The world film encyclopedia (1933)

T56 ^ROB-ROL) Biographies of the Players Appeared with Richard Barthcbness in The Bright Shawl (F.N. 1923). It was not, however, until eiglit year.s later that he was to achieve fame as a character actor. Also Played in : The Hole iyi the Wall (Para), The Widow from Chicago (F.N.), East is West (Univ), Little CcEsar (F.N.), The Idol (F.N.), Five Star Final (F.N.), Smart Money (F.N.), The Honourable Mr. Wong (F.N.), A Lady to Love (M.G.M.), Ttvo Seconds (F.N.), Tiger Shark (F.N.), Silver Dollar (F.N.). ROBSON, May. B. Melbourne, Australia. Dark brown hair, bluegrey eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 2 in. Wt. 7 st. 7 lb. Ed. England, France and Belgium. Made her stage debut, 1883, and was fanious in America for 22 years before she entered films. Won recognition in elderly character roles. Is now under contract to M.G.M. Played in : The Angel of Broadivay (Pathe), Harp in Hock (Pathe), Chicago (Pathe), The Blue Danube (Pathi), Turkish Delight (Pathe), Mother's Millions (Univ), Lctty Lynion (M.G.M. ), Strange Interlude (M.G.M.), Tivo Against the World (Warner), The Engineer's Daughter (Radio), Red-Headed Woman (M.G.M.). Little Orphan Annie (Radio). ROGERS, Charles (Buddy). B. Olanthe, Kansas, Aug. 13, IQ04. Black hair, brown eyes. Ht. 6 ft. Wt. 12 St. 7 lb. Ed. Olanthe High School ; Univ^ersity of Kansas. Made his appearance in motion pictures via the Paramount School of Acting, his first important film being Fascinating Youth (Para, 1926). Also Played in : Heads Up (Para), Wings (Para), ]\Iy Best Girl (Para), Get Yoitr Man (Para), Abie's Irish Rose (Para), Someone to Love (Para), Varsity (Para), Close Harmony (Para), Here Comes the Bandwagon (Para), Illusion (Para), The River of Romance (Para), Halfway To Heaven (Para), Paramount on Parade (Para), Safety in Numbers (Para), Young Eagles (Para), Follow Thru' (Para), Along Came Youth (Para), The Movie Man (Vita), The Ice Man (Vita), The Lawyer's Secret (Para), Road To Reno (Para), Working Girls (Para), Reckless Age (Para). ROGERS, Ginger. B. Independence, Missouri. July 16, 1911. Brown hair, brown eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 5 in. Wt. 8 St. 3 lb. M. Jack Pepper; div. 193 1. After winning many cups and medals for her dancing, she was given the Texas State Championship in Charleston contest together with a four weeks' vaudeville contract. Gained considerable experience in vaudeville and musical comedy. Made her screen debut in Young Man of Manhattan (Para, 1930). Also Played in : Queen High (Para), Manhattan Mary (Para), Sap from Syracuse (Para), A Night in a Dormitory (Pathe), Checker Comedies (First Series), Honour Among Lovers (Para), Suicide Fleet (Radio), Bad Tiniber{I'a.t'he) , Looking for Trouble (Radio), Carnival Boat (Pathe), The Tenderfoot (F.N.), Thirteenth Guest (?kIono), Hat Check Girl (Fox), FortySecond Street (Warner). ROGERS, Will. Full name, William Penn Adair Rogers. B. Colagah, Nov. 4, 1879. Dark brown hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. II in. Ed. Willow Hassell School ; Kempa Military Academy, Booneville. M. Betty Blake 1908 ; 2 sons, I dau. First stage experience was in New York, 1905, where he cracked jokes that finished at the same time as the spin of the rope he held in his hand. This turn made him famous and won him a contract with Flo Ziegfeld's Follies. Was once selected for Governor of Oklahoma, but declined the nomination. Has been Mayor of Beverly Hills and has published a book " The Cowboy Philosopher on the Peace Conference." Played in : Happy Days (Fox), So this is London (Fox), Yankee at King Arthur's Court (Fox), They had to See Paris (Fox), Ambassador Bill (Fo.k), Business and Pleasure (Fox), Young as You Feel (Fox), Dow7i to Earth (Fox), fubilo (Fox), State Fair (Fox), ROLAND, Gilbert. Real name, Luis Antonio Damaso de Alonso. B. Juarez, Mexico, Dec. 11, 1905. Son of Francisco Alonso, a toreador. Black hair, brown eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 11 in. Wt. II St. II lb. Ed. in ^Mexico. Made his screen debut without any stage experience, one of his earliest films being The Plastic Age (Schulberg, 1925). Also Played in : The College Flirt (Para), The Blonde Saint (F.N.), Camille (F.N.), The Dove (U.A.), The Woman Disputed (U.A.), New York Nights (U.A.), Monsieur le Fox (M.G.M.), Resurrectioji, Spanish version (Univ^, Men in Her Life (Col), Men of the North (M.G.]\I.). Passionate Plumber (M.G.M.), Woman in Room 13 (Fox), A Parisian Romance (Allied), Gigolctle (Tec-Art), No Living Witness (?klayfair). Call Her Savage (Fox).