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

Dr. Kildare
1964
Rawhide
1964
Combat!
1965
The Ed Sullivan Show
1951
The High Chaparral
1968
Thriller
1962
The Big Party
1959
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
Mata Hari
1931
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
72
Directing
3
Writing
1
Producing
1
2021
This Is Francis X. Bushman
as Judah Ben-Hur (Archive Footage)
2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2002
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
1994
The Bible According to Hollywood
as Self
1992
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990
Death In Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1968
The High Chaparral
as Padre Guillermo
1965
Combat!
as Count De Roy
1964
Rawhide
as Father Tasso
1964
Dr. Kildare
as Gasparo Paolini
1962
Thriller
as Maestro Giuliano
1960
Heller in Pink Tights
as De Leon
1960
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
1959
The Big Party
as Self
1951
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1950
Crisis
as Colonel Adragon
1950
The Outriders
as Don Antonio Chaves
1949
We Were Strangers
as Chief
1949
The Big Steal
as Inspector General Ortega
1944
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1942
The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
as Juan Diego
1940
Comedy of Happiness
as Félix
1939
A Small Town Idol
as Dancer
1938
A Desperate Adventure
as André Friezan
1937
The Sheik Steps Out
as Ahmed Ben Nesib
1935
The Night Is Young
as Archduke Paul 'Gustl' Gustave
1934
The Cat and the Fiddle
as Victor Florescu
1934
Laughing Boy
as Laughing Boy
1933
The Barbarian
as Jamil El Shehab
1932
Huddle
as Tony
1932
The Son-Daughter
as Tom Lee
1931
Mata Hari
as Lt. Alexis Rosanoff
1931
Son of India
as Karim
1931
The Christmas Party
as Himself
1931
Daybreak
as Willi Kasder
1931
We’re Switching to Hollywood
as Self
1930
Call of the Flesh
as Juan de Dios
1930
In Gay Madrid
as Ricardo
1930
Sevilla de mis Amores
as Juan de Dios Carbajal
1929
The Pagan
as Henry Shoesmith Jr.
1929
Devil-May-Care
as Armand de Treville
1929
The Flying Fleet
as Tommy Winslow
1928
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
as Prince Karl Heinrich
1928
Across to Singapore
as Joel Shore
1928
Forbidden Hours
as His Majesty, Michael IV
1928
A Certain Young Man
as Lord Gerald Brinsley
1927
Lovers
as José
1927
The Road to Romance
as José Armando
1926
Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood
1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Judah Ben-Hur
1925
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
1925
A Lover's Oath
as Ben Ali
1925
The Midshipman
as Dick Randall
1924
The Red Lily
as Jean Leonnec
1924
The Arab
as Jamil Abdullah Azam
1924
Thy Name Is Woman
as Juan Ricardo
1923
Where the Pavement Ends
as Motauri
1923
Scaramouche
as André-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche'
1922
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Rupert of Hentzau
1922
Mr. Barnes of New York
as Antonio
1922
Trifling Women
as Henri / Ivan de Maupin
1921
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Guest at Ball (uncredited)
1921
A Small Town Idol
as Dancer (uncredited)
1921
Man-Woman-Marriage
as Dancer
1918
The Goat
1917
The Hostage
1917
The Little American
as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
1917
The Woman God Forgot
as Aztec Man (uncredited)
1917
The Jaguar's Claws
as Bandit (uncredited)
1916
Joan the Woman
as Starving Peasant