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