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Ramon Novarro

Ramon Novarro

Actor · 1899–1968 · Durango City, Durango, Mexico

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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.

Acted in 59

2020s

  1. 2021

    This Is Francis X. Bushman

    Judah Ben-Hur (Archive Footage)

2000s

  1. 2002

    The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

    Movie

1980s

  1. 1988

    Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

    (archive footage) (uncredited)

1940s

  1. 1949
  2. We Were Strangers

    Chief

  3. 1944

    Twenty Years After

    (archive footage)

  4. 1942

    The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland

    Juan Diego

  5. 1940

    Comedy of Happiness

    Félix

1930s

  1. 1939

    A Small Town Idol

    Dancer

  2. 1938

    A Desperate Adventure

    André Friezan

  3. 1937

    The Sheik Steps Out

    Ahmed Ben Nesib

  4. 1935

    The Night Is Young

    Archduke Paul 'Gustl' Gustave

  5. 1934

    Laughing Boy

    Laughing Boy

  6. The Cat and the Fiddle

    Victor Florescu

  7. 1933

    The Barbarian

    Jamil El Shehab

  8. 1932

    The Son-Daughter

    Tom Lee

  9. Huddle

    Tony

  10. 1931
  11. Son of India

    Karim

  12. Daybreak

    Willi Kasder

  13. 1930

    Sevilla de mis Amores

    Juan de Dios Carbajal

  14. Call of the Flesh

    Juan de Dios

1920s

  1. 1929

    Devil-May-Care

    Armand de Treville

  2. The Pagan

    Henry Shoesmith Jr.

  3. The Flying Fleet

    Tommy Winslow

  4. 1928

    Forbidden Hours

    His Majesty, Michael IV

  5. A Certain Young Man

    Lord Gerald Brinsley

  6. The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

    Prince Karl Heinrich

  7. 1927

    Lovers

    José

  8. 1925
  9. The Midshipman

    Dick Randall

  10. A Lover's Oath

    Ben Ali

  11. 1924

    The Red Lily

    Jean Leonnec

  12. The Arab

    Jamil Abdullah Azam

  13. Thy Name Is Woman

    Juan Ricardo

  14. 1923

    Scaramouche

    André-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche'

  15. Where the Pavement Ends

    Motauri

  16. 1922

    Trifling Women

    Henri / Ivan de Maupin

  17. The Prisoner of Zenda

    Rupert of Hentzau

  18. Mr. Barnes of New York

    Antonio

  19. 1921

    Man-Woman-Marriage

    Dancer

  20. A Small Town Idol

    Dancer (uncredited)

1910s

  1. 1918

    The Goat

    Movie

  2. 1917

    The Woman God Forgot

    Aztec Man (uncredited)

  3. The Hostage

    Movie

  4. The Little American

    Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

  5. The Jaguar's Claws

    Bandit (uncredited)

  6. 1916

    Joan the Woman

    Starving Peasant

Directed 3

1930s

  1. 1936

    Contra la Corriente

    Director

  2. 1931

    The Singer of Seville

    Director

  3. 1930

    Sevilla de mis Amores

    Director

Wrote 1

1930s

  1. 1936

    Contra la Corriente

    Screenplay

Produced 1

1930s

  1. 1936

    Contra la Corriente

    Producer

Appearances9

2010s

  1. 2018

    Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

    Self (archive footage)

1990s

  1. 1994

    The Bible According to Hollywood

    Self

  2. 1990

1970s

  1. 1972

    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Self (archive footage)

1960s

  1. 1960

    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

    Self

1930s

  1. 1931

    The Christmas Party

    Himself

  2. We’re Switching to Hollywood

    Self

1920s

  1. 1925

    1925 Studio Tour

    Self