Biography
Ramón Gil Samaniego, known professionally as Ramon Novarro, was a Mexican actor. He began his career in American silent films in 1917 and eventually became a leading man and one of the top box-office attractions of the 1920s and early '30s. 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.
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Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography25 titles
Combat!
The Outriders
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Rawhide
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Scaramouche
The Cat and the Fiddle
The Bible According to Hollywood
Across to Singapore
The Flying Fleet
Death In Hollywood
The High Chaparral
The Ed Sullivan Show
Thriller
Crisis
The Big Steal
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Little American
Mata Hari
Devil-May-Care
The Red Lily
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Heller in Pink Tights
Joan the Woman