Ramon Novarro (1899–1968)

Actor | Soundtrack | Director

Ramon Novarro was born José Ramón Gil Samaniego on February 6, 1899 in Durango, Mexico, to Leonor (...

Born: February 6, 1899
Died: October 30, 1968 (age 69)

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Filmography

Known For

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Ben-Hur (1925)
The Red Lily Jean Leonnec (1924)
The Big Steal Inspector General Ortega (1949)
Known For

The Cat and the Fiddle Victor (1934)
Actor

The High Chaparral Padre Guillermo (1968)
The Wild Wild West Don Tomas (1967)
Combat! Count De Roy (1964-1965)
Bonanza Jose Ortega (1965)
Dr. Kildare Gasparo Paolini (1964)
Rawhide Father Tasso (1964)
Thriller Maestro Giuliano (1962)
Heller in Pink Tights De Leon (1960)
The Magical World of Disney Don Esteban Miranda (1958)
The Ken Murray Show (1952)
Crisis Colonel Adragon (1950)
The Outriders Don Antonio Chaves (1950)
The Big Steal Inspector General Ortega (1949)
We Were Strangers Chief (1949)
The Saint That Forged a Country Juan Diego (1942)
Ecco la felicità Felice Ciatti (1940)
Comedy of Happiness Félix (1940)
A Desperate Adventure André Friezan (1938)
The Sheik Steps Out Ahmed Ben Nesib (1937)
The Night Is Young Archduke Paul 'Gustl' Gustave (1935)
Laughing Boy Laughing Boy (1934)
The Cat and the Fiddle Victor (1934)
The Barbarian Jamil El Shehab (1933)
The Son-Daughter Tom Lee (1932)
Huddle Tony Amatto (1932)
Mata Hari Lt. Alexis Rosanoff (1931)
The Christmas Party Ramon Navarro (1931)
Son of India Karim (1931)
Daybreak Willi (1931)
Le chanteur de Séville Juan (1931)
Sevilla de mis amores Juan de Dios Carbajal (1930)
Call of the Flesh Juan de Dios (1930)
In Gay Madrid Ricardo (1930)
Devil-May-Care Armand de Treville (1929)
The Pagan Henry Shoesmith, Jr. (1929)
The Flying Fleet Tommy Winslow (1929)
Forbidden Hours His Majesty, Michael IV (1928)
A Certain Young Man Lord Gerald Brinsley (1928)
Across to Singapore Joel Shore (1928)
The Road to Romance José Armando (1927)
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg Prince Karl Heinrich (1927)
Lovers? José (1927)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Ben-Hur (1925)
The Midshipman Dick Randall (1925)
A Lover's Oath Ben Ali (1925)
The Red Lily Jean Leonnec (1924)
The Arab Jamil Abdullah Azam (1924)
Thy Name Is Woman Juan Ricardo (1924)
Scaramouche André-Louis Moreau (1923)
Where the Pavement Ends Motauri (1923)
Trifling Women Henri / Ivan de Maupin (1922)
The Prisoner of Zenda Rupert of Hentzau (1922)
Mr. Barnes of New York Antonio (1922)
Man-Woman-Marriage Dancer (1921)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Guest at Ball (1921)
The Concert Dancing Shepherd (1921)
A Small Town Idol Dancer (1921)
The Goat (1918)
The Woman God Forgot Aztec man (1917)
The Hostage (1917)
The Little American Wounded Soldier (1917)
The Jaguar's Claws Bandit (1917)
Actor

Joan the Woman Starving Peasant (1916)
Soundtrack

Comedy of Happiness (1940)
The Sheik Steps Out (1937)
The Night Is Young (1935)
Laughing Boy (1934)
The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)
The Barbarian (1933)
Le chanteur de Séville (1931)
The March of Time (1930)
Call of the Flesh (1930)
In Gay Madrid (1930)
Soundtrack

The Pagan (1929)
Director

Against the Current (1936)
Le chanteur de Séville (1931)
Director

Sevilla de mis amores (1930)
Producer

Against the Current (1936)
Writer

Against the Current (1936)
Archive footage

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2002)
E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998)
Murderers, Mobsters and Madmen: Hollywood Police Blotter (1992)
The Republic Pictures Story (1991)
Arena (1991)
Death in Hollywood (1990)
Hollywood (1980)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1954)
Twenty Years After (1944)
Some of the Best (1944)
Archive footage

A Small Town Idol (1939)
March of the Movies (1933)

Awards

2 wins.

Did You Know

Trivia

A book about his death, "Bloody Wednesday", was rushed into print. For some reason, very few copies are available today, making the book a collector's item.

I was always the hero - with no vices - reciting practically the same lines to the leading lady. The current crop of movie heroes are less handicapped than the old ones. They are more human. The leading men of silent films were Adonises and Apollos....