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Roderick Ross La Rocque [1] (November 29, 1898 – October 15, 1969) was an American actor. Biography. 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.
Rod La Rocque. Actor: The Locked Door. Rod La Rocque was born Roderick Ross LaRocque on November 29, 1898 in Chicago to a French father and an Irish mother. Stage-struck in his early teen years, he spent his summers with local stock companies, playing juvenile roles for $1.00 per performance.
- January 1, 1
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- January 1, 1
- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Rod La Rocque. Actor: The Locked Door. Rod La Rocque was born Roderick Ross LaRocque on November 29, 1898 in Chicago to a French father and an Irish mother. Stage-struck in his early teen years, he spent his summers with local stock companies, playing juvenile roles for $1.00 per performance.
- November 20, 1898
- October 15, 1969
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.
Tall, handsome, extremely well-built leading man of the silent and early sound eras, typically cast as devil-may-care heros in adventures and dapper, well-dressed romancers in drawing room comedies and dramas. La Rocque began making films in 1915 and was soon a prominent leading man.
The film was directed by Lynn Shores and stars Rod La Rocque as Lamont Cranston, The Shadow. (The cast list at the beginning and a newspaper article toward the end of the film spell his surname Granston).
Rod La Rocque, aLeading-Man .0t Silent Screen, Is Dead. at'70; M'nee, idol of the 1920's 'iAppeed as. Villain in -' 'Ten Commandments'
