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Ramon Novarro

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Ramon Novarro

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Feb 5, 1899 (127 years old)

Place of Birth

Durango City, Durango, Mexico

Biography

Mexico native Ramon Novarro (born Jose Ramon Gil Samaniego, February 6, 1899 – October 30, 1968) was a Hollywood film and television actor. He was a major star and matinee idol of 1920s Silent through early 1930s "talkies" cinema.

Known For

Acting
2021This Is Francis X. BushmanJudah Ben-Hur (Archive Footage)
2018Scotty and the Secret History of HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
2002The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
1994The Bible According to HollywoodSelf
1992Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1990Death In Hollywood
1988Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1972Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)
1967The High ChaparralPadre Guillermo
1962Combat!Count De Roy
1961Dr. KildareGasparo Paolini
1960Heller in Pink TightsDe Leon
1960Hedda Hopper's HollywoodSelf
1960ThrillerMaestro Giuliano
1959RawhideFather Tasso
1959The Big PartySelf
1950CrisisColonel Adragon
1950The OutridersDon Antonio Chaves
1949We Were StrangersChief
1949The Big StealInspector General Ortega
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
1944Twenty Years After(archive footage)
1942The Virgin who Forged a FatherlandJuan Diego
1940Comedy of HappinessFélix
1939A Small Town IdolDancer
1938A Desperate AdventureAndré Friezan
1937The Sheik Steps OutAhmed Ben Nesib
1935The Night Is YoungArchduke Paul 'Gustl' Gustave
1934The Cat and the FiddleVictor Florescu
1934Laughing BoyLaughing Boy
1933The BarbarianJamil El Shehab
1932HuddleTony
1932The Son-DaughterTom Lee
1931Mata HariLt. Alexis Rosanoff
1931Son of IndiaKarim
1931The Christmas PartyHimself
1931DaybreakWilli Kasder
1931We’re Switching to HollywoodSelf
1930Call of the FleshJuan de Dios
1930In Gay MadridRicardo
1930Sevilla de mis AmoresJuan de Dios Carbajal
1929The PaganHenry Shoesmith Jr.
1929Devil-May-CareArmand de Treville
1929The Flying FleetTommy Winslow
1928The Student Prince in Old HeidelbergPrince Karl Heinrich
1928Across to SingaporeJoel Shore
1928Forbidden HoursHis Majesty, Michael IV
1928A Certain Young ManLord Gerald Brinsley
1927LoversJosé
1927The Road to RomanceJosé Armando
1925Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristJudah Ben-Hur
19251925 Studio TourSelf
1925A Lover's OathBen Ali
1925The MidshipmanDick Randall
1924The Red LilyJean Leonnec
1924The ArabJamil Abdullah Azam
1924Thy Name Is WomanJuan Ricardo
1923Where the Pavement EndsMotauri
1923ScaramoucheAndré-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche'
1922The Prisoner of ZendaRupert of Hentzau
1922Mr. Barnes of New YorkAntonio
1922Trifling WomenHenri / Ivan de Maupin
1921The Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseGuest at Ball (uncredited)
1921A Small Town IdolDancer (uncredited)
1921Man-Woman-MarriageDancer
1918The Goat
1917The Hostage
1917The Little AmericanWounded Soldier (uncredited)
1917The Woman God ForgotAztec Man (uncredited)
1917The Jaguar's ClawsBandit (uncredited)
1916Joan the WomanStarving Peasant
Production
1936Contra la CorrienteProducer
Directing
1936Contra la CorrienteDirector
1931The Singer of SevilleDirector
1930Sevilla de mis AmoresDirector
Writing
1936Contra la CorrienteScreenplay