Ramon Novarro

Born: 1899-02-05

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.


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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Judah Ben-Hur
Released: 1925-12-25

Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with...

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The Big Steal

as Inspector General Ortega
Released: 1949-07-01

Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a...

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Crisis

as Colonel Adragon
Released: 1950-07-07

An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he's forced to operate on a...

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Mata Hari

as Lt. Alexis Rosanoff
Released: 1931-12-26

A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of...

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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

as Guest at Ball (uncredited)
Released: 1921-03-06

Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich...

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The Outriders

as Don Antonio Chaves
Released: 1950-03-01

Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri....

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Son of India

as Karim
Released: 1931-08-01

An Indian jewel merchant goes from penniless to wealthy in this story about gratitude.

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Heller in Pink Tights

as De Leon
Released: 1960-03-01

Nineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater...

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The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland

as Juan Diego
Released: 1942-12-11

On the eve of the Grito de Dolores and faced with the threat of being arrested by the viceregal...

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The Prisoner of Zenda

as Rupert of Hentzau
Released: 1922-09-11

A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who...

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Trifling Women

as Henri / Ivan de Maupin
Released: 1922-11-06

Leon de Severac is fed up with his daughter Jacqueline, who is constantly seducing men. Hoping...

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We Were Strangers

as Chief
Released: 1949-04-27

China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret...

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The Red Lily

as Jean Leonnec
Released: 1924-09-08

Jean and Marise, young lovers forced from their homes, flee to Paris. Irrevocably separated...

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Daybreak

as Willi Kasder
Released: 1931-05-02

An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.

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1925 Studio Tour

as Self
Released: 1925-04-09

A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and...

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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2018-07-27

A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling...

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The Bible According to Hollywood

as Self
Released: 1994-01-01

Filmmaker Phillip Dye's documentary explores the many biblical adaptations Hollywood has...

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The Little American

as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
Released: 1917-07-12

A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral...

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The Barbarian

as Jamil El Shehab
Released: 1933-05-12

An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide for rich women in order to enrich himself.

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The Flying Fleet

as Tommy Winslow
Released: 1929-01-19

Six friends, all hoping to become aviators, are to graduate the next day from the United States...

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The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

as Prince Karl Heinrich
Released: 1928-01-30

A young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.

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A Certain Young Man

as Lord Gerald Brinsley
Released: 1928-05-19

An aristocratic English womanizer is forced to take a fishing trip to avoid the husbands of his...

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Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1972-01-10

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading...

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Joan the Woman

as Starving Peasant
Released: 1916-12-25

A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of...

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The Son-Daughter

as Tom Lee
Released: 1932-12-23

Young Asians in San Francisco find their love thwarted by clan warfare.

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A Desperate Adventure

as André Friezan
Released: 1938-08-05

In this romantic comedy, a passionate French painter nearly goes berserk when he learns that his...

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Across to Singapore

as Joel Shore
Released: 1928-04-07

While Joel and his older ship's captain brother Mark are at sea, the latter is abandoned in...

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Huddle

as Tony
Released: 1932-05-14

Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a...

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Scaramouche

as André-Louis Moreau, alias 'Scaramouche'
Released: 1923-09-15

A law student becomes an outlaw French revolutionary when he decides to avenge the unjust...

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Call of the Flesh

as Juan de Dios
Released: 1930-08-16

A postulant falls in love with a flamboyant singer from a cafe next door to her convent.

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The Pagan

as Henry Shoesmith Jr.
Released: 1929-04-26

Henry, the pagan son of a white father and native mother, has inherited land and a store, but he...

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Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)
Released: 1944-01-01

This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits,...

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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

as Self
Released: 1960-01-10

A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.

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The Night Is Young

as Archduke Paul 'Gustl' Gustave
Released: 1935-01-11

Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the...

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The Christmas Party

as Himself
Released: 1931-12-17

In this holiday short, Jackie Cooper wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his...

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Devil-May-Care

as Armand de Treville
Released: 1929-12-27

A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.

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The Woman God Forgot

as Aztec Man (uncredited)
Released: 1917-10-27

Cortez sends Alvarado to Montezuma who throws him into a dungeon from which he is rescued by...

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Laughing Boy

as Laughing Boy
Released: 1934-04-13

A young Navajo defies tribal custom to marry an outcast.

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The Midshipman

as Dick Randall
Released: 1925-10-04

Produced under the supervision of the U.S. Navy. James Randall, an upperclassman at the Naval...

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The Cat and the Fiddle

as Victor Florescu
Released: 1934-02-16

A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.

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The Arab

as Jamil Abdullah Azam
Released: 1924-07-13

Jamil, a soldier in the Bedouin defense forces during a war between Syria and Turkey, deserts...

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A Small Town Idol

as Dancer (uncredited)
Released: 1921-02-13

Sam, a young man in a small town, is accused of being a thief. Unable to prove his...

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In Gay Madrid

as Ricardo
Released: 1930-05-17

Ricardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves...

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A Lover's Oath

as Ben Ali
Released: 1925-09-29

"The plot introduces Omar as a leader of his people but deals rather with the love of his...

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We're switching to Hollywood

as Self
Released: 1931-06-09

A German reporter visits Hollywood and is escorted through the MGM Studio by a German nobleman,...

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Comedy of Happiness

as Félix
Released: 1940-12-23

Monsieur Jourdain is a dangerous madman : he wants to share his fortune! His relatives do what...

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The Hostage

as uncredited
Released: 1917-09-10

The Highlanders and Lowlanders are sworn enemies until Lieutenant Kemper, the son of Brigadier...

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Man-Woman-Marriage

as Dancer
Released: 1921-03-27

Victoria marries David, the man of her dreams. After a number of years and two children, the...

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Thy Name Is Woman

as Juan Ricardo
Released: 1924-02-04

A Spanish soldier seduces and falls in love with the young wife of a smuggler.

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Mr. Barnes of New York

as Antonio
Released: 1922-05-22

An English naval officer and a Corsican youth have a duel, and the Corsican is killed. The young...

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Forbidden Hours

as His Majesty, Michael IV
Released: 1928-06-16

Set in the fictitious European kingdom of Balanca, Prince Michael IV is being coerced, by his...

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Where the Pavement Ends

as Motauri
Released: 1923-01-02

South Seas romantic drama. This is a lost Silent film, that no negative of or print materials...

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A Small Town Idol

as Dancer
Released: 1939-02-11

In Sleepytown, cross-eyed Sam Smith and Mary Brown are about to get married. But the scoundrel,...

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Sevilla de mis Amores

as uncredited
Released: 1930-12-05

Spanish version of MGM's Call of the flesh

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The High Chaparral

as Padre Guillermo
First aired: 1967-09-10

The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and...

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Dr. Kildare

as Gasparo Paolini
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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Combat!

as Count De Roy
First aired: 1962-10-02

Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The...

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Rawhide

as Father Tasso
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Thriller

as Maestro Giuliano
First aired: 1960-09-13

Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Arena

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 1975-10-01

Arena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC. Voted by...

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