# Rod La Rocque
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{{Short description|American actor (1898–1969)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Rod La Rocque
| image = Rod La Rocque, silent film actor (SAYRE 5022).jpg
| alt = Black and white portrait photograph of a man in 1920s formal attire
| caption = La Rocque in 1925
| birth_name = Roderick Ross La Rocque
| birth_date = {{birth date|1898|11|29}}
| birth_place = [Chicago](/source/Chicago), Illinois, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1969|10|15|1898|11|29}}
| death_place = [Beverly Hills, California](/source/Beverly_Hills%2C_California), U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1914–1941
| spouse = {{marriage|[Vilma Bánky](/source/Vilma_B%C3%A1nky)|1927|1969}}
}}
'''Roderick Ross La Rocque'''[{{cite web |url=https://interactive.ancestrylibrary.com/6482/005263078_02536/14898530 |title=WWI United States Draft Registration Card, 1917–18 |website=Ancestry.com |access-date=October 20, 2015}}] (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](/source/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](/source/Samuel_Goldwyn) who took him to Hollywood. Over the next two decades, he appeared in films and made the transition to sound films.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}
He retired from movies in 1941 and became a real estate broker.[{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZFQaAAAAIBAJ&pg=2186,959558&dq=rod-la-rocque&hl=en |title=Vilma Banky and Rod La Rocque, Film Lovers, Fooled the Gossips |date=February 2, 1949 |work=[Milwaukee Journal](/source/Milwaukee_Journal) |access-date=August 12, 2010}}] They were married until his death in 1969.[{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8fwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5325,4307636&dq=rod-la-rocque&hl=en |title=Silent Film Star Rod La Rocque Dies |date=October 17, 1969 |work=Milwaukee Journal |access-date=August 12, 2010}}] 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](/source/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame).
==Partial filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1914 || ''The Showman'' || Minor Role || Uncredited
|-
| 1915 || ''[The Alster Case](/source/The_Alster_Case)'' || Allen Longstreet ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1916 || ''The Little Shepherd of Bargain Row'' || ||
|-
| ''The Prince of Graustark'' || ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1917 || ''Efficiency Edgar's Courtship'' || Wimple ||
|-
| ''[Filling His Own Shoes](/source/Filling_His_Own_Shoes)'' || Dick Downing ||
|-
| ''The Dream Doll'' || Her Sweetheart ||
|-
| ''[Sadie Goes to Heaven](/source/Sadie_Goes_to_Heaven)'' || Coal Heaver ||
|-
| rowspan="8" | 1918 || ''[Uneasy Money](/source/Uneasy_Money_(1918_film))'' || Johnny Gates ||
|-
| ''[Ruggles of Red Gap](/source/Ruggles_of_Red_Gap_(1918_film))'' || Belknap Jackson ||
|-
| ''[Let's Get a Divorce](/source/Let's_Get_a_Divorce)'' || Chauffeur ||
|-
| ''[The Venus Model](/source/The_Venus_Model)'' || Paul Braddock ||
|-
| ''Money Mad'' || William Gavin Jr. ||
|-
| ''[Hidden Fires](/source/Hidden_Fires_(1918_film))'' || George Landis ||
|-
| ''[A Perfect 36](/source/A_Perfect_36)'' || O.P. Dildock ||
|-
| ''A Perfect Lady'' || Bob Griswold ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1919 || ''Love and the Woman'' || Walter Pemberton ||
|-
| ''[The Trap](/source/The_Trap_(1919_film))'' || Doc Sloan - the Blackmailer ||
|-
| ''Miss Crusoe'' || Harold Vance ||
|-
| ''[Easy to Get](/source/Easy_to_Get)'' || Dick Elliott ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1920 || ''[The Stolen Kiss](/source/The_Stolen_Kiss)'' || Dudley Hamilt ||
|-
| ''[The Garter Girl](/source/The_Garter_Girl)'' || Arthur Lyle ||
|-
| ''The Common Sin'' || Hugh Stanton ||
|-
| ''[Life](/source/Life_(1920_film))'' || Tom Burnett ||
|-
| ''The Discarded Woman'' || Sam Radburn - Gold Digger ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1921 || ''[Paying the Piper](/source/Paying_the_Piper_(film))'' || Larry Grahame ||
|-
| ''Suspicious Wives'' || Bob Standing ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1922 || ''[Slim Shoulders](/source/Slim_Shoulders)'' || Richard Langden ||
|-
| ''[What's Wrong with the Women?](/source/What's_Wrong_with_the_Women%3F)'' || Jack Lee ||
|-
| ''[A Woman's Woman](/source/A_Woman's_Woman)'' || Dean Laddbarry ||
|-
| ''[Notoriety](/source/Notoriety_(1922_film))'' || Arthur Beal ||
|-
| ''[The Challenge](/source/The_Challenge_(1922_film))'' || Stanley Roberts ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1923 || ''[Jazzmania](/source/Jazzmania)'' || Jerry Langdon ||
|-
| ''[The French Doll](/source/The_French_Doll)'' || Pedro Carrova ||
|-
| ''[The Ten Commandments](/source/The_Ten_Commandments_(1923_film))'' || Dan McTavish - Her Son ||
|-
| ''[Don't Call It Love](/source/Don't_Call_It_Love_(film))'' || Patrick Delaney ||
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1924 || ''[Phantom Justice](/source/Phantom_Justice)'' || Kingsley ||
|-
| ''[A Society Scandal](/source/A_Society_Scandal)'' || Daniel Farr ||
|-
