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