Acting
Ramon Novarro
EN, ES, FR, DE cinema · 67 credits
Born
5 February 1899
Died
30 October 1968 (aged 69)
Birthplace
Durango City, Durango, Mexico
Also known as Ramón Novarro · Ramon Samaniego · Ramon Samaniegos · The Latin Lover · Jose Ramón Gil Samaniego
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
Filmography
This Is Francis X. Bushman
as Judah Ben-Hur (Archive Footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Death In Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Heller in Pink Tights
as De Leon
Crisis
as Colonel Adragon
The Outriders
as Don Antonio Chaves
We Were Strangers
as Chief
The Big Steal
as Inspector General Ortega
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
as Juan Diego
Comedy of Happiness
as Félix
A Small Town Idol
as Dancer
A Desperate Adventure
as André Friezan
The Sheik Steps Out
as Ahmed Ben Nesib
Contra la Corriente
Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Night Is Young
as Archduke Paul 'Gustl' Gustave
The Cat and the Fiddle
as Victor Florescu
Laughing Boy
as Laughing Boy
The Barbarian
as Jamil El Shehab
Huddle
as Tony
The Son-Daughter
as Tom Lee
Mata Hari
as Lt. Alexis Rosanoff
Son of India
as Karim
The Christmas Party
as Himself
Daybreak
as Willi Kasder
Call of the Flesh
as Juan de Dios
In Gay Madrid
as Ricardo
Sevilla de mis Amores
as Juan de Dios Carbajal, Director
The Pagan
as Henry Shoesmith Jr.
Devil-May-Care
as Armand de Treville
The Flying Fleet
as Tommy Winslow
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
as Prince Karl Heinrich
Across to Singapore
as Joel Shore
Forbidden Hours
as His Majesty, Michael IV
A Certain Young Man
as Lord Gerald Brinsley
Lovers
as José
The Road to Romance
1927
The Road to Romance
as José Armando
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Judah Ben-Hur
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
A Lover's Oath
as Ben Ali
The Midshipman
as Dick Randall
The Red Lily
as Jean Leonnec
The Arab
as Jamil Abdullah Azam
Thy Name Is Woman
as Juan Ricardo
Where the Pavement Ends
as Motauri
Scaramouche
as André-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche'
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Rupert of Hentzau
Mr. Barnes of New York
as Antonio
Trifling Women
as Henri / Ivan de Maupin
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Guest at Ball (uncredited)
A Small Town Idol
as Dancer (uncredited)
Man-Woman-Marriage
as Dancer
The Little American
as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
The Woman God Forgot
as Aztec Man (uncredited)
The Jaguar's Claws
as Bandit (uncredited)
Joan the Woman
as Starving Peasant