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Actor Ramon NOVARRO, Movie Film Star, Vintage Costume

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Ramón Novarro (February 6, 1899(1899-02-06) – October 30, 1968 (aged 69)) was a Mexican actor who achieved fame as a "Latin lover" in silent films.

Born José Ramón Gil Samaniego in Durango, Durango, Mexico, he moved with his family to Los Angeles, California, U.S., to escape the Mexican Revolution. A cousin of actress Dolores del Río, he entered films in 1917 playing bit parts, and supplemented his income by working as a singing waiter. His friends, the actor and director Rex Ingram and his wife, the actress Alice Terry, began to promote him as a rival to Rudolph Valentino and Ingram suggested he change his name to "Novarro". From 1923, he began to play more prominent roles. His role in Scaramouche (1923), brought him his first major success.

In 1925, he achieved his greatest success in Ben-Hur, with his revealing costumes causing a sensation, and Novarro was elevated into the Hollywood elite. With Valentino's death in 1926, he became the screen's leading Latin actor, though ranked behind his MGM stablemate, John Gilbert, as a model lover. He was popular as a swashbuckler in action roles, and was also considered one of the great romantic lead actors of his day.

He appeared with Norma Shearer in The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) and appeared with Joan Crawford in Across to Singapore in 1928. A silent still shown occasionally on television is his 1929 The Flying Fleet, an energetic story of early naval aviation. He made his first talking film, starring as a singing French soldier, in Devil-May-Care (1929). He starred with, Greta Garbo in Mata Hari in 1932 and was a qualified success opposite Myrna Loy in The Barbarian (1933).

His star began to fade. When his contract with MGM Studios expired in 1935, the studio did not renew it. Novarro continued to act sporadically, appearing in a couple of films for Republic Pictures, a Mexican religious drama, and a French comedy. Later in the 1940s, he had several small roles in American films. A Broadway tryout was aborted in the 1960s, though Novarro kept busy on television, appearing in The High Chaparral as late as 1968.

At the peak of his success in the late 1920s and early 1930s, he was earning more than US$100,000 per film. He invested some of his income in real estate. After his career ended, he was still able to maintain a comfortable lifestyle.

There are rumors that MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer tried to coerce Novarro into a "lavender marriage", which he refused. Some claim there is no evidence that Mayer tried to coerce Novarro into contractual marriage, but Novarro himself intimated as much in interviews late in his life. Novarro had been troubled all his life as a result of his conflicting views over his Roman Catholic religion and his homosexuality.[1] He was a friend of adventurer and author Richard Halliburton.

Novarro was murdered by two brothers, Tom and Paul Ferguson, whom he had paid to come to his Laurel Canyon home for sex. According to the prosecution in the murder case, the two young men believed that a large sum of money was hidden in Novarro's house. The prosecution accused them of torturing Novarro for several hours to force him to reveal where the nonexistent money was hidden. They left with a mere twenty dollars they took from his bathrobe pocket before fleeing the scene. Novarro died as a result of asphyxiation, choking to death on his own blood after being brutally beaten. He was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles. The two brothers were later caught and sentenced to long prison terms, but were quickly released on probation. Both were later rearrested for unrelated crimes, for which they served longer terms than for their murder conviction.

Ramón Novarro has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame commemorating his contribution to the Motion Picture industry, at 6350 Hollywood Boulevard.

In late 2005, the Wings Theatre in New York City staged the world premiere of Through a Naked Lens by George Barthel. The play combined fact and fiction to depict Novarro's rise to fame and a relationship with Hollywood journalist Herbert Howe.

Novarro's relationship with Herbert Howe is discussed in two biographies: Allan R. Ellenberger's Ramon Novarro and André Soares's Beyond Paradise: The Life of Ramon Novarro.

Filmography:
   1. "The High Chaparral" .... Padre Guillermo (1 episode, 1968)
          - A Joyful Noise (1968) TV episode .... Padre Guillermo
   2. "The Wild Wild West" .... Don Tomas (1 episode, 1967)
          - The Night of the Assassin (1967) TV episode .... Don Tomas
   3. "Combat!" .... Charles Gireaux / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
          - Finest Hour (1965) TV episode .... Count De Roy
          - Silver Service (1964) TV episode .... Charles Gireaux
   4. "Bonanza" .... Jose Ortega (1 episode, 1965)
      ... aka Ponderosa (USA: rerun title)
          - The Brass Box (1965) TV episode .... Jose Ortega
   5. "Dr. Kildare" .... Gaspero Paolini (3 episodes, 1964)
          - Rome Will Never Leave You: Part 3 (1964) TV episode .... Gaspero Paolini
          - Rome Will Never Leave You: Part 2 (1964) TV episode .... Gaspero Paolini
          - Rome Will Never Leave You: Part 1 (1964) TV episode .... Gaspero Paolini
   6. "Rawhide" (1 episode, 1964)
          - Canliss (1964) TV episode
   7. "Thriller" .... Maestro Giuliano (1 episode, 1962)
      ... aka Boris Karloff's Thriller
          - La Strega (1962) TV episode .... Maestro Giuliano
   8. Heller in Pink Tights (1960) .... De Leon

