Personal Info
Birth date
1899-02-05 (126 Years)
Day of death
1968-10-30
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Durango City, Durango, Mexico
Also known as
Ramón Novarro
Ramon Samaniego
Ramon Samaniegos
The Latin Lover
Jose Ramón Gil Samaniego
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.
Filmography
Dr. Kildare
5.5
Overview:
The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.Combat!
7.655
Overview:
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.Thriller
6.417
Overview:
Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of self-contained, macabre weird-horror and morbid, hitchockian crime stories, in some of which he also starred.Rawhide
7.2
Overview:
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
Overview:
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.The High Chaparral
6.5
Overview:
The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, was created by David Dortort, who had previously created the hit Bonanza for the network. The theme song was also written and conducted by Bonanza scorer David Rose, who also scored the two-hour pilot.Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
7.3
Overview:
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 during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.Scaramouche
7.2
Overview:
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 identity of Scaramouche the clown.Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
6
Overview:
A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars.Death In Hollywood
6.3
Overview:
HOLLYWOOD. Tinseltown. Land of the stars. A city where an actor can reach the greatest heights overnight - and descend just as rapidly. What goes up must come down, and Hollywood's failing stars leave a legacy of sadness, pain and disappointment in their wake. Here, in graphic detail, are the shocking stories behind the deaths of the silver screen's most beloved celebrities, as well as it's lesser known players. Packed with stunning newsreel footage, and previously unrevealed facts, DEATH IN HOLLYWOOD documents many a celebrity's morbid demise due to suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, disease, and even murder. From the outrageous to the tragic, DEATH IN HOLLYWOOD leaves no tombstone unturned in it's quest to dig up the truth about Hollywood's dearly departed.The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
6.608
Overview:
Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich Argentine family, one of its two descending branches being half of French heritage, the other being half German. Following the death of the family patriarch, the man's two daughters and their families resettle to France and Germany, respectively. In time the Great War breaks out, putting members of the family on opposing sides.The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
7.3
Overview:
A young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.Heller in Pink Tights
5.707
Overview:
Nineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater troupe hounded by creditors because Angela, his leading lady and the object of his affection, constantly buys clothes. In Cheyenne, they meet with applause, so they hope to stay awhile: the theater owner likes Angela, and she keeps him on a string. She's also the object of the attentions of Mabry, a gunslinger who's owed money by the richest man in Bonanza.The Outriders
6.9
Overview:
Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to act as "outriders" (escorts) for a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transporting Union gold from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to St. Louis, Missouri. The three men are to lead the wagons into a raider trap in Missouri, but one of them starts to have misgivings....The Big Steal
6.515
Overview:
Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlfriend and is in turn being chased by his accuser, Capt. Blake.Mata Hari
6.193
Overview:
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.The Prisoner of Zenda
6.2
Overview:
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.We Were Strangers
5.9
Overview:
China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret police, Ariete. She meets and falls in love with American expatriate Tony Fenner. Tony develops a plan to tunnel under the city's cemetery to a plot owned by a high official, assassinate him, and blow up the whole Cuban hierarchy at the ensuing state funeral. Together with a band of dedicated revolutionaries, they begin digging.The Barbarian
4.9
Overview:
An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide for rich women in order to enrich himself.The Little American
6.3
Overview:
A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.Huddle
