Roland Drew | |
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with Carole Lombard in The Racketeer (1929)
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Born |
William Goss August 4, 1900 Elmhurst, New York, U.S. |
Died | March 17, 1988 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
(aged 87)
Resting place | Angeles Abbey Memorial Park, Compton, California |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | actor, dressmaker |
Years active | 1926-1945 |
Spouse(s) | Dorothy Dearing |
Children | Damon Dearing Drew, son |
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, Beast 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.