Rod La Rocque

Roderick Ross La Rocque (November 29, 1898 – October 15, 1969) was an American actor who appeared on stage and films.

Career La Rocque 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.

He retired from movies in 1941 and became a real estate broker. They were married until his death in 1969. The couple had no children.

Legacy For his contribution to the film industry, La Rocque was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Partial filmography Year Title Role Notes 1914 The Showman Minor Role Uncredited 1915 The Alster Case Allen Longstreet 1916 The Little Shepherd of Bargain Row The Prince of Graustark 1917 Efficiency Edgar's Courtship Wimple Filling His Own Shoes Dick Downing The Dream Doll Her Sweetheart Sadie Goes to Heaven Coal Heaver 1918 Uneasy Money Johnny Gates Ruggles of Red Gap Belknap Jackson Let's Get a Divorce Chauffeur The Venus Model Paul Braddock Money Mad William Gavin Jr. Hidden Fires George Landis A Perfect 36 O.P. Dildock A Perfect Lady Bob Griswold 1919 Love and the Woman Walter Pemberton The Trap Doc Sloan - the Blackmailer Miss Crusoe Harold Vance Easy to Get Dick Elliott 1920 The Stolen Kiss Dudley Hamilt The Garter Girl Arthur Lyle The Common Sin Hugh Stanton Life Tom Burnett The Discarded Woman Sam Radburn - Gold Digger 1921 Paying the Piper Larry Grahame Suspicious Wives Bob Standing 1922 Slim Shoulders Richard Langden What's Wrong with the Women? Jack Lee A Woman's Woman Dean Laddbarry Notoriety Arthur Beal The Challenge Stanley Roberts 1923 Jazzmania Jerry Langdon The French Doll Pedro Carrova The Ten Commandments Dan McTavish - Her Son Don't Call It Love Patrick Delaney 1924 Phantom Justice Kingsley A Society Scandal Daniel Farr Triumph King Garnet Code of the Sea Bruce McDow Feet of Clay Kerry Harlan Forbidden Paradise Capt. Alexei Czerny 1925 The Golden Bed Admah Holtz Night Life of New York Ronald Bentley Wild, Wild Susan Tod Waterbury The Coming of Amos Amos Burden Braveheart Braveheart Red Dice Alan Beckwith 1926 Bachelor Brides Percy Ashfield - Earl of Duncraggan Gigolo Gideon Gory Cruise of the Jasper B Jerry Cleggett 1927 Resurrection Prince Dimitry Ivanitch Nekhludov The Fighting Eagle Etienne Gerard 1928 Stand and Deliver Roger Norman Hold 'Em Yale Jaime Emmanuel Alvarado Montez Captain Swagger Captain Swagger / Hugh Drummond Show People Rod La Rocque Uncredited Love Over Night Richard Hill 1929 The One Woman Idea Prince Ahmed The Man and the Moment Michael Towne Our Modern Maidens Abbott The Delightful Rogue Lastro The Locked Door Frank Devereaux 1930 Beau Bandit Montero Preserved Library of Congress One Romantic Night Prince Albert Let Us Be Gay Bob Brown 1933 SOS Iceberg Dr. Carl Lawrence English-language version of SOS Eisberg with Leni Riefenstahl 1935 Mystery Woman Jacques Benoit Hi, Gaucho! Escurra, aka Captain Garcia Frisco Waterfront Dan Elliott 1936 Taming the Wild Dick Clayton The Preview Murder Mystery Neil DuBeck / Joe Walker Till We Meet Again Carl Schrottle The Drag-Net Lawrence Thomas Jr. 1937 Clothes and the Woman Eric Thrale The Shadow Strikes Lamont Granston 1938 International Crime Lamont Cranston 1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Phillippe 1940 Beyond Tomorrow Phil Hubert Dr. Christian Meets the Women Prof. Kenneth Parker 1941 Dark Streets of Cairo Inspector Joachim Meet John Doe Ted Sheldon Final film role