
Ramon Novarro
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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
Filmography

This Is Francis X. Bushman
2021
as Judah Ben-Hur (Archive Footage)

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002

The Bible According to Hollywood
1994
as Self
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Death In Hollywood
1990
as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)

The High Chaparral
1967
as Padre Guillermo

Combat!
1962
as Count De Roy

Dr. Kildare
1961
as Gasparo Paolini

Heller in Pink Tights
1960
as De Leon

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self

Thriller
1960
as Maestro Giuliano

Rawhide
1959
as Father Tasso
The Big Party
1959
as Self

Crisis
1950
as Colonel Adragon

The Outriders
1950
as Don Antonio Chaves

We Were Strangers
1949
as Chief

The Big Steal
1949
as Inspector General Ortega

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)

The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
1942
as Juan Diego

Comedy of Happiness
1940
as Félix

A Small Town Idol
1939
as Dancer

A Desperate Adventure
1938
as André Friezan

The Sheik Steps Out
1937
as Ahmed Ben Nesib

The Night Is Young
1935
as Archduke Paul 'Gustl' Gustave

The Cat and the Fiddle
1934
as Victor Florescu

Laughing Boy
1934
as Laughing Boy

The Barbarian
1933
as Jamil El Shehab

Huddle
1932
as Tony

The Son-Daughter
1932
as Tom Lee

Mata Hari
1931
as Lt. Alexis Rosanoff

Son of India
1931
as Karim

The Christmas Party
1931
as Himself

Daybreak
1931
as Willi Kasder

We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931
as Self

Call of the Flesh
1930
as Juan de Dios

In Gay Madrid
1930
as Ricardo

Sevilla de mis Amores
1930
as Juan de Dios Carbajal

The Pagan
1929
as Henry Shoesmith Jr.

Devil-May-Care
1929
as Armand de Treville

The Flying Fleet
1929
as Tommy Winslow

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928
as Prince Karl Heinrich

Across to Singapore
1928
as Joel Shore

Forbidden Hours
1928
as His Majesty, Michael IV

A Certain Young Man
1928
as Lord Gerald Brinsley

Lovers
1927
as José
The Road to Romance
1927
as José Armando
Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood
1926

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Judah Ben-Hur

1925 Studio Tour
1925
as Self

A Lover's Oath
1925
as Ben Ali

The Midshipman
1925
as Dick Randall

The Red Lily
1924
as Jean Leonnec

The Arab
1924
as Jamil Abdullah Azam

Thy Name Is Woman
1924
as Juan Ricardo

Where the Pavement Ends
1923
as Motauri

Scaramouche
1923
as André-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche'

The Prisoner of Zenda
1922
as Rupert of Hentzau

Mr. Barnes of New York
1922
as Antonio

Trifling Women
1922
as Henri / Ivan de Maupin

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921
as Guest at Ball (uncredited)

A Small Town Idol
1921
as Dancer (uncredited)

Man-Woman-Marriage
1921
as Dancer

The Goat
1918

The Hostage
1917

The Little American
1917
as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

The Woman God Forgot
1917
as Aztec Man (uncredited)

The Jaguar's Claws
1917
as Bandit (uncredited)

Joan the Woman
1916
as Starving Peasant