Ruth Roland
Acting
Biography
American actress and film producer. Most famous for her starring roles in adventures serials produced by her own production company.
Born: August 24, 1892
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Known For
The Great Chase
A rollicking compendium of the greatest hits of silent-cinema chase sequences
The Girl Detective
A series of 2-reel thrillers in which a society girl has a position as a special investigator for the police and works on various cases where her unique talents can help to solve crimes. Each episode is complete in itself.
Days of Thrills and Laughter
An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.
The Circus: Premiere
Footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.
The Sheriff of Stone Gulch
In this rare, surviving one-reel Western from the pioneering Kalem company, Ruth Roland's fiancé, Dick, is falsely accused of robbing a bank, a dirty deed actually committed by one Black McCarty. Roland helps Dick escape and later supplies him with a weapon, but her irate father, the sheriff, must be put out of action -- by his own handcuffs as it turns out -- before the villain can be captured and peace restored.
From Nine to Nine
Ruth Roland in her last role alongside Roland Drew in a mystery about murder, blackmail and stolen jewels.
All in Good Fun
Bob Monkhouse introduces the golden age of slapstick comedy.
In Peril of Their Lives
A California fisherman starts with his family for a trip up the coast. When the party finds a desirable location, the girls begin to gather shellfish while the men ply their trade. When the fishermen attempt to return, their boat is wrecked in the surf and they are caught in the rocks. As evening comes on the girls leave for the camp and are startled by hearing a gunshot. They investigate and find that a hunter, bitten by a rattlesnake, has fired to attract attention. The girls assist the hunter to dress his wound and as they depart they sight the fishermen imprisoned on the rocks. With the assistance of their newfound friend they succeed in rescuing their relatives.
While Father Telephoned
Marlin takes his daughter, Ethel, to the seashore in hopes that she will annex a rich husband. The father meets Bill, who looks like "ready money." Marlin introduces the young man to Ethel. The girl promptly takes a dislike to the man. The following day Don saves Ethel from drowning. Bill, who witnessed the incident, feared to go to the rescue because he might ruin his clothes. Ethel and Don fall in love with each other. Bill later asks Marlin for Ethel's hand. The father consents. Ethel stormily declares she will not marry him.
The Sultana
Rich young playboy Gregory Kirkland reads a newspaper story about a daring robbery, and bets his friends that he can steal a famous diamond tiara, The Sultana, from its designer and then secretly return it without being caught. Robert Sautrelle, who designed the tiara, visits Kirkland's home, and Gregory does indeed steal it. However, he gets cold feet before he returns it and convinces a woman he knows, Virginia Lowndes, to return it. Unfortunately, things don't work out exactly as Gregory had planned.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Archive Footage
as Self (archive footage)
as Cornelia Du Play
as Felicia Brett
as Self
as Dolly Green
as Ruth Remington
as Ruth Ranger
as Ruth Reading
as Ruth Randolph
as Anita Delgado
as Bab Murphy
as Ruth Robin
as Belle Boyd
as Echo Delane
as Sylvia Smalley
as Margaret Warner
as Virginia Lowndes
as Erma Desmond / Bertie Stanley
as June Travers
as Ethel Marlin - the Daughter
as Laura Powers
as Ruth, The Girl Detective
as Helen - the Sheriff's Daughter
as The Nurse
as The Fisherman's First Daughter
as Arthur's Wife