Roland Drew

Roland Drew (born Walter Goss; August 4, 1900 – March 17, 1988) was an American actor.^[1]

Roland Drew
Drew in Lady Gangster (1942)
Born	William Goss (1900-08-04)August 4, 1900 Elmhurst, New York City, U.S.
Died	March 17, 1988(1988-03-17) (aged 87) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Resting place	Angeles Abbey Memorial Park, Compton, California
Occupations	Actor dressmaker
Years active	1926–1945
Spouse	Dorothy Dearing ​ ​ (m. 1946; died 1965)​
Children	1

Biography

Born in 1900 in New York City, Drew made his first film in 1926 and continued to work until the 1940s. Noted primarily as Dolores del Río's leading man in Ramona^[2] 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, Beast of Berlin, Bermuda Mystery, and Two O'Clock Courage. He also gained fame as Prince Barin in the 1940 film serial Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe.

On Broadway, Drew portrayed Jackson Macy in Shooting Star (1933) and Lieutenant Roget in Paths of Glory (1935).^[3]

He retired from acting and became a dressmaker.^[2]

He enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army in September 1942 during World War II.

Drew married actress Dorothy Dearing in 1946. On March 17, 1988, he died at his home, aged 87.^[2] He was interred with his wife in Angeles Abbey Memorial Park, Compton, California.^[4]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1926	Fascinating Youth	Randy Furness
1926	Fine Manners	Buddy Murphy
1927	Fireman, Save My Child	Walter
1928	Ramona	Felipe
1928	Lady Raffles	Warren Blake
1929	Broadway Fever	Eric Byron
1929	Evangeline	Gabriel
1929	The Racketeer	Tony Vaughan
1930	The Love Trader	Tonia
1930	Ex-Flame	Umberto
1935	The Seminoles
1936	From Nine to Nine	Inspector Vernon
1937	Thunder in the City	Frank	Uncredited
1937	The Great Gambini	Stephen Danby
1937	She Asked for It	Randolph Stettin
1937	Some Blondes Are Dangerous	Paul Lewis
1938	The Goldwyn Follies	Roland, Igor in 'Forgotten Dance'	Uncredited
1938	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer	Dr. Robinson	Uncredited
1938	The Lady in the Morgue	Sam Taylor
1938	The Last Warning	Paul Gomez
1939	Mystery of the White Room	Dr. Norman Kennedy
1939	Unmarried	Sportsman	Uncredited
1939	Hitler – Beast of Berlin	Hans Memling
1939	The Invisible Killer	Lt. Jerry Brown
1940	Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe	Prince Barin	Serial
1940	The Saint Takes Over	Albert 'Rocky' Weldon
1940	Mystery Sea Raider	Navigating Officer	Uncredited
1940	Wildcat Bus	Davis
1941	Underground	Gestapo
1941	Sergeant York	Officer	Uncredited
1941	Bullets for O'Hara	Bradford
1941	Manpower	Citizen Reporting Power Outage	Uncredited
1941	The Smiling Ghost	Uncle Hilton Fairchild
1941	Law of the Tropics	Hotel Clerk
1941	Blues in the Night	Gambler Letting Kay Throw Dice	Uncredited
1941	The Body Disappears		(scenes deleted)
1941	Steel Against the Sky	Weather Man	Uncredited
1941	Dangerously They Live	Dr. Murdock
1941	You're in the Army Now	Captain	Uncredited
1942	The Man Who Came to Dinner	Reporter	Uncredited
1942	All Through the Night	Reporter	Uncredited
1942	Captains of the Clouds	Officer
1942	Bullet Scars	Jake
1942	Lady Gangster	Carey Wells
1942	I Was Framed	Dist. Atty. Gordon Locke
1942	Murder in the Big House	'Mile-Away' Gordon
1942	Larceny, Inc.	Dan – McCarthy's Associate	Uncredited
1942	Spy Ship	Nils Thorson
1942	The Big Shot	Faye
1942	Secret Enemies	Fred Blosser – Chauffeur
1942	Across the Pacific	Capt. Harkness
1942	The Hidden Hand	Walter Channing
1943	The Hard Way	Roland	Uncredited
1943	Princess O'Rourke	First Airline Dispatcher	Uncredited
1943	The Desert Song	French Officer	Uncredited
1944	Bermuda Mystery	John Best
1944	The Adventures of Mark Twain	Editor	Uncredited
1944	The Contender	Kip Morgan
1944	Silent Partner	Harry Keating
1945	Two O'Clock Courage	Steve Maitland	(final film role)