Ramon Novarro
Born
February 5, 1899
Died
October 30, 1968 (69 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Known For

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2018

The Bible According to Hollywood
Self
1994

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972

The High Chaparral
Padre Guillermo · (1 episode)
1967

Combat!
Count De Roy · (1 episode)
1962

Dr. Kildare
Gasparo Paolini · (3 episodes)
1961

Thriller
Maestro Giuliano · (1 episode)
1960

Heller in Pink Tights
De Leon
1960

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Self
1960
The Big Party
Self · (1 episode)
1959

Rawhide
Father Tasso · (1 episode)
1959

Crisis
Colonel Adragon
1950

The Outriders
Don Antonio Chaves
1950

The Big Steal
Inspector General Ortega
1949

We Were Strangers
Chief
1949

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948

Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
1944

The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
Juan Diego
1942

Comedy of Happiness
Félix
1940

A Small Town Idol
Dancer
1939

A Desperate Adventure
André Friezan
1938

The Sheik Steps Out
Ahmed Ben Nesib
1937

The Night Is Young
Archduke Paul 'Gustl' Gustave
1935

Laughing Boy
Laughing Boy
1934

The Cat and the Fiddle
Victor Florescu
1934

The Barbarian
Jamil El Shehab
1933

The Son-Daughter
Tom Lee
1932

Huddle
Tony
1932

Mata Hari
Lt. Alexis Rosanoff
1931

The Christmas Party
Himself
1931

Son of India
Karim
1931

We're switching to Hollywood
Self
1931

Daybreak
Willi Kasder
1931

Sevilla de mis Amores
1930

Call of the Flesh
Juan de Dios
1930

In Gay Madrid
Ricardo
1930

Devil-May-Care
Armand de Treville
1929

The Pagan
Henry Shoesmith Jr.
1929

The Flying Fleet
Tommy Winslow
1929

Forbidden Hours
His Majesty, Michael IV
1928

A Certain Young Man
Lord Gerald Brinsley
1928

Across to Singapore
Joel Shore
1928

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Prince Karl Heinrich
1928
The Road to Romance
José Armando
1927
Lovers
Jose
1927

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Judah Ben-Hur
1925

The Midshipman
Dick Randall
1925

A Lover's Oath
Ben Ali
1925

1925 Studio Tour
Self
1925

The Red Lily
Jean Leonnec
1924

The Arab
Jamil Abdullah Azam
1924

Thy Name Is Woman
Juan Ricardo
1924

Scaramouche
André-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche'
1923

Where the Pavement Ends
Motauri
1923

Trifling Women
Henri / Ivan de Maupin
1922

The Prisoner of Zenda
Rupert of Hentzau
1922

Mr. Barnes of New York
Antonio
1922

Man-Woman-Marriage
Dancer
1921

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Guest at Ball (uncredited)
1921

A Small Town Idol
Dancer (uncredited)
1921

The Goat
1918

The Woman God Forgot
Aztec Man (uncredited)
1917

The Hostage
1917

The Little American
Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
1917

Joan the Woman
Starving Peasant
1916