Ramon Novarro
Acting
Born 1899-02-05
Durango City, Durango, Mexico
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
Popular credits
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Judah Ben-Hur
Combat!
Count De Roy
The Big Steal
Inspector General Ortega
Mata Hari
Lt. Alexis Rosanoff
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Guest at Ball (uncredited)
Rawhide
Father Tasso
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Prince Karl Heinrich
Heller in Pink Tights
De Leon
Crisis
Colonel Adragon
Joan the Woman
Starving Peasant
The High Chaparral
Padre Guillermo
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
We Were Strangers
Chief
The Prisoner of Zenda
Rupert of Hentzau
The Little American
Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
Thriller
Maestro Giuliano
Dr. Kildare
Gasparo Paolini
1925 Studio Tour
Self
Scaramouche
André-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche'