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.

Known for

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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925 · Judah Ben-Hur

6.2

Mata Hari

1931 · Lt. Alexis Rosanoff

6.6

The Big Steal

1949 · Inspector General Ortega

7.2

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

1928 · Prince Karl Heinrich

7.2

Scaramouche

1923 · André-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche'

5.8

Heller in Pink Tights

1960 · De Leon

5.1

The Barbarian

1933 · Jamil El Shehab

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Crisis

1950 · Colonel Adragon

6.2

The Red Lily

1924 · Jean Leonnec

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Across to Singapore

1928 · Joel Shore

6.3

We Were Strangers

1949 · Chief

6.4

The Prisoner of Zenda

1922 · Rupert of Hentzau

Directed

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Contra la Corriente

1936 · Director

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The Singer of Seville

1931 · Director

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Sevilla de mis Amores

1930 · Director

All acting credits63

8.0

This Is Francis X. Bushman

2021 · Judah Ben-Hur (Archive Footage)

6.5

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

2002

Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files

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Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files

1992 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.8

Death In Hollywood

1990

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

1988 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

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The High Chaparral

1967 · Series · Padre Guillermo

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Combat!

1962 · Series · Count De Roy

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Dr. Kildare

1961 · Series · Gasparo Paolini

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Thriller

1960 · Series · Maestro Giuliano

5.8

Heller in Pink Tights

1960 · De Leon

7.2

Rawhide

1959 · Series · Father Tasso

7.3

The Outriders

1950 · Don Antonio Chaves

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Crisis

1950 · Colonel Adragon

6.3

We Were Strangers

1949 · Chief

6.6

The Big Steal

1949 · Inspector General Ortega

8.0

Twenty Years After

1944 · (archive footage)

6.3

The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland

1942 · Juan Diego

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Comedy of Happiness

1940 · Félix