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.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

73

Birth Date

1899-02-05 00:00:00

Birth Place

Durango City, Durango, Mexico

Known For

• 

  The Night Is Young
• 

  Huddle
• 

  Son of India
• 

  Daybreak
• 

  The Pagan
• 

  Across to Singapore

Credits

• actors (68 credits)

  • This Is Francis X. Bushman

    Judah Ben-Hur (Archive Footage)

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • The Bible According to Hollywood

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Death In Hollywood

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • The High Chaparral

    - A Joyful Noise (1968) ... Padre Guillermo actor actors
    1967
  • Combat!

    - Finest Hour (1965) ... Count De Roy actor actors
    1962
  • Dr. Kildare

    - Rome Will Never Leave You (3) (1964) ... Gasparo Paolini actor actors

    - Rome Will Never Leave You (2) (1964) ... Gasparo Paolini actor actors

    - Rome Will Never Leave You (1) (1964) ... Gasparo Paolini actor actors
    1961
  • Heller in Pink Tights

    De Leon

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Rawhide

    - Canliss (1964) ... Father Tasso actor actors
    1959
  • Crisis

    Colonel Adragon

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Outriders

    Don Antonio Chaves

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Big Steal

    Inspector General Ortega

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • We Were Strangers

    Chief

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Twenty Years After

    (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland

    Juan Diego

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Comedy of Happiness

    Félix

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • A Small Town Idol

    Dancer

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • A Desperate Adventure

    André Friezan

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Sheik Steps Out

    Ahmed Ben Nesib

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Night Is Young

    Archduke Paul 'Gustl' Gustave

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Laughing Boy

    Laughing Boy

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Cat and the Fiddle

    Victor Florescu

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Barbarian

    Jamil El Shehab

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Son-Daughter

    Tom Lee

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Huddle

    Tony

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Mata Hari

    Lt. Alexis Rosanoff

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Christmas Party

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Son of India

    Karim

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • We’re Switching to Hollywood

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Daybreak

    Willi Kasder

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Sevilla de mis Amores

    Juan de Dios Carbajal

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Call of the Flesh

    Juan de Dios

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • In Gay Madrid

    Ricardo

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Devil-May-Care

    Armand de Treville

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Pagan

    Henry Shoesmith Jr.

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Flying Fleet

    Tommy Winslow

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Forbidden Hours

    His Majesty, Michael IV

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • A Certain Young Man

    Lord Gerald Brinsley

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Across to Singapore

    Joel Shore

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

    Prince Karl Heinrich

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Road to Romance

    José Armando

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Lovers

    José

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    Judah Ben-Hur

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Midshipman

    Dick Randall

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • A Lover's Oath

    Ben Ali

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • 1925 Studio Tour

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Red Lily

    Jean Leonnec

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • The Arab

    Jamil Abdullah Azam

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Thy Name Is Woman

    Juan Ricardo

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Scaramouche

    André-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche'

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Where the Pavement Ends

    Motauri

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Trifling Women

    Henri / Ivan de Maupin

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • The Prisoner of Zenda

    Rupert of Hentzau

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Mr. Barnes of New York

    Antonio

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Man-Woman-Marriage

    Dancer

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    Guest at Ball (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • A Small Town Idol

    Dancer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • The Goat

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Woman God Forgot

    Aztec Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Hostage

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Little American

    Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Jaguar's Claws

    Bandit (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Joan the Woman

    Starving Peasant

    actor

    actors
    1916

• production (1 credits)

  • Contra la Corriente

    producer

    production
    1936

• writing (1 credits)

  • Contra la Corriente

    screenplay

    writing
    1936

• directing (3 credits)

  • Contra la Corriente

    director

    directing
    1936
  • The Singer of Seville

    director

    directing
    1931
  • Sevilla de mis Amores

    director

    directing
    1930