Ricardo Cortez (September 19, 1900 – April 28, 1977) was an American film actor who began his career during the silent film era.Born Jacob Krantz in New York City into a Jewish family, he worked on Wall Street in a brokers office and as a boxer before his looks got him into the film business. Hollywood executives changed his name to Cortez to appeal to film-goers as a Latin lover to compete with such highly popular actors of the era as Rudolph Valentino, Ramon Novarro and Antonio Moreno. When rumour began to circulate that Cortez was not actually Spanish, the studios tried to pass him off as a different type of Latin, French, before they finally admitted his (supposedly) Viennese origin.Cortez appeared in over 100 films. He played opposite Joan Crawford in Montana Moon in 1930, played Sam Spade in the original The Maltese Falcon in 1931, co-starred with Charles Farrell and Bette Davis in The Big Shakedown and Wonder Bar (with Al Jolson and Dolores del Río) in 1934. He also played Perry Mason in the 1936 film The Case of the Black Cat. Although he began his career playing romantic leads with actresses like Greta Garbo, when sound cinema arrived, his powerful delivery and New York accent made him an ideal villain and conman, and he switched from sex symbol to character actor.Cortez was married to silent film actress Alma Rubens until her death of pneumonia in 1931.When he retired from the film business, Cortez went to work as a stockbroker for Solomon Brothers on New Yorks Wall Street. He died in New York City in 1977 and was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx.He was the older brother of noted cinematographer Stanley Cortez (born Stanislaus Krantz).

Κινηματογράφος μη διαθέσιμο από Ricardo Cortez

Tomorrow We Live

The Ghost, Alexander Caesar Martin

Ταινία 1942

The Phantom of Crestwood

Gary Curtis

Ταινία 1932

Charlie Chan in Reno

Dr. Ainsley

Ταινία 1939

Hollywood

Ricardo Cortez

Ταινία 1923

White Shoulders

Lawrence Marchmont

Ταινία 1931

The Maltese Falcon

Sam Spade

Ταινία 1931

Blackmail

Ziggy Cranston

Ταινία 1947

Bunco Squad

Tony Weldon / Anthony Wells

Ταινία 1950

Murder Over New York

George Kirby

Ταινία 1940

In the Name of Love

Raoul Melnotte

Ταινία 1925

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

Fabian

Ταινία 1939

The House on 56th Street

Bill Blaine

Ταινία 1933

The Inner Circle

Duke York

Ταινία 1946

Special Agent

Alexander Carston

Ταινία 1935

The Man with Two Faces

Ben Weston

Ταινία 1934

Thirteen Women

Police Sergeant Barry Clive

Ταινία 1932

The Last Hurrah

Sam Weinberg

Ταινία 1958

Mockery

Dimitri

Ταινία 1927

Bad Company

Goldie Gorio

Ταινία 1931

The Big Shakedown

Dutch Barnes

Ταινία 1934

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

George Lambert

Ταινία 1936

Symphony of Six Million

Felix

Ταινία 1932

Ten Cents a Dance

Bradley Carlton

Ταινία 1931

Illicit

Price Baines

Ταινία 1931

Montana Moon

Jeff

Ταινία 1930

Big Business Girl

Robert J. Clayton

Ταινία 1931

I Killed That Man

Roger Phillips

Ταινία 1941

Flesh

Nicky

Ταινία 1932

Torrent

Don Rafael Brull

Ταινία 1926

Wonder Bar

Harry

Ταινία 1934

Behind Office Doors

Ronnie Wales

Ταινία 1931

Her Man

Johnnie

Ταινία 1930

The Case of the Black Cat

Perry Mason

Ταινία 1936

The Gentleman from America

Ταινία 1923

Frisco Kid

Paul Morra

Ταινία 1935

I Am a Thief

Pierre Londais

Ταινία 1934

Postal Inspector

Inspector Bill Davis

Ταινία 1936

Hat, Coat and Glove

Robert Mitchell

Ταινία 1934

The Bedroom Window

Robert Delano

Ταινία 1924

The Phantom in the House

Paul Wallis

Ταινία 1929

The Younger Generation

Morris Goldfish

Ταινία 1929

City Girl

Charles Blake

Ταινία 1938

Is My Face Red?

William Poster

Ταινία 1932

Men of Chance

Johnny Silk

Ταινία 1931

The Sorrows of Satan

Geoffrey Tempest

Ταινία 1926

No One Man

Bill Hanaway

Ταινία 1932

West of Shanghai

Gordon Creed

Ταινία 1937

The White Cockatoo

Jim Sundean

Ταινία 1935

Mystery in Mexico

John Norcross

Ταινία 1948

Shadow of Doubt

Sim

Ταινία 1935

Romance of the Rio Grande

Ricardo de Vega

Ταινία 1941

A Lost Lady

Ellinger

Ταινία 1934

The Firebird

Herman Brandt

Ταινία 1934

The Lost Zeppelin

Tom Armstrong

Ταινία 1929

The Californian

Ramon Escobar

Ταινία 1937

Her Husband Lies

J. Ward Thomas

Ταινία 1937

Broadway Bad

Craig Cutting

Ταινία 1933

The Private Life of Helen of Troy

Paris

Ταινία 1927

Mandalay

Tony Evans

Ταινία 1934

The Spaniard

Don Pedro de Barrego

Ταινία 1925

The Eagle of the Sea

Captain Sazarac

Ταινία 1926

The Swan

Dr. Walter, the Tutor

Ταινία 1925

Feet of Clay

Tony Channing

Ταινία 1924

Woman of Destiny

Yoanes Etchegarry

Ταινία 1928

Reckless Living

Curly

Ταινία 1931

The Pony Express

Jack Weston

Ταινία 1925

Excess Baggage

Val D'Errico

Ταινία 1928

Hollywood Newsreel

Himself

Ταινία 1934

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

Self

Ταινία 1960

Man Hunt

Frank Kingman

Ταινία 1936

Rubber Racketeers

Gilin

Ταινία 1942

Breakdowns of 1936

Self

Ταινία 1936

A Shot in the Dark

Phillip Richards

Ταινία 1941

Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)

Self

Ταινία 1931

Children of Jazz

Ted Carter

Ταινία 1923

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

Self as Don Rafael Brull (archive footage)

Ταινία 1986

Manhattan Moon

Dan Moore

Ταινία 1935

New York

Michael Angelo Cassidy

Ταινία 1927

Breakdowns of 1937

Self

Ταινία 1937

New Orleans

Jim Morley

Ταινία 1929

Complicated Women

Self (archive footage)

Ταινία 2003

The Next Corner

Don Arturo

Ταινία 1924

Who Is Hope Schuyler?

Anthony Pearce

Ταινία 1942

Talk of the Devil

Ray Allen

Ταινία 1936

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

Ταινία 1936

The Call of the Canyon

Larry Morrison

Ταινία 1923

The Cat's Pajamas

Ταινία 1926

This Woman

Whitney Duane

Ταινία 1924

Midstream

James Stanwood

Ταινία 1929

World Premiere

Mark Saunders

Ταινία 1941

Not So Long Ago

Billy Ballard

Ταινία 1925

A Society Scandal

Harrison Peters

Ταινία 1924

Big Executive

Victor Conway

Ταινία 1933

Argentine Love

Juan Martin

Ταινία 1924

Volcano

Stéphane Séquineau

Ταινία 1926

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This Is Your Life

Self

Tv 1952