Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/18/1898
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
George De WinterBob La RockRoderick La Rock
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 n...
Known For
Notoriety
as Arthur Beal
Hi, Gaucho!
as Escurra, aka Captain Garcia
Triumph
as King Garnet
Slim Shoulders
as Richard Langden
Resurrection
as Prince Dimitry Ivanitch Nekhludov
Braveheart
as Braveheart
International Crime
as Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Phillippe
Frisco Waterfront
as Dan Elliott
Beau Bandit
as Montero
Bachelor Brides
Unknown Role
The Ten Commandments
as Dan McTavish
Jazzmania
as Jerry Langdon
The Trap
as The Blackmailer
Forbidden Paradise
as Capt. Alexei Czerny
The Shadow Strikes
as Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
Meet John Doe
as Ted Sheldon
Captain Swagger
as Captain Swagger / Hugh Drummond
Our Modern Maidens
as Glenn Abbott aka 'Dynamite'
The Locked Door
as Frank Devereaux