Ramon Novarro

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

Rawhide

Combat!

Thriller

Dr. Kildare

The High Chaparral

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Prisoner of Zenda

All Movies (64)

• This Is Francis X. Bushman2021 · as Judah Ben-Hur (Archive Footage)
• Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema2002
• The Bible According to Hollywood1994 · as Self
• Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files1992 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Death In Hollywood1990
• Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies1988 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Hollywood: The Dream Factory1972 · as Self (archive footage)
• Heller in Pink Tights1960 · as De Leon
• Hedda Hopper's Hollywood1960 · as Self
• Crisis1950 · as Colonel Adragon
• The Outriders1950 · as Don Antonio Chaves
• The Big Steal1949 · as Inspector General Ortega
• We Were Strangers1949 · as Chief
• Twenty Years After1944 · as (archive footage)
• The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland1942 · as Juan Diego
• Comedy of Happiness1940 · as Félix
• A Small Town Idol1939 · as Dancer
• A Desperate Adventure1938 · as André Friezan
• The Sheik Steps Out1937 · as Ahmed Ben Nesib
• The Night Is Young1935 · as Archduke Paul 'Gustl' Gustave
• Laughing Boy1934 · as Laughing Boy
• The Cat and the Fiddle1934 · as Victor Florescu
• The Barbarian1933 · as Jamil El Shehab
• The Son-Daughter1932 · as Tom Lee
• Huddle1932 · as Tony
• Mata Hari1931 · as Lt. Alexis Rosanoff
• The Christmas Party1931 · as Himself
• Son of India1931 · as Karim
• We’re Switching to Hollywood1931 · as Self
• Daybreak1931 · as Willi Kasder
• Sevilla de mis Amores1930 · as Juan de Dios Carbajal
• Call of the Flesh1930 · as Juan de Dios
• In Gay Madrid1930 · as Ricardo
• Devil-May-Care1929 · as Armand de Treville
• The Pagan1929 · as Henry Shoesmith Jr.
• The Flying Fleet1929 · as Tommy Winslow
• Forbidden Hours1928 · as His Majesty, Michael IV
• A Certain Young Man1928 · as Lord Gerald Brinsley
• Across to Singapore1928 · as Joel Shore
• The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg1928 · as Prince Karl Heinrich
• The Road to Romance1927 · as José Armando
• Lovers1927 · as José
• Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ1925 · as Judah Ben-Hur
• The Midshipman1925 · as Dick Randall
• A Lover's Oath1925 · as Ben Ali
• 1925 Studio Tour1925 · as Self
• The Red Lily1924 · as Jean Leonnec
• The Arab1924 · as Jamil Abdullah Azam
• Thy Name Is Woman1924 · as Juan Ricardo
• Scaramouche1923 · as André-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche'
• Where the Pavement Ends1923 · as Motauri
• Trifling Women1922 · as Henri / Ivan de Maupin
• The Prisoner of Zenda1922 · as Rupert of Hentzau
• Mr. Barnes of New York1922 · as Antonio
• Man-Woman-Marriage1921 · as Dancer
• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse1921 · as Guest at Ball (uncredited)
• A Small Town Idol1921 · as Dancer (uncredited)
• The Goat1918
• The Woman God Forgot1917 · as Aztec Man (uncredited)
• The Hostage1917
• The Little American1917 · as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
• The Jaguar's Claws1917 · as Bandit (uncredited)
• Joan the Woman1916 · as Starving Peasant

All TV Shows (7)

• The High Chaparral1967 · as Padre Guillermo
• Combat!1962 · as Count De Roy
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Gasparo Paolini
• Thriller1960 · as Maestro Giuliano
• The Big Party1959 · as Self
• Rawhide1959 · as Father Tasso
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self