Ramon Novarro
Date of birth: 1899-02-05
Place of birth: Durango City, Durango, Mexico
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ramón Novarro, Ramon Samaniego, Ramon Samaniegos, The Latin Lover, Jose Ramón Gil Samaniego
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.
Movie Credits
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925-12-25
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman of
Mata Hari
1931-12-26
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying fo
Heller in Pink Tights
1960-03-01
Nineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater troupe ho
Crisis
1950-07-07
An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he's forced to operate on a South
We Were Strangers
1949-04-27
China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret poli
The Big Steal
1949-07-01
Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928-01-30
A young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.
The Cat and the Fiddle
1934-02-16
A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.
The Hostage
1917-09-10
The Highlanders and Lowlanders are sworn enemies until Lieutenant Kemper, the son of Brigadier Kempe
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972-01-10
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to t
Across to Singapore
1928-04-07
While Joel and his older ship's captain brother Mark are at sea, the latter is abandoned in Singapor
The Prisoner of Zenda
1922-09-11
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who take
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018-07-27
A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir
Comedy of Happiness
1940-12-23
Monsieur Jourdain is a dangerous madman : he wants to share his fortune! His relatives do what any s
The Outriders
1950-03-01
Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They
Son of India
1931-08-01
An Indian jewel merchant goes from penniless to wealthy in this story about gratitude.
The Pagan
1929-04-26
Henry, the pagan son of a white father and native mother, has inherited land and a store, but he pre
The Red Lily
1924-09-08
Jean and Marise, young lovers forced from their homes, flee to Paris. Irrevocably separated there, t
Huddle
1932-05-14
Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a company
Laughing Boy
1934-04-13
A young Navajo defies tribal custom to marry an outcast.
The Son-Daughter
1932-12-23
Young Asians in San Francisco find their love thwarted by clan warfare.
Devil-May-Care
1929-12-27
A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.
The Night Is Young
1935-01-11
Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the emperor
Call of the Flesh
1930-08-16
A postulant falls in love with a flamboyant singer from a cafe next door to her convent.
Lovers
1927-05-01
Young José lives with his guardian, Don Julian, a middle-aged diplomat recently married to young Fel
The Barbarian
1933-05-12
An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide for rich women in order to enrich himself.
In Gay Madrid
1930-05-17
Ricardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves nightclubs
Where the Pavement Ends
1923-01-02
Pastor Spener, a missionary in Wallos, learns that Captain Gregson has closed his café to prove his
The Christmas Party
1931-12-17
In this holiday short, Jackie Cooper wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his footbal
Mr. Barnes of New York
1922-05-22
An English naval officer and a Corsican youth have a duel, and the Corsican is killed. The young man
The Little American
1917-07-12
A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home i
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921-03-06
Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich Argentine f
The Road to Romance
1927-10-08
The beautiful Serafina is captured by Balthasar's pirates on an island near Cuba, but the redoubtabl
Sevilla de mis Amores
1930-12-05
A student nun falls in love with a Mexican singer starring in a cafe next door to her convent. Spani
The Flying Fleet
1929-01-19
Six friends, all hoping to become aviators, are to graduate the next day from the United States Nava
Scaramouche
1923-09-15
A law student becomes an outlaw French revolutionary when he decides to avenge the unjust killing of
Daybreak
1931-05-02
An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.
The Sheik Steps Out
1937-09-05
In this comedy, a wealthy sheik kidnaps and falls for a snobby socialite.
A Desperate Adventure
1938-08-05
In this romantic comedy, a passionate French painter nearly goes berserk when he learns that his wel
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960-01-10
A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.
We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931-06-09
A German reporter visits Hollywood and is escorted through the MGM Studio by a German nobleman, who
The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
1942-12-11
On the eve of the Grito de Dolores and faced with the threat of being arrested by the viceregal gove
1925 Studio Tour
1925-04-09
A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and giv
A Lover's Oath
1925-09-29
"The plot introduces Omar as a leader of his people but deals rather with the love of his nephew, Be
The Woman God Forgot
1917-10-27
Cortez sends Alvarado to Montezuma who throws him into a dungeon from which he is rescued by Tecza w
The Arab
1924-07-13
Jamil, a soldier in the Bedouin defense forces during a war between Syria and Turkey, deserts his re
Joan the Woman
1916-12-25
A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, w
A Small Town Idol
1921-02-13
Sam, a young man in a small town, is accused of being a thief. Unable to prove his innocence--and no
Twenty Years After
1944-01-01
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then
Forbidden Hours
1928-06-16
Set in the fictitious European kingdom of Balanca, Prince Michael IV is being coerced, by his advise
Thy Name Is Woman
1924-02-04
A Spanish soldier seduces and falls in love with the young wife of a smuggler.
Man-Woman-Marriage
1921-03-27
Victoria marries David, the man of her dreams. After a number of years and two children, the marriag
Trifling Women
1922-11-06
Leon de Severac is fed up with his daughter Jacqueline, who is constantly seducing men. Hoping to di
The Bible According to Hollywood
1994-01-01
Filmmaker Phillip Dye's documentary explores the many biblical adaptations Hollywood has produced th
A Small Town Idol
1939-02-11
In Sleepytown, cross-eyed Sam Smith and Mary Brown are about to get married. But the scoundrel, Jim
A Certain Young Man
1928-05-19
An aristocratic English womanizer is forced to take a fishing trip to avoid the husbands of his conq
The Midshipman
1925-10-04
Produced under the supervision of the U.S. Navy. James Randall, an upperclassman at the Naval Academ
The Goat
1918-09-22
Chuck McCarthy, an intrepid young ironworker, longs to become an actor, despite the protests of his
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002-06-06
Documentary about the presence of Latin American culture and actors in American movies.
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988-09-19
Famous Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
The Jaguar's Claws
1917-06-11
The manager of the American oil company quits out of fear of El Jaguar, the bandit who is terrorizin
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992-01-01
One way or another, the Hollywood police have been kept busy with murders on their ground. There are