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Ricardo Cortez is a Actor and Director American born on 17 september 1900 at New York City (USA)

Ricardo Cortez

Ricardo Cortez
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Birth name Jacob Krantz
Nationality USA
Birth 17 september 1900 at New York City (USA)
Death 28 april 1977 (at 76 years) at New York City (USA)

Ricardo Cortez (born Jacob Krantz; September 19, 1900 – April 28, 1977) was an American actor.

Biography

Né Jacob Krantz à New York de parents autrichien et hongrois émigrés aux États-Unis, il travaille d'abord comme coursier à Wall Street avant de se diriger vers le cinéma. La Paramount l'engage sur son physique séduisant de latin lover pour assurer la relève d'un Rudolph Valentino, mais Cortez n'atteindra jamais sa notoriété. Il fait ses débuts au cinéma muet en même temps que les débuts américains de Garbo, avec laquelle il partage l'affiche du film Le Torrent (1926). À l'avènement du parlant, il passe relativement bien le cap, cependant, il se voit relégué à des rôles secondaires dans des films mineurs qui n'exploitent pas son potentiel d'acteur. Il se lance dans la réalisation à la fin des années 1930 avant de quitter définitivement le cinéma à la fin des années 1950 et de revenir à Wall Street comme banquier.

Il fut marié à l'actrice du muet Alma Rubens de 1926 à sa mort en 1931, et était le frère aîné de Stanley Cortez, qui fit aussi carrière au cinéma comme directeur de la photographie.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ricardo Cortez (101 films)

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Actor

The Last Hurrah, 2h1
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Basil Rathbone, Dianne Foster, Pat O'Brien, Donald Crisp
Roles Sam Weinberg
Rating72% 3.646253.646253.646253.646253.64625
In "a New England city," Frank Skeffington (Spencer Tracy) plans to run for a fifth term. Skeffington rose from poverty in an Irish ghetto to become mayor and former governor, and is skilled at using the power of his office and an enormous political machine of ward heelers to receive support from his Irish Catholic base and other demographics. Rumors of graft and abuse of power are widespread, however, and the Protestant bishop, newspaper publisher Amos Force (John Carradine), banker Norman Cass (Basil Rathbone), and other members of the city's traditional elite the Irish Catholics replaced oppose Skeffington; so does Martin Burke (Donald Crisp), Catholic cardinal, Skeffington's childhood friend. They support the candidacy of Kevin McCluskey (Charles B. Fitzsimons), a young Catholic lawyer and war veteran with no political experience.
Bunco Squad, 1h7
Directed by Herbert I. Leeds
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Robert Sterling, Joan Dixon, Ricardo Cortez, Douglas Fowley, Elisabeth Risdon, Marguerite Churchill
Roles Tony Weldon / Anthony Wells
Rating60% 3.04833.04833.04833.04833.0483
This script must be run from the command line
Mystery in Mexico, 1h6
Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Noir, Crime
Actors William Lundigan, Jacqueline White, Ricardo Cortez, Walter Reed, José Torvay, Jaime Jiménez Pons
Roles John Norcross
Rating58% 2.9042852.9042852.9042852.9042852.904285
Steve Hasting est détective dans une société d'assurance. Il est chargé d’enquêter à la suite de la disparition mystérieuse d'un de ses collègues qui enquêtait au Mexique à propos d'un bijou disparu. On ne sait au départ si le collègue est complice ou victime. La sœur du collègue, Victoria Ames, doit justement se rendre au Mexique, Hasting est donc chargé de l'approcher. On apprend qu'elle a rendez-vous avec son frère à la sortie de l'aéroport, mais ce dernier n'y est pas. En fait une bande de trafiquants de bijoux possédant une boite de nuit à Mexico se sert de Victoria comme appât, persuadés qu'elle les mettra sur la piste de son frère et donc du bijou. C'est d'ailleurs ce qui se passe, le frère a été gravement blessé et est abrité chez une famille de paysans. Hasting et Victoria sont bientôt maîtrisés par les gangsters, mais Hasting réussira à les piéger et l'intervention de la police mettra fin à l'affaire.
Blackmail
Blackmail (1947)
, 1h7
Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Adele Mara, William Marshall, Ricardo Cortez, Grant Withers, Richard Fraser, Stephanie Bachelor
Roles Ziggy Cranston
Rating55% 2.796142.796142.796142.796142.79614
A shamus is approached by an entertainment executive to stop a blackmail plot against him.
The Locket
The Locket (1946)
, 1h25
Directed by John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Laraine Day, Brian Aherne, Robert Mitchum, Gene Raymond, Sharyn Moffett, Ricardo Cortez
Roles Andrew 'Drew' Bonner
Rating70% 3.54363.54363.54363.54363.5436
A story told in a number of flashbacks from different points of view, this psychological drama tells the story of a bride-to-be (Day) who, as a child, was falsely accused of theft. She grows up to become a kleptomaniac, inveterate liar, and eventually a murderess.
Make Your Own Bed, 1h22
Directed by Peter Godfrey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jack Carson, Jane Wyman, Irene Manning, Alan Hale, George Tobias, Robert Shayne
Roles Wilson / Fritz Alden
Rating55% 2.7594352.7594352.7594352.7594352.759435
Rubber Racketeers, 1h7
Directed by Harold Young
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Ricardo Cortez, Rochelle Hudson, Barbara Read, John Abbott, William Henry, Dewey Robinson
Roles Gilin
Rating55% 2.777282.777282.777282.777282.77728
A man (Ricardo Cortez) recently released from prison gets involved with the black market in synthetic rubber during wartime. The synthetic rubber is blamed for several people being killed in car accidents due to blowouts.
Tomorrow We Live, 1h4
Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Ricardo Cortez, Jean Parker, Emmett Lynn, William Horace Marshall, William Marshall, Frank Hagney
Roles The Ghost, Alexander Caesar Martin
Rating45% 2.253822.253822.253822.253822.25382
This script must be run from the command line
I Killed That Man, 1h11
Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Ricardo Cortez, Joan Woodbury, Iris Adrian, Herbert Rawlinson, Ralf Harolde, Jack Mulhall
Roles Roger Phillips
Rating57% 2.86112.86112.86112.86112.8611
The film begins with a disparate group of individuals in a room; some are gambling, some are drinking coffee, others are chatting as if at a party. Curtains are removed from the windows to reveal bars. The group is in a prison to witness the execution of hard core murderer Nick Ross (Ralf Harolde). Ross is told there has been no commutation of his execution. Having never given a confession, Ross proceeds to tell the crowd of the true events of what happened as his benefactor promised him his release; but then falls over dead, the victim of a poison dart.
A Shot in the Dark, 57minutes
Directed by William C. McGann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors William Lundigan, Nan Wynn, Ricardo Cortez, Regis Toomey, Maris Wrixon, Donald Douglas
Roles Phillip Richards
Rating57% 2.8595252.8595252.8595252.8595252.859525