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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

70

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-02-05

Day of Death

1968-10-30 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Durango City, Durango, Mexico

Also Known As

Ramón Novarro

Ramon Samaniego

Ramon Samaniegos

The Latin Lover

Jose Ramón Gil Samaniego

Ramon Novarro

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

Mata Hari

1931

Mata Hari

as

Lt. Alexis Rosanoff

Crisis

1950

Crisis

as

Colonel Adragon

The Big Steal

1949

The Big Steal

as

Inspector General Ortega

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

1928

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

as

Prince Karl Heinrich

The Cat and the Fiddle

1934

The Cat and the Fiddle

as

Victor Florescu

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as

Self (archive footage)

Across to Singapore

1928

Across to Singapore

as

Joel Shore

The Prisoner of Zenda

1922

The Prisoner of Zenda

as

Rupert of Hentzau

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2018

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

as

Self (archive footage)

The Outriders

1950

The Outriders

as

Don Antonio Chaves

Son of India

1931

Son of India

as

Karim

The Pagan

1929

The Pagan

as

Henry Shoesmith Jr.

The Red Lily

1924

The Red Lily

as

Jean Leonnec

Huddle

1932

Huddle

as

Tony

Laughing Boy

1934

Laughing Boy

as

Laughing Boy

Devil-May-Care

1929

Devil-May-Care

as

Armand de Treville

The Son-Daughter

1932

The Son-Daughter

as

Tom Lee

The Night Is Young

1935

The Night Is Young

as

Archduke Paul 'Gustl' Gustave

Call of the Flesh

1930

Call of the Flesh

as

Juan de Dios

Lovers

1927

Lovers

as

Jose

The Barbarian

1933

The Barbarian

as

Jamil El Shehab

In Gay Madrid

1930

In Gay Madrid

as

Ricardo

The Christmas Party

1931

The Christmas Party

as

Himself

The Little American

1917

The Little American

as

Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1921

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

as

Guest at Ball (uncredited)

The Road to Romance

1927

The Road to Romance

as

José Armando

Daybreak

1931

Daybreak

as

Willi Kasder

The Flying Fleet

1929

The Flying Fleet

as

Tommy Winslow

Scaramouche

1923

Scaramouche

as

André-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche'

The Sheik Steps Out

1937

The Sheik Steps Out

as

Ahmed Ben Nesib

A Desperate Adventure

1938

A Desperate Adventure

as

André Friezan

A Lover's Oath

1925

A Lover's Oath

as

Ben Ali

Joan the Woman

1916

Joan the Woman

as

Starving Peasant

The Woman God Forgot

1917

The Woman God Forgot

as

Aztec Man (uncredited)

A Small Town Idol

1921

A Small Town Idol

as

Dancer (uncredited)

The Arab

1924

The Arab

as

Jamil Abdullah Azam

Twenty Years After

1944

Twenty Years After

as

(archive footage)

Forbidden Hours

1928

Forbidden Hours

as

His Majesty, Michael IV

Thy Name Is Woman

1924

Thy Name Is Woman

as

Juan Ricardo

Man-Woman-Marriage

1921

Man-Woman-Marriage

as

Dancer

Trifling Women

1922

Trifling Women

as

Henri / Ivan de Maupin

A Small Town Idol

1939

A Small Town Idol

as

Dancer

A Certain Young Man

1928

A Certain Young Man

as

Lord Gerald Brinsley

The Midshipman

1925

The Midshipman

as

Dick Randall

Combat!

Combat!

as

Count De Roy

Rawhide

Rawhide

as

Father Tasso

The High Chaparral

The High Chaparral

as

Padre Guillermo

Thriller

Thriller

as

Maestro Giuliano

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare

as

Gasparo Paolini

Arena

Arena

as

Self (archive footage)

Production

Crew

Directing