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Ramón Novarro is a Actor and Director Mexicain born on 5 february 1899 at Durango (Mexique)

Ramón Novarro

Ramón Novarro
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Birth name Juan Ramón Gil Samaniego
Nationality Mexique
Birth 5 february 1899 at Durango (Mexique)
Death 30 october 1968 (at 69 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Jose Ramón Gil Samaniego, best known as Ramón Novarro (February 6, 1899 – October 30, 1968), was a Mexican film, stage and television actor who began his career in silent films in 1917 and eventually became a leading man and one of the top box office attractions of the 1920s and early 1930s. Novarro was promoted by MGM as a "Latin lover" and became known as a sex symbol after the death of Rudolph Valentino.

Biography

Novarro was troubled all his life by his conflicted feelings toward his Roman Catholic religion and his homosexuality. His life-long struggle with alcoholism is often traced to these issues. MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer reportedly tried to coerce Novarro into a "lavender marriage", which he refused. He was romantically involved with journalist Herbert Howe, who was also his publicist in the late 1920s.

Along with Dolores del Río, Lupe Vélez and James Cagney, Novarro was accused of promoting Communism in California. It happened after they attended a special screening of the film ¡Que viva México! by famed Russian filmmaker Sergei M. Eisenstein.

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Filmography of Ramón Novarro (48 films)

