Ramon Novarro

Known for: Acting
Born: February 5, 1899, Durango City, Durango, Mexico
Died: October 30, 1968
Movies: 68

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.3

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

6.6

The Big Steal

1949

6.2

Mata Hari

1931

6.6

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1921

6.0

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2018

7.2

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

1928

5.8

Heller in Pink Tights

1960

6.6

Crisis

1950

5.7

Joan the Woman

1916

6.3

We Were Strangers

1949

Filmography

2021	This Is Francis X. Bushman	Judah Ben-Hur (Archive Footage)
2018	Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood	Self (archive footage)
2002	The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
1994	The Bible According to Hollywood	Self
1992	Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files	(archive footage) (uncredited)
1990	Death In Hollywood	Self (archive footage)
1988	Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies	(archive footage) (uncredited)
1972	Hollywood: The Dream Factory	Self (archive footage)
1960	Heller in Pink Tights	De Leon
1960	Hedda Hopper's Hollywood	Self
1950	Crisis	Colonel Adragon
1950	The Outriders	Don Antonio Chaves
1949	The Big Steal	Inspector General Ortega
1949	We Were Strangers	Chief
1944	Twenty Years After	(archive footage)
1942	The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland	Juan Diego
1940	Comedy of Happiness	Félix
1939	A Small Town Idol	Dancer
1938	A Desperate Adventure	André Friezan
1937	The Sheik Steps Out	Ahmed Ben Nesib
1935	The Night Is Young	Archduke Paul 'Gustl' Gustave
1934	Laughing Boy	Laughing Boy
1934	The Cat and the Fiddle	Victor Florescu
1933	The Barbarian	Jamil El Shehab
1932	The Son-Daughter	Tom Lee
1932	Huddle	Tony
1931	Mata Hari	Lt. Alexis Rosanoff
1931	The Christmas Party	Himself
1931	Son of India	Karim
1931	We’re Switching to Hollywood	Self
1931	Daybreak	Willi Kasder
1930	Sevilla de mis Amores	Juan de Dios Carbajal
1930	Call of the Flesh	Juan de Dios
1930	In Gay Madrid	Ricardo
1929	Devil-May-Care	Armand de Treville
1929	The Pagan	Henry Shoesmith Jr.
1929	The Flying Fleet	Tommy Winslow
1928	Forbidden Hours	His Majesty, Michael IV
1928	A Certain Young Man	Lord Gerald Brinsley
1928	Across to Singapore	Joel Shore
1928	The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg	Prince Karl Heinrich
1927	The Road to Romance	José Armando
1927	Lovers	José
1926	Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood
1925	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ	Judah Ben-Hur
1925	The Midshipman	Dick Randall
1925	A Lover's Oath	Ben Ali
1925	1925 Studio Tour	Self
1924	The Red Lily	Jean Leonnec
1924	The Arab	Jamil Abdullah Azam
1924	Thy Name Is Woman	Juan Ricardo
1923	Scaramouche	André-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche'
1923	Where the Pavement Ends	Motauri
1922	Trifling Women	Henri / Ivan de Maupin
1922	The Prisoner of Zenda	Rupert of Hentzau
1922	Mr. Barnes of New York	Antonio
1921	Man-Woman-Marriage	Dancer
1921	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	Guest at Ball (uncredited)
1921	A Small Town Idol	Dancer (uncredited)
1918	The Goat
1917	The Woman God Forgot	Aztec Man (uncredited)
1917	The Hostage
1917	The Little American	Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
1917	The Jaguar's Claws	Bandit (uncredited)
1916	Joan the Woman	Starving Peasant

Directing, Writing & Producing

1936	Contra la Corriente	Director, Screenplay, Producer
1931	The Singer of Seville	Director
1930	Sevilla de mis Amores	Director

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