Ramon Novarro

Known for

Acting

Born

February 5, 1899

Birthplace

Durango City, Durango, Mexico

Died

October 30, 1968 (aged 69)

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.

Best known work

Combat!

1962

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

The Big Steal

1949

Mata Hari

1931

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1921

Rawhide

1959

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2018

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

1928

Heller in Pink Tights

1960

Crisis

1950

Filmography

2021
This Is Francis X. Bushman
as Judah Ben-Hur (Archive Footage)
2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2002
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
1994
The Bible According to Hollywood
as Self
1992
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990
Death In Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1967
The High ChaparralTV
as Padre Guillermo (1 episode)
1962
Combat!TV
as Count De Roy (1 episode)
1961
Dr. KildareTV
as Gasparo Paolini (3 episodes)
1960
ThrillerTV
as Maestro Giuliano (1 episode)
1960
Heller in Pink Tights
as De Leon
1960
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
1959
The Big PartyTV
as Self (1 episode)
1959
RawhideTV
as Father Tasso (1 episode)
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 ShowTV
as Self (1 episode)
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