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Actor

Heller in Pink Tights, 1h40
Directed by George Cukor, Arthur Rosson
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Théâtre
Actors Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Steve Forrest, Margaret O'Brien, Ramón Novarro, Eileen Heckart
Roles De Leon
Rating58% 2.9497852.9497852.9497852.9497852.949785
In the 1880s, followed by bill collectors, the Healy Dramatic Company arrives in Cheyenne to play at the west’s grandest theater. Continental actress, Angela, and owner-manager, Tom Healy, head a troupe that includes Della as ingenue, her mother, a character actress, Lorna, and a grand old Shakespearean ham, Doc Montague. After a creditor arrives, Angela collects a night’s receipt from a man named, Pierce, the theater owner. She risks it all in a poker game with gunslinger Clint Mabry, puts herself up as collateral, and loses.
Crisis
Crisis (1950)
, 1h33
Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Cary Grant, José Ferrer, Paula Raymond, Signe Hasso, Ramón Novarro, Gilbert Roland
Roles Colonel Adragon
Rating66% 3.3467253.3467253.3467253.3467253.346725
Dr. Eugene Ferguson (Cary Grant), a renowned American brain surgeon, and his wife Helen (Paula Raymond) are vacationing in Latin America when a revolution breaks out. They are taken against their will to the country's dictator, Raoul Farrago (José Ferrer), who urgently needs a life-saving operation.
The Outriders, 1h33
Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan, Claude Jarman Jr., Ramón Novarro, Ted de Corsia
Roles Don Antonio Chaves
Rating61% 3.052283.052283.052283.052283.05228
With the Civil War nearing an end, rebel soldiers Will Owen, Jess Wallace and Clint Priest are released in Mississippi from a Union stockade. A bandit leader and Confederate sympathizer, Keeley, recruits them to join a wagon train run by Don Chaves that is carrying a million dollars' worth of gold billion. Colonel Penny Rebecca Nalls a new Confederate officer her one Confederate deserter help
We Were Strangers, 1h46
Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Jennifer Jones, John Garfield, Pedro Armendáriz, Gilbert Roland, Ramón Novarro, Wally Cassell
Roles Chief
Rating65% 3.294543.294543.294543.294543.29454
Based on the overthrow of Cuban dictator Gerardo Machado y Morales in 1933, the story is about a group of revolutionaries who plot to bring down their corrupt government. China (pronounced Cheena) Valdez (Jennifer Jones) witnesses her brother's murder after he distributes leftist pamphlets and vows that she will kill his assassin. At his funeral, however, she is persuaded to join an underground group whose moves are more carefully orchestrated. China's house is next door to a cemetery and the leader of the group John Fenner (John Garfield) devises a scheme to assassinate an official whose family plot is in the cemetery and detonate a bomb at the man's funeral thereby killing as many officials as possible. To do this, they must dig a tunnel from China's house to the cemetery. Much of the movie focuses on the digging of the tunnel while Garfield and Jones develop a romantic interest in each other. The film climaxes with a violent shoot-out sequence.
The Big Steal, 1h11
Directed by Don Siegel, Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles, Ramón Novarro, DeForest Kelley
Roles Inspector General Ortega
Rating68% 3.445623.445623.445623.445623.44562
U.S. Army lieutenant Duke Halliday (Robert Mitchum) is robbed of a $300,000 payroll by Jim Fiske (Patric Knowles). When Halliday's superior, Captain Vincent Blake (William Bendix), suspects him of having taken part in the theft, Halliday has no choice but to pursue Fiske into Mexico. Along the way, he runs into Joan Graham (Jane Greer), who is after the $2000 she loaned to her boyfriend, Fiske. The two join forces, though they are not sure at first if they can trust each other. Fiske stays one step ahead of the couple, while they are in turn chased by Blake. When Halliday is knocked down trying to stop Fiske from getting away, he comes to the attention of Police Inspector General Ortega (Ramon Novarro). Ortega lets him go after Halliday claims to be Blake (using identification he took from the captain after a brawl), but keeps an eye on him. His suspicions are confirmed when the real Blake shows up at his office for help.
Comedy of Happiness, 1h48
Directed by Marcel L'Herbier
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Michel Simon, Ramón Novarro, Jacqueline Delubac, Micheline Presle, Sylvie, André Alerme
Roles Félix
Rating65% 3.275743.275743.275743.275743.27574
Wealthy banker Francois Jourdain starts spending his money on philanthropic purposes, so his relatives have him committed to a psychiatric clinic to save their inheritance. During Mardi Gras celebrations, Jourdain escapes and takes residence in a boarding house, which is inhabited by several miserable individuals, including Lydia, the suicidal Russian Fedor, and bitter old spinter Miss Aglae. He hires actors led by Deribin to take up residence and cheer up the inhabitants by putting on a musical production of Quo Vadis.
A Desperate Adventure, 1h7
Directed by John H. Auer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Ramón Novarro, Marian Marsh, Eric Blore, Andrew Tombes, Margaret Tallichet, Maurice Cass
Roles André Friezan
Rating55% 2.768152.768152.768152.768152.76815
Un peintre dresse un portrait de la fille de ses rêves, mais il ne l'a jamais rencontrée. Lors d'une fête il rencontre une très jolie femme, mais qui est déjà engagée. Le peintre sent qu'ils sont destinés à être ensemble.
The Sheik Steps Out, 1h5
Directed by Irving Pichel
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Musical films
Actors Ramón Novarro, Rosemary Lane, Gene Lockhart, Lola Lane, Kathleen Burke, Stanley Fields
Roles Ahmed Ben Nesib
Rating60% 3.005213.005213.005213.005213.00521
Le puissant Sheik Ahmed Ben Nesib, lit avec intérêt un article de journal décrivant l'arrivée de la gâtés héritière américaine Phyllis Murdok "Flip" en Arabie. L'article explique que Flip fiancée à Lord Eustache Byington, se mariera avec lui seulement si elle perd dans une course à cheval contre le sien. Flip , recherche un cheval. Amusé par l'idée d'une telle femme indépendante, le Sheik veut la rencontrée.
The Barbarian, 1h24
Directed by Sam Wood, John Waters
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Ramón Novarro, Myrna Loy, Reginald Denny, Louise Closser Hale, C. Aubrey Smith, Edward Arnold
Roles Jamil El Shehab
Rating58% 2.9465652.9465652.9465652.9465652.946565
A beautiful English socialite, Diana Standing (Myrna Loy), and her wealthy fiancé Gerald Hume (Reginald Denny) arrive at the train station in Cairo, Egypt, where they plan to be married. Although her mother was Egyptian, Diana considers herself part of the British upper class. At the station, she is noticed by Jamil El Shehab (Ramon Novarro), a handsome good-natured Egyptian dragoman who enjoys romancing women tourists and freeing them from some of their jewelry. Jamil is immediately captivated by Diana and soon talks his way into becoming her official guide and driver in Egypt.
Huddle
Huddle (1932)
, 1h43
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ramón Novarro, Madge Evans, Una Merkel, Ralph Graves, John Arledge, Frank Albertson
Roles Tony
Rating57% 2.862722.862722.862722.862722.86272
Tony Ametto, a young steel-worker with immigrant parents, gets a scholarship to Yale, where he becomes a football star and finds romance with a young heiress.