Ramon Novarro

Personal Info

Birthday

February 5, 1899

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

Combat!

Dr. Kildare

Rawhide

Thriller

The High Chaparral

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Scaramouche

Mata Hari

Filmography

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