Person

Ramon Novarro

Acting · 1899–1968 · Durango City, Durango, Mexico

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.

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  Rawhide

  Father Tasso

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  Combat!

  Count De Roy

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  Dr. Kildare

  Gasparo Paolini

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  Thriller

  Maestro Giuliano

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  The High Chaparral

  Padre Guillermo

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  The Ed Sullivan Show

  Self

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  Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

  Judah Ben-Hur

• The Big Party

  Self

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  Mata Hari

  Lt. Alexis Rosanoff

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  Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

  Self (archive footage)

• 2021This Is Francis X. BushmanJudah Ben-Hur (Archive Footage)
• 2018Scotty and the Secret History of HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
• 2002The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
• 1994The Bible According to HollywoodSelf
• 1992Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files(archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1990Death In Hollywood
• 1988Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies(archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1972Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)
• 1967The High ChaparralPadre Guillermo
• 1962Combat!Count De Roy
• 1961Dr. KildareGasparo Paolini
• 1960ThrillerMaestro Giuliano
• 1960Heller in Pink TightsDe Leon
• 1960Hedda Hopper's HollywoodSelf
• 1959The Big PartySelf
• 1959RawhideFather Tasso
• 1950CrisisColonel Adragon
• 1950The OutridersDon Antonio Chaves
• 1949The Big StealInspector General Ortega
• 1949We Were StrangersChief
• 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
• 1944Twenty Years After(archive footage)
• 1942The Virgin who Forged a FatherlandJuan Diego
• 1940Comedy of HappinessFélix
• 1939A Small Town IdolDancer
• 1938A Desperate AdventureAndré Friezan
• 1937The Sheik Steps OutAhmed Ben Nesib
• 1936Contra la CorrienteProducer
• 1935The Night Is YoungArchduke Paul 'Gustl' Gustave
• 1934Laughing BoyLaughing Boy
• 1934The Cat and the FiddleVictor Florescu
• 1933The BarbarianJamil El Shehab
• 1932The Son-DaughterTom Lee
• 1932HuddleTony
• 1931Mata HariLt. Alexis Rosanoff
• 1931The Christmas PartyHimself
• 1931Son of IndiaKarim
• 1931We’re Switching to HollywoodSelf
• 1931DaybreakWilli Kasder
• 1931The Singer of SevilleDirector
• 1930Sevilla de mis AmoresJuan de Dios Carbajal
• 1930Call of the FleshJuan de Dios
• 1930In Gay MadridRicardo
• 1929Devil-May-CareArmand de Treville
• 1929The PaganHenry Shoesmith Jr.
• 1929The Flying FleetTommy Winslow
• 1928Forbidden HoursHis Majesty, Michael IV
• 1928A Certain Young ManLord Gerald Brinsley
• 1928Across to SingaporeJoel Shore
• 1928The Student Prince in Old HeidelbergPrince Karl Heinrich
• 1927The Road to RomanceJosé Armando
• 1927LoversJosé
• 1926Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood
• 1925Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristJudah Ben-Hur
• 1925The MidshipmanDick Randall
• 1925A Lover's OathBen Ali
• 19251925 Studio TourSelf
• 1924The Red LilyJean Leonnec
• 1924The ArabJamil Abdullah Azam
• 1924Thy Name Is WomanJuan Ricardo
• 1923ScaramoucheAndré-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche'
• 1923Where the Pavement EndsMotauri
• 1922Trifling WomenHenri / Ivan de Maupin
• 1922The Prisoner of ZendaRupert of Hentzau
• 1922Mr. Barnes of New YorkAntonio
• 1921Man-Woman-MarriageDancer
• 1921The Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseGuest at Ball (uncredited)
• 1921A Small Town IdolDancer (uncredited)
• 1918The Goat
• 1917The Woman God ForgotAztec Man (uncredited)
• 1917The Hostage
• 1917The Little AmericanWounded Soldier (uncredited)
• 1917The Jaguar's ClawsBandit (uncredited)
• 1916Joan the WomanStarving Peasant