Ramon Novarro

★ Acting #22,203

1899 - 1968 (age 69) • Acting

Born: 2/5/1899 in Durango City, Durango, Mexico

Died: 10/30/1968 (age 69)

Known for: Acting

Ramon Novarro

★ Acting #22,203

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

Combat!

79%

Count De Roy

1962

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

73%

Judah Ben-Hur

1925

The Big Steal

66%

Inspector General Ortega

1949

Mata Hari

62%

Lt. Alexis Rosanoff

1931

Rawhide

72%

Father Tasso

1959

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

72%

Prince Karl Heinrich

1928

Heller in Pink Tights

58%

De Leon

1960

Crisis

66%

Colonel Adragon

1950

This Is Francis X. Bushman

80%

Judah Ben-Hur (Archive Footage)

2021

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

59%

Self (archive footage)

2018

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

65%

2002

The Bible According to Hollywood

70%

Self

1994

Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files

80%

(archive footage) (uncredited)

1992

Death In Hollywood

68%

1990

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

(archive footage) (uncredited)

1988

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

72%

Self (archive footage)

1972

The High Chaparral

68%

Padre Guillermo

1967

Combat!

79%

Count De Roy

1962

Dr. Kildare

57%

Gasparo Paolini

1961

Thriller

67%

Maestro Giuliano

1960

Heller in Pink Tights

58%

De Leon

1960

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

60%

Self

1960

The Big Party

Self

1959

Rawhide

72%

Father Tasso

1959

Crisis

66%

Colonel Adragon

1950

The Outriders

72%

Don Antonio Chaves

1950

The Big Steal

66%

Inspector General Ortega

1949

We Were Strangers

63%

Chief

1949

The Ed Sullivan Show

68%

Self

1948

Twenty Years After

80%

(archive footage)

1944

The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland

63%

Juan Diego

1942

Comedy of Happiness

70%

Félix

1940

A Small Town Idol

50%

Dancer

1939

A Desperate Adventure

80%

André Friezan

1938

The Sheik Steps Out

65%

Ahmed Ben Nesib

1937

Contra la Corriente

100%

Director

1936