Ricardo Cortez actor
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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).
The Ghost, Alexander Caesar Martin
Movie 1942
Gary Curtis
Movie 1932
Dr. Ainsley
Movie 1939
Ricardo Cortez
Movie 1923
Lawrence Marchmont
Movie 1931
Sam Spade
Movie 1931
Ziggy Cranston
Movie 1947
Tony Weldon / Anthony Wells
Movie 1950
George Kirby
Movie 1940
Raoul Melnotte
Movie 1925
Fabian
Movie 1939
Bill Blaine
Movie 1933
Duke York
Movie 1946
Alexander Carston
Movie 1935
Ben Weston
Movie 1934
Police Sergeant Barry Clive
Movie 1932
Sam Weinberg
Movie 1958
Dimitri
Movie 1927
Goldie Gorio
Movie 1931
Dutch Barnes
Movie 1934
George Lambert
Movie 1936
Felix
Movie 1932
Bradley Carlton
Movie 1931
Price Baines
Movie 1931
Jeff
Movie 1930
Robert J. Clayton
Movie 1931
Roger Phillips
Movie 1941
Nicky
Movie 1932
Don Rafael Brull
Movie 1926
Harry
Movie 1934
Ronnie Wales
Movie 1931
Johnnie
Movie 1930
Perry Mason
Movie 1936
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Paul Morra
Movie 1935
Pierre Londais
Movie 1934
Inspector Bill Davis
Movie 1936
Robert Mitchell
Movie 1934
Robert Delano
Movie 1924
Paul Wallis
Movie 1929
Morris Goldfish
Movie 1929
Charles Blake
Movie 1938
William Poster
Movie 1932
Johnny Silk
Movie 1931
Geoffrey Tempest
Movie 1926
Bill Hanaway
Movie 1932
Gordon Creed
Movie 1937
Jim Sundean
Movie 1935
John Norcross
Movie 1948
Sim
Movie 1935
Ricardo de Vega
Movie 1941
Ellinger
Movie 1934
Herman Brandt
Movie 1934
Tom Armstrong
Movie 1929
Ramon Escobar
Movie 1937
J. Ward Thomas
Movie 1937
Craig Cutting
Movie 1933
Paris
Movie 1927
Tony Evans
Movie 1934
Don Pedro de Barrego
Movie 1925
Captain Sazarac
Movie 1926
Dr. Walter, the Tutor
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Tony Channing
Movie 1924
Yoanes Etchegarry
Movie 1928
Curly
Movie 1931
Jack Weston
Movie 1925
Val D'Errico
Movie 1928
Himself
Movie 1934
Self
Movie 1960
Frank Kingman
Movie 1936
Gilin
Movie 1942
Self
Movie 1936
Phillip Richards
Movie 1941
Self
Movie 1931
Ted Carter
Movie 1923
Self as Don Rafael Brull (archive footage)
Movie 1986
Dan Moore
Movie 1935
Michael Angelo Cassidy
Movie 1927
Self
Movie 1937
Jim Morley
Movie 1929
Self (archive footage)
Movie 2003
Don Arturo
Movie 1924
Anthony Pearce
Movie 1942
Ray Allen
Movie 1936
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Larry Morrison
Movie 1923
Movie 1926
Whitney Duane
Movie 1924
James Stanwood
Movie 1929
Mark Saunders
Movie 1941
Billy Ballard
Movie 1925
Harrison Peters
Movie 1924
Victor Conway
Movie 1933
Juan Martin
Movie 1924
Stéphane Séquineau
Movie 1926
Self
Tv 1952
