Actor
Rod La Rocque
November 18, 1898 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Often works with
Spencer Charters
3 titles together
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Preview Murder Mystery, Till We Meet Again
Julia Faye
3 titles together
The Ten Commandments, The Fighting Eagle, Till We Meet Again
Clarence Burton
3 titles together
The Ten Commandments, The Locked Door, Stand and Deliver
Barbara Stanwyck
2 titles together
Meet John Doe, The Locked Door
Tenen Holtz
2 titles together
Show People, International Crime
Douglas Fairbanks
2 titles together
Show People, The Great Chase
Full filmography · 73
The Great Chase
cast
1962
Meet John Doe
as Ted Sheldon
19417.3
Dark Streets of Cairo
as Inspector Joachim
1940
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
as Prof. Kenneth Parker
1940
Beyond Tomorrow
as Phil Hubert
19406.1
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Phillippe
19397.3
International Crime
as Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
1938
The Shadow Strikes
as Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
19374.7
The Drag Net
as Lawrence Thomas Jr.
1936
Till We Meet Again
as Carl Schrottle
1936
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Neil Du Beck
1936
Taming the Wild
as Dick Clayton
1936