Ramon Novarro
Acting
Born: 1899-02-05 in 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
Combat!
Count De Roy
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Judah Ben-Hur
The Big Steal
Inspector General Ortega
Mata Hari
Lt. Alexis Rosanoff
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Guest at Ball (uncredited)
Rawhide
Father Tasso
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Prince Karl Heinrich
Heller in Pink Tights
De Leon
Crisis
Colonel Adragon
The High Chaparral
Padre Guillermo
Joan the Woman
Starving Peasant
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
We Were Strangers
Chief
The Prisoner of Zenda
Rupert of Hentzau
The Little American
Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
1925 Studio Tour
Self
Thriller
Maestro Giuliano
Dr. Kildare
Gasparo Paolini
Scaramouche
André-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche'
The Outriders
Don Antonio Chaves
The Barbarian
Jamil El Shehab
The Red Lily
Jean Leonnec
Across to Singapore
Joel Shore
The Pagan
Henry Shoesmith Jr.
The Christmas Party
Himself
The Woman God Forgot
Aztec Man (uncredited)
The Cat and the Fiddle
Victor Florescu
Laughing Boy
Laughing Boy
The Flying Fleet
Tommy Winslow
The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
Juan Diego
Comedy of Happiness
Félix
Huddle
Tony
Devil-May-Care
Armand de Treville
Daybreak
Willi Kasder
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
We’re Switching to Hollywood
Self
Death In Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Son-Daughter
Tom Lee