Editing Rod La Rocque (section)

==Biography==
La Rocque was born in Chicago, Illinois to Edmund La Rocque and Ann (née Rice) La Rocque. His father was of French-Canadian descent and his mother was of Irish descent. He began appearing in stock theater at the age of seven and eventually ended up at the [[Essanay Studios]] as a teenager in Chicago where he found steady work until the studios closed. He then moved to New York City and worked on the stage until he was noticed by [[Samuel Goldwyn]] who took him to Hollywood. Over the next two decades, he appeared in films and made the transition to sound films. {{Citation needed|date= September 2012}}

[[File:Vilma Bánky, Rod La Rocque-no watermark.jpg|thumb|La Rocque and Vilma Bánky, 1927.]]
In 1927, he married Hungarian actress [[Vilma Bánky]] in a lavish, highly publicized wedding.<ref name="Journal">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZFQaAAAAIBAJ&pg=2186,959558&dq=rod-la-rocque&hl=en|title=Vilma Banky And Rod La Rocque, Film Lovers, Fooled The Gossips|date=February 2, 1949|work=[[Milwaukee Journal]]|access-date=August 12, 2010}}</ref> They were married until his death in 1969.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8fwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5325,4307636&dq=rod-la-rocque&hl=en|title=Silent Film Star Rod La Rocque Dies|date=October 17, 1969|access-date=August 12, 2010}}</ref> The couple had no children. He retired from movies in 1941 and became a real estate broker.<ref name="Journal"/>

For his contribution to the film industry, La Rocque was awarded a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].