Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-02-05

Deathday

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

7.6%

Combat!

Oct 2, 1962

7.3%

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Dec 25, 1925

6.5%

The Big Steal

Jul 1, 1949

6.2%

Mata Hari

Dec 26, 1931

6.6%

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Mar 6, 1921

7.2%

Rawhide

Jan 9, 1959

6.0%

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Jul 27, 2018

5.7%

Heller in Pink Tights

Mar 1, 1960

7.3%

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

Jan 30, 1928

6.6%

Crisis

Jul 7, 1950

5.6%

Joan the Woman

Dec 25, 1916

6.5%

The High Chaparral

Sep 10, 1967

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Acting

2018

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)

1994

The Bible According to Hollywood as Self

1975

Arena as Self (archive footage)

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)

1967

The High Chaparral as Padre Guillermo

1962

Combat! as Count De Roy

1961

Dr. Kildare as Gasparo Paolini

1960		Thriller as Maestro Giuliano
1960		Heller in Pink Tights as De Leon
1960		Hedda Hopper's Hollywood as Self

1959		The Big Party as Self
1959		Rawhide as Father Tasso

1950		Crisis as Colonel Adragon
1950		The Outriders as Don Antonio Chaves

1949		The Big Steal as Inspector General Ortega
1949		We Were Strangers as Chief

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self

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
1934		The Cat and the Fiddle as Victor Florescu

1933

The Barbarian as Jamil El Shehab

1932		The Son-Daughter as Tom Lee
1932		Huddle as Tony

1931		Mata Hari as Lt. Alexis Rosanoff
1931		The Christmas Party as Himself
1931		Son of India as Karim
1931		We're switching to Hollywood as Self
1931		Daybreak as Willi Kasder

1930		Sevilla de mis Amores
1930		Call of the Flesh as Juan de Dios
1930		In Gay Madrid as Ricardo

1929		Devil-May-Care as Armand de Treville
1929		The Pagan as Henry Shoesmith Jr.
1929		The Flying Fleet as Tommy Winslow

1928		Forbidden Hours as His Majesty, Michael IV
1928		A Certain Young Man as Lord Gerald Brinsley
1928		Across to Singapore as Joel Shore
1928		The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg as Prince Karl Heinrich

1927		The Road to Romance as José Armando
1927		Lovers as Jose

1925		Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Judah Ben-Hur
1925		The Midshipman as Dick Randall
1925		A Lover's Oath as Ben Ali
1925		1925 Studio Tour as Self

1924		The Red Lily as Jean Leonnec
1924		The Arab as Jamil Abdullah Azam
1924		Thy Name Is Woman as Juan Ricardo

1923		Scaramouche as André-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche'
1923		Where the Pavement Ends as Motauri

1922		Trifling Women as Henri / Ivan de Maupin
1922		The Prisoner of Zenda as Rupert of Hentzau
1922		Mr. Barnes of New York as Antonio

1921		Man-Woman-Marriage as Dancer
1921		The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as Guest at Ball (uncredited)
1921		A Small Town Idol as Dancer (uncredited)

1917		The Woman God Forgot as Aztec Man (uncredited)
1917		The Hostage
1917		The Little American as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

1916

Joan the Woman as Starving Peasant

Directing

1936

Contra la Corriente as Director

1931

The Singer of Seville as Director

1930

Sevilla de mis Amores as Director

Production

1936

Contra la Corriente as Producer

Writing

1936

Contra la Corriente as Screenplay