| ''[Triumph](/source/Triumph_(1924_film))'' || King Garnet ||
|-
| ''[Code of the Sea](/source/Code_of_the_Sea)'' || Bruce McDow ||
|-
| ''[Feet of Clay](/source/Feet_of_Clay_(1924_film))'' || Kerry Harlan ||
|-
| ''[Forbidden Paradise](/source/Forbidden_Paradise)'' || Capt. Alexei Czerny ||
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1925 || ''[The Golden Bed](/source/The_Golden_Bed)'' || Admah Holtz ||
|-
| ''[Night Life of New York](/source/Night_Life_of_New_York)'' || Ronald Bentley ||
|-
| ''[Wild, Wild Susan](/source/Wild%2C_Wild_Susan)'' || Tod Waterbury ||
|-
| ''[The Coming of Amos](/source/The_Coming_of_Amos)'' || Amos Burden ||
|-
| ''[Braveheart](/source/Braveheart_(1925_film))'' || Braveheart ||
|-
| ''[Red Dice](/source/Red_Dice)'' || Alan Beckwith ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1926 || ''[Bachelor Brides](/source/Bachelor_Brides)'' || Percy Ashfield - Earl of Duncraggan ||
|-
| ''[Gigolo](/source/Gigolo_(1926_film))'' || Gideon Gory ||
|-
| ''[Cruise of the Jasper B](/source/Cruise_of_the_Jasper_B)'' || Jerry Cleggett ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1927 || ''[Resurrection](/source/Resurrection_(1927_film))'' || Prince Dimitry Ivanitch Nekhludov ||
|-
| ''[The Fighting Eagle](/source/The_Fighting_Eagle)'' || Etienne Gerard ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1928 || ''[Stand and Deliver](/source/Stand_and_Deliver_(1928_film))'' || Roger Norman ||
|-
| ''[Hold 'Em Yale](/source/Hold_'Em_Yale_(1928_film))'' || Jaime Emmanuel Alvarado Montez ||
|-
| ''[Captain Swagger](/source/Captain_Swagger)'' || Captain Swagger / Hugh Drummond ||
|-
| ''[Show People](/source/Show_People)'' || Rod La Rocque || Uncredited
|-
| ''[Love Over Night](/source/Love_Over_Night)'' || Richard Hill ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1929 || ''[The One Woman Idea](/source/The_One_Woman_Idea)'' || Prince Ahmed ||
|-
| ''[The Man and the Moment](/source/The_Man_and_the_Moment)'' || Michael Towne ||
|-
| ''[Our Modern Maidens](/source/Our_Modern_Maidens)'' || Abbott ||
|-
| ''[The Delightful Rogue](/source/The_Delightful_Rogue)'' || Lastro ||
|-
| ''[The Locked Door](/source/The_Locked_Door)'' || Frank Devereaux ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1930 || ''[Beau Bandit](/source/Beau_Bandit)'' || Montero || Preserved Library of Congress
|-
| ''[One Romantic Night](/source/One_Romantic_Night)'' || Prince Albert ||
|-
| ''[Let Us Be Gay](/source/Let_Us_Be_Gay)'' || Bob Brown ||
|-
| 1933 || ''SOS Iceberg'' || Dr. Carl Lawrence || English-language version of ''[SOS Eisberg](/source/SOS_Eisberg)'' with [Leni Riefenstahl](/source/Leni_Riefenstahl)
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1935 || ''[Mystery Woman](/source/Mystery_Woman_(film))'' || Jacques Benoit ||
|-
| ''[Hi, Gaucho!](/source/Hi%2C_Gaucho!)'' || Escurra, aka Captain Garcia ||
|-
| ''[Frisco Waterfront](/source/Frisco_Waterfront)'' || Dan Elliott ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1936 || ''[Taming the Wild](/source/Taming_the_Wild)'' || Dick Clayton ||
|-
| ''[The Preview Murder Mystery](/source/The_Preview_Murder_Mystery)'' || Neil DuBeck / Joe Walker ||
|-
| ''[Till We Meet Again](/source/Till_We_Meet_Again_(1936_film))'' || Carl Schrottle ||
|-
| ''[The Drag-Net](/source/The_Drag-Net_(1936_film))'' || Lawrence Thomas Jr. ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1937 || ''[Clothes and the Woman](/source/Clothes_and_the_Woman)'' || Eric Thrale ||
|-
| ''[The Shadow Strikes](/source/The_Shadow_Strikes)'' || Lamont Granston ||
|-
| 1938 || ''[International Crime](/source/International_Crime_(1938_film))'' || Lamont Cranston ||
|-
| 1939 || ''[The Hunchback of Notre Dame](/source/The_Hunchback_of_Notre_Dame_(1939_film))'' || Phillippe ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1940 || ''[Beyond Tomorrow](/source/Beyond_Tomorrow_(1940_film))'' || Phil Hubert ||
|-
| ''[Dr. Christian Meets the Women](/source/Dr._Christian_Meets_the_Women)'' || Prof. Kenneth Parker ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1941 || ''[Dark Streets of Cairo](/source/Dark_Streets_of_Cairo)'' || Inspector Joachim ||
|-
| ''[Meet John Doe](/source/Meet_John_Doe)'' || Ted Sheldon || Final film role
|}
==References==
'''Citations'''
{{reflist}}
'''Bibliography'''
* {{cite book |last=Schildgen |first=Rachel A. |title=More Than a Dream: Rediscovering the Life & Films of Vilma Banky |isbn=978-0-9827709-2-4}}
==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
{{Commons category}}
* {{IMDb name|0478942}}
* [https://www.virtual-history.com/movie/person/787/rod-la-rocque Rod La Rocque] at Virtual History
* [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?parent_id=535138&word= Portraits of Rod La Rocque; NY Public Library, Billy Rose collection]
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Category:1898 births
Category:1969 deaths
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male silent film actors
Category:American people of French-Canadian descent
Category:American people of Irish descent
Category:Male actors from Chicago
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