Loading…
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.
The roles that explain the career.
21 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | The Great Chase | Film | |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | Ted Sheldon | Film |
| 1940 | Beyond Tomorrow | Phil Hubert | Film |
| 1940 | Dark Streets of Cairo | Inspector Joachim | Film |
| 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Phillippe | Film |
| 1938 | International Crime | Lamont Cranston / The Shadow | Film |
| 1937 | The Shadow Strikes | Lamont Cranston / The Shadow | Film |
| 1936 | The Drag Net | Lawrence Thomas Jr. | Film |
| 1936 | Taming the Wild | Dick Clayton | Film |
| 1930 | One Romantic Night | Prince Albert | Film |
| 1930 | Let Us Be Gay | Bob Brown | Film |
| 1929 | The Locked Door | Frank Devereaux | Film |
| 1929 | Our Modern Maidens | Glenn Abbott aka 'Dynamite' | Film |
| 1928 | Stand and Deliver | Roger Norman | Film |
| 1928 | Show People | Rod La Rocque (uncredited) | Film |
| 1927 | The Fighting Eagle | Etienne Gerard | Film |
| 1925 | Wild, Wild Susan | Tod Waterbury | Film |
| 1925 | The Golden Bed | Admah Holtz | Film |
| 1925 | The Coming of Amos | Amos Burden | Film |
| 1923 | The Ten Commandments | Dan McTavish | Film |
| 1923 | Jazzmania | Jerry Langdon | Film |
This page is community-maintained. Know something we don't?
← All person · Wikidata Q2696164