
Deceased
How Did Ramon Novarro Die?
Life & Death
Died aged 69Ramón 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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| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Scotty and the Secret History of HollywoodMovie | Self (archive footage) | 119 |
| 2002 | The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American CinemaMovie | — | 103 |
| 1990 | Death In HollywoodMovie | — | 91 |
| 1988 | Hollywood Scandals and TragediesMovie | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 89 |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream FactoryMovie | Self (archive footage) | 73 |
| 1967 | The High ChaparralSeries | Padre Guillermo | 68 |
| 1962 | Combat!Series | Count De Roy | 63 |
| 1961 | Dr. KildareSeries | Gasparo Paolini | 62 |
| 1960 | ThrillerSeries | Maestro Giuliano | 61 |
| 1960 | Heller in Pink TightsMovie | De Leon | 61 |
| 1960 | Hedda Hopper's HollywoodMovie | Self | 61 |
| 1959 | RawhideSeries | Father Tasso | 60 |
| 1959 | The Big PartySeries | Self | 60 |
| 1950 | CrisisMovie | Colonel Adragon | 51 |
| 1949 | We Were StrangersMovie | Chief | 50 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries | Self | 49 |
| 1944 | Twenty Years AfterMovie | (archive footage) | 45 |
| 1938 | A Desperate AdventureMovie | André Friezan | 39 |
| 1935 | The Night Is YoungMovie | Archduke Paul 'Gustl' Gustave | 36 |
| 1934 | Laughing BoyMovie | Laughing Boy | 35 |
| 1932 | HuddleMovie | Tony | 33 |
| 1931 | The Christmas PartyMovie | Himself | 32 |
| 1931 | Son of IndiaMovie | Karim | 32 |
| 1931 | We’re Switching to HollywoodMovie | Self | 32 |
| 1930 | Call of the FleshMovie | Juan de Dios | 31 |
| 1929 | The Flying FleetMovie | Tommy Winslow | 30 |
| 1929 | The PaganMovie | Henry Shoesmith Jr. | 30 |
| 1928 | The Student Prince in Old HeidelbergMovie | Prince Karl Heinrich | 29 |
| 1928 | Across to SingaporeMovie | Joel Shore | 29 |
| 1927 | The Road to RomanceMovie | José Armando | 28 |
| 1926 | Vårt kronprinspar i HollywoodMovie | — | 27 |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristMovie | Judah Ben-Hur | 26 |
| 1925 | The MidshipmanMovie | Dick Randall | 26 |
| 1925 | 1925 Studio TourMovie | Self | 26 |
| 1924 | The Red LilyMovie | Jean Leonnec | 25 |
| 1924 | The ArabMovie | Jamil Abdullah Azam | 25 |
| 1923 | ScaramoucheMovie | André-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche' | 24 |
| 1921 | The Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseMovie | Guest at Ball (uncredited) | 22 |
| 1917 | The Woman God ForgotMovie | Aztec Man (uncredited) | 18 |
| 1916 | Joan the WomanMovie | Starving Peasant | 17 |