His father, who immigrated from China, worked as a tailor, and his Chinese American mother was a seamstress.

[1] The family later moved to Los Angeles, where Roland and his siblings attended Jefferson High School.

[3] After high school, Got signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and trained at the Motion Picture Academy.

His film career came to an end during World War II when he was drafted into the U.S. Army and sent to Europe.

In late 1948, at the age of 32, he drowned after falling overboard from the ferry Sacramento while crossing San Francisco Bay.