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Ramon Novarro

Actor / Film Director / Screenwriter | * 02/06/1899 († 69, 10/30/1968) | Durango City, Durango (Mexico)
José Ramón Gil Samaniego (February 6, 1899 – October 30, 1968), known professionally as Ramon Novarro, was a Mexican-American actor. He began his career in silent films in 1917 and eventually became a leading man and one of the top box-office attractions of the 1920s and early 1930s. Novarro was promoted by MGM as a "Latin lover" and became known as a sex symbol after the death of Rudolph Valentino. He is recognized as the first Latin American actor to succeed in Hollywood. ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Adventure

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Six friends, all hoping to become aviators, are to graduate the next day from the United States Naval Academy. When the officer of the day becomes sick, Tommy Winslow has to take his place, while the ...

The Flying Fleet

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1929 | 3.3/5 | 1h 40min
Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
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Jean and Marise, young lovers forced from their homes, flee to Paris. Irrevocably separated there, their lives deviate into the slums and hard labor of low-class French society. All the while, the two ...

The Red Lily

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1924 | 3.4/5 | 1h 21min
Crime, Drama
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Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick du ...

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

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1925 | 3.7/5 | 2h 23min
Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
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A law student becomes an outlaw French revolutionary when he decides to avenge the unjust killing of his friend. To get close to the aristocrat who has killed his friend, the student adopts the identi ...

Scaramouche

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1923 | 3.8/5 | 2h 4min
Drama, Adventure
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Awards & Nominations for Ramon Novarro

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Ramon Novarro as Actor(53)

as himself1994 The Bible According to Hollywood
as himself1960 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as De Leon1960 Heller in Pink Tights
as Don Antonio Chaves1950 The Outriders
as Colonel Adragon1950 Crisis
as Inspector General Ortega1949 The Big Steal
as Chief1949 We Were Strangers
1944 Twenty Years After
as Juan Diego1942 The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
as Félix1940 Comedy of Happiness
as Dancer1939 A Small Town Idol
as André Friezan1938 A Desperate Adventure
as Ahmed Ben Nesib1937 The Sheik Steps Out
as Archduke Paul 'Gustl' Gustave1935 The Night Is Young
as Laughing Boy1934 Laughing Boy
as Victor Florescu1934 The Cat and the Fiddle
as Jamil El Shehab1933 The Barbarian
as Tony1932 Huddle
as Tom Lee1932 The Son-Daughter
as himself1931 We're switching to Hollywood
as himself1931 The Christmas Party
as Lt. Alexis Rosanoff1931 Mata Hari
as Willi Kasder1931 Daybreak
as Karim1931 Son of India
as Ricardo1930 In Gay Madrid
as Juan de Dios1930 Call of the Flesh
as Henry Shoesmith Jr.1929 The Pagan
as Tommy Winslow1929 The Flying Fleet
as Armand de Treville1929 Devil-May-Care
as Lord Gerald Brinsley1928 A Certain Young Man
as Prince Karl Heinrich1928 The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
as Joel Shore1928 Across to Singapore
as His Majesty, Michael IV1928 Forbidden Hours
as José Armando1927 The Road to Romance
as himself1925 1925 Studio Tour
as Judah Ben-Hur1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Dick Randall1925 The Midshipman
as Ben Ali1925 A Lover's Oath
as Jamil Abdullah Azam1924 The Arab
as Jean Leonnec1924 The Red Lily
as Juan Ricardo1924 Thy Name Is Woman
as Motauri1923 Where the Pavement Ends
as André-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche'1923 Scaramouche
as Henri / Ivan de Maupin1922 Trifling Women
as Antonio1922 Mr. Barnes of New York
as Rupert of Hentzau1922 The Prisoner of Zenda
as Dancer1921 Man-Woman-Marriage
as Dancer (uncredited)1921 A Small Town Idol
as Guest at Ball (uncredited)1921 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Aztec Man (uncredited)1917 The Woman God Forgot
as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)1917 The Little American
1917 The Hostage
as Starving Peasant1916 Joan the Woman

TV Shows/Series with Ramon Novarro as Actor(7)

as Self (archive footage)1975 Arena
as Padre Guillermo1967 The High Chaparral
as Count De Roy1962 Combat!
as Gasparo Paolini1961 Dr. Kildare
as Maestro Giuliano1960 Thriller
as Father Tasso1959 Rawhide
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Movies with Ramon Novarro as Crew(1)

Directing/Director1931 The Singer of Seville

Full Name: Ramón Novarro
Citizenship: Mexico
Born: Monday, 02/06 1899 (February) in Durango City, Durango (Mexico)
Died: Wednesday, 10/30 1968 (October) in Hollywood (aged: 69)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)
Other names for Ramon Novarro (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ramón Novarro" (Pseudonym)
"Ramon Samaniego"
"Ramon Samaniegos"
"The Latin Lover"
"Jose Ramón Gil Samaniego"
"José Ramón Gil Samaniego"
Ramon Novarro frequently works together with these people:
Cedric Gibbons (15x, Crew)
Rex Ingram (11x, Crew)
John George (10x, Actor)
Cecil B. DeMille (10x, Crew)
Henry Wills (10x, Actor)
Claude Akins (9x, Actor)
Harry Lauter (9x, Actor)
Douglas Shearer (8x, Crew)
Garry Walberg (8x, Actor)
Horst Ebersberg (8x, Actor)
Edward Connelly (8x, Actor)
Adrian (7x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:256682, Added: 08/09/2018, Last updated: 04/04/2024