Roland Drew

Roland Drew
with Carole Lombard in The Racketeer (1929)
Born	William Goss August 4, 1900 Elmhurst, New York, U.S.
Died	March 17, 1988 (aged 87) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
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 Delores del Rio'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.

Selected filmography

• Fascinating Youth (1926)
• Fine Manners (1926)
• Fireman, Save My Child (1927)
• Wildcat Bus (1940)
• Law of the Tropics (1941)
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
• I Was Framed (1942)

External links

• All Movie
• Roland Drew at Find a Grave
• Roland Drew at the Internet Movie Database
• New York Times Obituary