Ramon Novarro

Known for: Acting

Born: 1899-02-05 – 1968-10-30 (aged 69)

From: 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.

Filmography (71)

MOVIE★ 8.0
This Is Francis X. Bushman
2021
as Judah Ben-Hur (Archive Footage)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Bible According to Hollywood
1994
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Death In Hollywood
1990
MOVIE
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 6.8
The High Chaparral
1967
as Padre Guillermo
TV★ 7.8
Combat!
1962
as Count De Roy
TV★ 5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Gasparo Paolini
TV★ 6.7
Thriller
1960
as Maestro Giuliano
MOVIE★ 5.8
Heller in Pink Tights
1960
as De Leon
MOVIE★ 6.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self
TV
The Big Party
1959
as Self
TV★ 7.2
Rawhide
1959
as Father Tasso
MOVIE★ 6.7
Crisis
1950
as Colonel Adragon
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Outriders
1950
as Don Antonio Chaves
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Big Steal
1949
as Inspector General Ortega
MOVIE★ 6.3
We Were Strangers
1949
as Chief
TV★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
1942
as Juan Diego
MOVIE★ 7.0
Comedy of Happiness
1940
as Félix
MOVIE★ 5.0
A Small Town Idol
1939
as Dancer
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Desperate Adventure
1938
as André Friezan
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Sheik Steps Out
1937
as Ahmed Ben Nesib
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Night Is Young
1935
as Archduke Paul 'Gustl' Gustave
MOVIE★ 3.7
Laughing Boy
1934
as Laughing Boy
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Cat and the Fiddle
1934
as Victor Florescu
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Barbarian
1933
as Jamil El Shehab
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Son-Daughter
1932
as Tom Lee
MOVIE★ 7.0
Huddle
1932
as Tony
MOVIE★ 6.2
Mata Hari
1931
as Lt. Alexis Rosanoff
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Christmas Party
1931
as Himself
MOVIE★ 5.7
Son of India
1931
as Karim
MOVIE★ 5.2
We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.3
Daybreak
1931
as Willi Kasder
MOVIE★ 9.0
Sevilla de mis Amores
1930
as Juan de Dios Carbajal
MOVIE★ 5.7
Call of the Flesh
1930
as Juan de Dios
MOVIE★ 5.7
In Gay Madrid
1930
as Ricardo
MOVIE★ 6.2
Devil-May-Care
1929
as Armand de Treville
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Pagan
1929
as Henry Shoesmith Jr.
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Flying Fleet
1929
as Tommy Winslow
MOVIE★ 7.0
Forbidden Hours
1928
as His Majesty, Michael IV
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Certain Young Man
1928
as Lord Gerald Brinsley
MOVIE★ 7.0
Across to Singapore
1928
as Joel Shore
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928
as Prince Karl Heinrich
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Road to Romance
1927
as José Armando
MOVIE★ 10.0
Lovers
1927
as José
MOVIE★ 7.3
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Judah Ben-Hur
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Midshipman
1925
as Dick Randall
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Lover's Oath
1925
as Ben Ali
MOVIE★ 6.3
1925 Studio Tour
1925
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Red Lily
1924
as Jean Leonnec
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Arab
1924
as Jamil Abdullah Azam
MOVIE★ 7.0
Thy Name Is Woman
1924
as Juan Ricardo
MOVIE★ 7.2
Scaramouche
1923
as André-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche'
MOVIE★ 8.0
Where the Pavement Ends
1923
as Motauri
MOVIE★ 3.0
Trifling Women
1922
as Henri / Ivan de Maupin
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Prisoner of Zenda
1922
as Rupert of Hentzau
MOVIE★ 10.0
Mr. Barnes of New York
1922
as Antonio
MOVIE★ 7.5
Man-Woman-Marriage
1921
as Dancer
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921
as Guest at Ball (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.8
A Small Town Idol
1921
as Dancer (uncredited)
MOVIE
The Goat
1918
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Woman God Forgot
1917
as Aztec Man (uncredited)
MOVIE
The Hostage
1917
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Little American
1917
as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
MOVIE
The Jaguar's Claws
1917
as Bandit (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.6
Joan the Woman
1916
as Starving Peasant