6.6
Overview:
Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a company scholarship which will enable him to attend Yale college. Over the four years of his college career he learns about football, love, and class prejudice.Crisis
6.6
Overview:
An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he's forced to operate on a South American dictator.Hollywood: The Dream Factory
6
Overview:
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension this provides a general history of Hollywood's Golden Age and the legendary studio system.The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
6.2
Overview:
Documentary about the presence of Latin American culture and actors in American movies.Across to Singapore
6.8
Overview:
While Joel and his older ship's captain brother Mark are at sea, the latter is abandoned in Singapore by devious ship's mate Finch who, upon their return, convinces the townspeople that Joel abandoned his brother. Joel, determined to not only find Mark but to see justice done, returns the ship to Singapore.In Gay Madrid
5
Overview:
Ricardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves nightclubs and courting pretty girls. His father hopes to instill a more serious attitude in his son by transferring him to a school in the rural town of Santiago. At Santiago, his father's old friend is to be his guardian. When Ricardo arrives at Santiago he joins a fraternity, and continues his carefree lifestyle while serenading and courting his guardian's daughter, Carmina.Son of India
5
Overview:
An Indian jewel merchant goes from penniless to wealthy in this story about gratitude.Acting
2018Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2002The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema as Unknown
1994The Bible According to Hollywood as Self
1990Death In Hollywood as Unknown
1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
1967The High Chaparral (1 Episode) as Padre Guillermo
1962Combat! (1 Episode) as Count De Roy
1961Dr. Kildare (3 Episodes) as Gasparo Paolini
1960Thriller (1 Episode) as Maestro Giuliano
1960Heller in Pink Tights as De Leon
1960Hedda Hopper's Hollywood as Self
1959The Big Party (1 Episode) as Self
1959Rawhide (1 Episode) as Father Tasso
1950Crisis as Colonel Adragon
1950The Outriders as Don Antonio Chaves
1949The Big Steal as Inspector General Ortega
1949We Were Strangers as Chief
1948The Ed Sullivan Show (1 Episode) as Self
1944Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
1942The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland as Juan Diego
1940Comedy of Happiness as Félix
1939A Small Town Idol as Dancer
1938A Desperate Adventure as André Friezan
1937The Sheik Steps Out as Ahmed Ben Nesib
1935The Night Is Young as Archduke Paul 'Gustl' Gustave
1934Laughing Boy as Laughing Boy
1934The Cat and the Fiddle as Victor Florescu
1933The Barbarian as Jamil El Shehab
1932The Son-Daughter as Tom Lee
1932Huddle as Tony
1931Mata Hari as Lt. Alexis Rosanoff
1931The Christmas Party as Himself
1931Son of India as Karim
1931We're switching to Hollywood as Self
1931Daybreak as Willi Kasder
1930Sevilla de mis Amores as Unknown
1930Call of the Flesh as Juan de Dios
1930In Gay Madrid as Ricardo
1929Devil-May-Care as Armand de Treville
1929The Pagan as Henry Shoesmith Jr.
1929The Flying Fleet as Tommy Winslow
1928Forbidden Hours as His Majesty, Michael IV
1928A Certain Young Man as Lord Gerald Brinsley
1928Across to Singapore as Joel Shore
1928The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg as Prince Karl Heinrich
1927The Road to Romance as José Armando
1927Lovers as Jose
1925Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Judah Ben-Hur
1925The Midshipman as Dick Randall
1925A Lover's Oath as Ben Ali
19251925 Studio Tour as Self
1924The Red Lily as Jean Leonnec
1924The Arab as Jamil Abdullah Azam
1924Thy Name Is Woman as Juan Ricardo
1923Scaramouche as André-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche'
1923Where the Pavement Ends as Motauri
1922Trifling Women as Henri / Ivan de Maupin
1922The Prisoner of Zenda as Rupert of Hentzau
1922Mr. Barnes of New York as Antonio
1921Man-Woman-Marriage as Dancer
1921The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as Guest at Ball (uncredited)
1921A Small Town Idol as Dancer (uncredited)
1918The Goat as Unknown
1917The Woman God Forgot as Aztec Man (uncredited)
1917The Hostage as Unknown
1917The Little American as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
1916Joan the Woman as Starving Peasant
Directing
1936Contra la Corriente ... Director
1931The Singer of Seville ... Director
1930Sevilla de mis Amores ... Director
Writing
1936Contra la Corriente ... Screenplay
Production
1936Contra la Corriente ... Producer