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Rod La Rocque
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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…
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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.
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1962
The Great Chase
Movie
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1941
Meet John Doe
Movie Ted Sheldon
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1940
Dark Streets of Cairo
Movie Inspector Joachim
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1940
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
Movie Prof. Kenneth Parker
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1940
Beyond Tomorrow
Movie Phil Hubert
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1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie Phillippe
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1938
International Crime
Movie Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
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1937
The Shadow Strikes
Movie Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
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1936
The Drag Net
Movie Lawrence Thomas Jr.
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1936
Till We Meet Again
Movie Carl Schrottle
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1936
The Preview Murder Mystery
Movie Neil Du Beck
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1936
Taming the Wild
Movie Dick Clayton
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1935
Frisco Waterfront
Movie Dan Elliott
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1935
Hi, Gaucho!
Movie Escurra, aka Captain Garcia
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1935
Mystery Woman
Movie Jacques Benoit
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1933
S.O.S. Iceberg
Movie Dr. Carl Lawrence
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1930
Let Us Be Gay
Movie Bob Brown
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1930
One Romantic Night
Movie Prince Albert
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1930
Beau Bandit
Movie Montero
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1929
The Locked Door
Movie Frank Devereaux
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1929
The Delightful Rogue
Movie Lastro
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1929
Our Modern Maidens
Movie Glenn Abbott aka 'Dynamite'
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1929
The Man and the Moment
Movie Michel
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1929
The One Woman Idea
Movie Prince Ahmed
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1928
Love Over Night
Movie Richard Hill
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1928
Show People
Movie Rod La Rocque (uncredited)
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1928
Captain Swagger
Movie Captain Swagger / Hugh Drummond
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1928
Hold 'Em Yale
Movie Jaime Emmanuel Alvarado Montez
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1928
Stand and Deliver
Movie Roger Norman
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1928
The Circus: Premiere
Movie Self
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1927
The Fighting Eagle
Movie Etienne Gerard
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1927
Resurrection
Movie Prince Dimitry Ivanitch Nekhludov
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1926
The Cruise of the Jasper B
Movie Jerry Cleggett
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1926
Bachelor Brides
Movie
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1926
Gigolo
Movie Gideon Gory
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1926
Red Dice
Movie Alan Beckwith
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1925
Braveheart
Movie Braveheart
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1925
The Coming of Amos
Movie Amos Burden
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1925
Wild, Wild Susan
Movie Tod Waterbury
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1925
Night Life of New York
Movie Ronald Bentley
