4.4
Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
The Shadow Strikes
1937
4.7
Lawrence Thomas Jr.
The Drag-Net
1936
5.0
Carl Schrottle
Till We Meet Again
1936
Credits
The Great Chase
1962
6.2
Meet John Doe
as Ted Sheldon
1941
7.3
Dark Streets of Cairo
as Inspector Joachim
1940
6.0
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
as Prof. Kenneth Parker
1940
5.0
Beyond Tomorrow
as Phil Hubert
1940
6.0
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Phillippe
1939
7.3
International Crime
as Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
1938
5.4
The Shadow Strikes
as Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
1937
4.4
The Drag-Net
as Lawrence Thomas Jr.
1936
4.7
Till We Meet Again
as Carl Schrottle
1936
5.0
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Neil Du Beck
1936
5.6
Taming the Wild
as Dick Clayton
1936
5.5
Frisco Waterfront
as Dan Elliott
1935
0.0
Hi, Gaucho!
as Escurra, aka Captain Garcia
1935
7.5
🎬
Mystery Woman
as Jacques Benoit
1935
0.0
S.O.S. Iceberg
as Dr. Carl Lawrence
1933
5.0
Let Us Be Gay
as Bob Brown
1930
4.0
One Romantic Night
as Prince Albert
1930
5.3
Beau Bandit
as Montero
1930
3.3
The Locked Door
as Frank Devereaux
1929
5.9
The Delightful Rogue
as Lastro
1929
0.0
Our Modern Maidens
as Glenn Abbott aka 'Dynamite'
1929
5.9
The Man and the Moment
as Michel
1929
5.0
The One Woman Idea
as Prince Ahmed
1929
1.0
Show People
as Self (uncredited)
1928
7.1
Captain Swagger
as Captain Swagger / Hugh Drummond
1928
0.0
Hold 'Em Yale
as Jaime Emmanuel Alvarado Montez
1928
6.0
Stand and Deliver
as Roger Norman
1928
5.8
The Circus: Premiere
as Self
1928
5.4
The Fighting Eagle
as Etienne Gerard
1927
5.0
Resurrection
as Prince Dimitry Ivanitch Nekhludov
1927
0.0
The Cruise of the Jasper B
as Jerry Cleggett
1926
7.1
Bachelor Brides
1926
0.0
Gigolo
as Gideon Gory
1926
0.0
Red Dice
as Alan Beckwith
1926
0.0
Braveheart
as Braveheart
1925
0.0
🎬
The Coming of Amos
as Amos Burden
1925
6.0
Wild, Wild Susan
as Tod Waterbury
1925
0.0
Night Life of New York
as Ronald Bentley
1925
0.0
The Golden Bed
as Admah Holtz
1925
3.5
Feet of Clay
as Kerry Harlan
1924
0.0
Code of the Sea
as Bruce McDow
1924
5.0
Triumph
as King Garnet
1924
0.0
A Society Scandal
as Daniel Farr
1924
0.0
Don't Call It Love
as Patrick Delaney
1924
0.0
Forbidden Paradise
as Capt. Alexei Czerny
1924
5.7
The Ten Commandments
as Dan McTavish
1923
6.5
The French Doll
as Pedro Carrova
1923
0.0
Jazzmania
as Jerry Langdon
1923
0.0
A Woman's Woman
as Dean Laddbarry
1922
0.0
Paying the Piper
as Larry Grahame
1921
0.0
Suspicious Wives
as Bob Standing
1921
0.0
The Discarded Woman
as Samuel Radburn - Gold Digger
1920
0.0
The Common Sin
as Hugh Stanton
1920
0.0
The Stolen Kiss
1920
0.0
🎬
A Philistine in Bohemia
as Mr. Brunelli
1920
0.0
The Trap
as The Blackmailer
1919
0.0
Greater Than Love
as Bob Standing
1919
0.0
A Perfect Lady
as Bob Griswold
1918
0.0
A Perfect 36
as O.P. Dildock
1918
0.0
The Venus Model
as Paul Braddock
1918
0.0
Let's Get a Divorce
as Chauffeur
1918
0.0
Ruggles of Red Gap
as Belknap Jackson
1918
0.0
Sadie Goes to Heaven
as Coal Heaver
1917
0.0
The Dream Doll
as Her Sweetheart
1917
0.0
Efficiency Edgar's Courtship
as Wimple
1917
5.0