Ramon Novarro

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Ramon Novarro

Acting February 5, 1899

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…

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Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare

5.7 1961 TV Show
Combat!

Combat!

7.9 1962 TV Show
Rawhide

Rawhide

7.2 1959 TV Show
The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.8 1948 TV Show
The High Chaparral

The High Chaparral

6.8 1967 TV Show
Thriller

Thriller

6.7 1960 TV Show
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

7.3 1925 Movie
The Big Steal

The Big Steal

6.6 1949 Movie
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

6.6 1921 Movie
Mata Hari

Mata Hari

6.2 1931 Movie
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

5.9 2018 Movie
Crisis

Crisis

6.6 1950 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    This Is Francis X. Bushman

    Movie Judah Ben-Hur (Archive Footage)

  2. 2018
    Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2002
    The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

    Movie

  4. 1994
    The Bible According to Hollywood

    Movie Self

  5. 1992
    Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files

    Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)

  6. 1990
    Death In Hollywood

    Movie

  7. 1988
    Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

    Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)

  8. 1972
    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  9. 1967
    The High Chaparral

    TV show Padre Guillermo

  10. 1962
    Combat!

    TV show Count De Roy

  11. 1961
    Dr. Kildare

    TV show Gasparo Paolini

  12. 1960
    Thriller

    TV show Maestro Giuliano

  13. 1960
    Heller in Pink Tights

    Movie De Leon

  14. 1960
    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

    Movie Self

  15. 1959
    The Big Party

    TV show Self

  16. 1959
    Rawhide

    TV show Father Tasso

More credits
  1. 1950
    Crisis

    Movie Colonel Adragon

  2. 1950
    The Outriders

    Movie Don Antonio Chaves

  3. 1949
    The Big Steal

    Movie Inspector General Ortega

  4. 1949
    We Were Strangers

    Movie Chief

  5. 1948
    The Ed Sullivan Show

    TV show Self

  6. 1944
    Twenty Years After

    Movie (archive footage)

  7. 1942
    The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland

    Movie Juan Diego

  8. 1940
    Comedy of Happiness

    Movie Félix

  9. 1939
    A Small Town Idol

    Movie Dancer

  10. 1938
    A Desperate Adventure

    Movie André Friezan

  11. 1937
    The Sheik Steps Out

    Movie Ahmed Ben Nesib

  12. 1936
    Contra la Corriente

    Movie Director

  13. 1935
    The Night Is Young

    Movie Archduke Paul 'Gustl' Gustave

  14. 1934
    Laughing Boy

    Movie Laughing Boy

  15. 1934
    The Cat and the Fiddle

    Movie Victor Florescu

  16. 1933
    The Barbarian

    Movie Jamil El Shehab

  17. 1932
    The Son-Daughter

    Movie Tom Lee

  18. 1932
    Huddle

    Movie Tony

  19. 1931
    Mata Hari

    Movie Lt. Alexis Rosanoff

  20. 1931
    The Christmas Party

    Movie Himself

  21. 1931
    Son of India

    Movie Karim

  22. 1931
    We’re Switching to Hollywood

    Movie Self

  23. 1931
    Daybreak

    Movie Willi Kasder

  24. 1931
    The Singer of Seville

    Movie Director