Full Name William Goss Name Roland Drew Ex-spouse Dorothy Dearing Years active 1926-1945 Children Damon Dearing Drew | Occupation actor, dressmaker Resting place Compton Nationality American Role Actor | |
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Born August 4, 1900 ( 1900-08-04 ) Elmhurst, New York, U.S. Died March 17, 1988, Santa Monica, California, United States Movies Flash Gordon Conquers, Evangeline, Hitler – Beast of Berlin, Ramona, The Racketeer Similar People Edward Carewe, Ray Taylor, Ford Beebe, Sam Newfield, B Reeves Eason | ||
Roland Drew or Walter Goss (August 4, 1900 – March 17, 1988) was an American actor, who primarily worked in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Noted primarily as Dolores del Río's leading man in Ramona in 1928, another of his prominent film roles was as Dr. Robinson in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer a decade later. His other appearances include From Nine to Nine, Hitler, Hero of Berlin, Bermuda Mystery, and Two O'Clock Courage. He also gained fame as Prince Barin in the Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe movie serial. He would later retire from acting and became a dressmaker and lived to age 87.
He enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army in September 1942 during World War II.
Filmography
Actor
1945
Two O'Clock Courage as
Steve Maitland
1944
Silent Partner as
Harry Keating
1944
The Contender as
Kip Morgan
1944
The Adventures of Mark Twain as
Editor (uncredited)
1944
Bermuda Mystery as
John Best
1943
The Desert Song as
French Officer (uncredited)
1943
Princess O'Rourke as
First Airline Dispatcher (uncredited)
1943
The Hard Way as
Roland (uncredited)
1942
The Hidden Hand as
Walter Channing
1942
Now, Voyager as
Family Lawyer (uncredited)
1942
Across the Pacific as
Capt. Harkness
1942
Divide and Conquer (Short) as
Englishman (uncredited)
1942
Secret Enemies as
Fred Blosser - Chauffeur
1942
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (Short) as
Doctor
1942
The Big Shot as
Faye
1942
Spy Ship as
Nils Thorson
1942
Larceny, Inc as
Dan - McCarthy's Associate (uncredited)
1942
Murder in the Big House as
'Mile-Away' Gordon
1942
I Was Framed as
Gordon Locke
1942
Lady Gangster as
Carey Wells
1942
Bullet Scars as
Jake
1942
Captains of the Clouds as
Officer
1942
All Through the Night as
Reporter (uncredited)
1941
You're in the Army Now as
Captain (uncredited)
1941
Dangerously They Live as
Dr. Murdock
1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner as
Reporter (uncredited)
1941
Steel Against the Sky as
Weather Man (uncredited)
1941
Blues in the Night as
Gambler Letting Kay Throw Dice (uncredited)
1941
Law of the Tropics as
Hotel Clerk
1941
The Smiling Ghost as
Uncle Hilton Fairchild
1941
Manpower as
Citizen Reporting Power Outage (uncredited)
1941
Bullets for O'Hara as
Bradford
1941
Sergeant York as
Officer (uncredited)
1941
Underground as
Gestapo Agent
1940
Wildcat Bus as
Davis
1940
Mystery Sea Raider as
Navigating Officer (uncredited)
1940
The Saint Takes Over as
Albert 'Rocky' Weldon
1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe as
Prince Barin
1939
The Invisible Killer as
Lt. Jerry Brown
1939
Hitler: Beast of Berlin as
Hans Memling
1939
Unmarried as
Sportsman (uncredited)
1939
Mystery of the White Room as
Dr. Norman Kennedy
1938
The Last Warning as
Paul Gomez
1938
The Lady in the Morgue as
Sam Taylor
1938
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as
Dr. Robinson (uncredited)
1938
The Goldwyn Follies as
Roland, Igor in 'Forgotten Dance' (uncredited)
1937
Some Blondes Are Dangerous as
Paul Lewis
1937
She Asked for It as
Randolph Stettin
1937
The Great Gambini as
Stephen Danby
1937
Thunder in the City as
Frank (uncredited)
1936
From Nine to Nine as
Inspector Vernon
1935
The Seminoles
1930
Ex-Flame as
Umberto
1930
The Love Trader as
Tonia
1929
The Racketeer as
Tony Vaughan
1929
Evangeline as
Gabriel
1929
Broadway Fever as
Eric Byron
1928
Lady Raffles as
Warren Blake
1928
Ramona as
Felipe
1927
Fireman, Save My Child as
Walter (as Walter Goss)
1926
Fine Manners as
Buddy Murphy (as Walter Goss)
1926
Fascinating Youth as
Randy Furness (as Walter Goss)
Archive Footage
1966
Peril from the Planet Mongo (TV Movie) as
Prince Barin
1966
Purple Death from Outer Space (TV Movie) as
Prince Barin
References
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