Monday, April 2, 2012

Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas -- Gilbert Roland


Gilbert Roland (1905 – 1994) was a Mexican-born American film actor.  As a youngster (living in Mexico) he wanted to become a bullfighter like his father, but after his family moved to the United States he became interested in acting.

Beginning in 1925 he became a successful film and television actor with a career that spanned for nearly six decades ending with a role in Willie Nelson's Barbarosa (1982).

In the mid 1940s he played the "The Cisco Kid" in a series of movies produced by Monogram.
Gilbert Roland's Santa Susana locations filmography:


Apache War Smoke (1952) starring Gilbert Roland, Glenda Farrell and Robert Horton  - MGM


Beauty and the Bandit (1946) starring Gilbert Roland, Martin Garralaga and Frank Yaconelli - Monogram


The Gay Cavalier (1946) starring Gilbert Roland, Martin Garralaga and Nacho Galindo - Monogram


King of the Bandits (1947) starring Gilbert Roland, Angela Greene and Chris-Pin Martin - Monogram


Robin Hood of Monterey (1947) starring  Gilbert Roland, Chris-Pin Martin and Evelyn Brent (Iverson Ranch) Monogram (photo courtesy of Bruce Hickey)


South of Monterey (1946) starring Gilbert Roland, Martin Garralaga and Frank Yaconelli - Monogram

'Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas' is a continuing series about "six-gun heroes that performed on movie location ranches in Chatsworth, California.  For more information about Chatsworth filming locations see http://www.cowboyup.com/ to find information about my books: Rendezvous at Boulder Pass: Hollywood's Fantasyland - 2010 and Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas - 2008.

Disclaimer: This list of movie titles and credits has been compiled from many sources.  It has not been independently verified.  Titles with location credits in parentheses are either movies I own or come from a source I feel has a higher level of creditability.

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