   9. "Disneyland" .... Don Esteban Miranda (2 episodes, 1958)
      ... aka Disney's Wonderful World (USA: new title)
      ... aka The Disney Sunday Movie (USA: new title)
      ... aka The Magical World of Disney (USA: new title)
      ... aka The Wonderful World of Disney (USA: new title)
      ... aka Walt Disney (USA: new title)
      ... aka Walt Disney Presents (USA: new title)
      ... aka Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (USA: new title)
          - Law and Order, Incorporated (1958) TV episode .... Don Esteban Miranda
          - Lawman or Gunman (1958) TV episode .... Don Esteban Miranda
10. "The Ken Murray Show" (1 episode, 1952)
          - Episode dated 6 February 1952 (1952) TV episode
11. Crisis (1950) .... Colonel Adragon
12. The Outriders (1950) .... Don Antonio Chaves
13. The Big Steal (1949) .... Inspector General Ortega
14. We Were Strangers (1949) .... Chief
15. Virgen que forjó una patria, La (1942) .... Juan Diego
      ... aka The Saint That Forged a Country (USA)
16. Comédie du bonheur, La (1940) .... Félix
      ... aka Locomotive du bonheur, La (France)
17. Ecco la felicità (1940) .... Felice Ciatti
18. A Desperate Adventure (1938) .... André Friezan
      ... aka It Happened in Paris (UK)
19. The Sheik Steps Out (1937) .... Ahmed Ben Nesib
20. The Night Is Young (1935) .... Archduke Paul 'Gustl' Gustave
21. Laughing Boy (1934) .... Laughing Boy
22. The Cat and the Fiddle (1934) .... Victor Florescu
23. The Barbarian (1933) .... Jamil El Shehab
      ... aka A Night in Cairo (UK)
      ... aka Man of the Nile
      ... aka The Arab
24. The Son-Daughter (1932) .... Tom Lee, aka Prince Chun
25. Huddle (1932) .... Antonio 'Tony' Amatto
      ... aka The Impossible Lover (UK)
26. Mata Hari (1931) .... Lt. Alexis Rosanoff
27. Son of India (1931) .... Karim
28. Daybreak (1931) .... Willi Kasder
29. Sevilla de mis amores (1930) .... Juan de Dios Carbajal
30. Call of the Flesh (1930) .... Juan
31. In Gay Madrid (1930) .... Ricardo
32. Chanteur de Séville, Le (1930) .... Juan
33. Devil-May-Care (1929) .... Armand
34. The Pagan (1929) .... Henry Shoesmith, Jr.
35. The Flying Fleet (1929) .... Ens./Ltjg Tommy Winslow
36. Forbidden Hours (1928) .... His Majesty, Michael IV
37. A Certain Young Man (1928) .... Lord Gerald Brinsley
38. Across to Singapore (1928) .... Joel Shore
39. The Road to Romance (1927) .... José Armando
      ... aka Romance
40. The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) .... Crown Prince Karl Heinrich
      ... aka Old Heidelberg
      ... aka The Student Prince (UK)
41. Lovers? (1927) .... José
42. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) .... Judah Ben-Hur
      ... aka Ben-Hur (USA: short title)
43. The Midshipman (1925) .... Dick Randall
44. A Lover's Oath (1925) .... Ben Ali
45. The Red Lily (1924) .... Jean Leonnec
46. The Arab (1924) .... Jamil Abdullah Azam
47. Thy Name Is Woman (1924) .... Juan Ricardo
48. Scaramouche (1923) .... André-Louis Moreau, Quintin's Godson
49. Where the Pavement Ends (1923) .... Motauri
50. Trifling Women (1922) .... Henri/Ivan de Maupin
51. The Prisoner of Zenda (1922) (as Ramon Samaniegos) .... Rupert of Hentzau
52. Mr. Barnes of New York (1922) (as Ramon Samaniego) .... Antonio
53. Man-Woman-Marriage (1921) (uncredited) .... Dancer
      ... aka Man, Woman, Marriage (copyright title)
54. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) (uncredited) .... Guest at ball
55. The Concert (1921) (uncredited) .... Dancing Shepherd
56. A Small Town Idol (1921) (as Ramón Samaniego) .... Dancer
57. The Goat (1918) (uncredited)
58. The Woman God Forgot (1917) (uncredited) .... Aztec man
59. The Hostage (1917) (uncredited)
60. The Little American (1917) (uncredited) .... Wounded Soldier
61. The Jaguar's Claws (1917) (uncredited) .... Bandit
62. Joan the Woman (1917) (uncredited) .... Starving Peasant

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