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.

Known For

We’re Switching to Hollywood

Self

The Little American

Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

Joan the Woman

Starving Peasant

The Prisoner of Zenda

Rupert of Hentzau

The Flying Fleet

Tommy Winslow

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

Self

A Desperate Adventure

André Friezan

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage)