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).

Filmes indisponível de Ricardo Cortez

Tomorrow We Live

The Ghost, Alexander Caesar Martin

Filme 1942

The Phantom of Crestwood

Gary Curtis

Filme 1932

Charlie Chan in Reno

Dr. Ainsley

Filme 1939

Hollywood

Ricardo Cortez

Filme 1923

White Shoulders

Lawrence Marchmont

Filme 1931

The Maltese Falcon

Sam Spade

Filme 1931

Blackmail

Ziggy Cranston

Filme 1947

Bunco Squad

Tony Weldon / Anthony Wells

Filme 1950

Murder Over New York

George Kirby

Filme 1940

In the Name of Love

Raoul Melnotte

Filme 1925

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

Fabian

Filme 1939

The House on 56th Street

Bill Blaine

Filme 1933

The Inner Circle

Duke York

Filme 1946

Special Agent

Alexander Carston

Filme 1935

The Man with Two Faces

Ben Weston

Filme 1934

Thirteen Women

Police Sergeant Barry Clive

Filme 1932

The Last Hurrah

Sam Weinberg

Filme 1958

Mockery

Dimitri

Filme 1927

Bad Company

Goldie Gorio

Filme 1931

The Big Shakedown

Dutch Barnes

Filme 1934

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

George Lambert

Filme 1936

Symphony of Six Million

Felix

Filme 1932

Ten Cents a Dance

Bradley Carlton

Filme 1931

Illicit

Price Baines

Filme 1931

Montana Moon

Jeff

Filme 1930

Big Business Girl

Robert J. Clayton

Filme 1931

I Killed That Man

Roger Phillips

Filme 1941

Flesh

Nicky

Filme 1932

Torrent

Don Rafael Brull

Filme 1926

Wonder Bar

Harry

Filme 1934

Behind Office Doors

Ronnie Wales

Filme 1931

Her Man

Johnnie

Filme 1930

The Case of the Black Cat

Perry Mason

Filme 1936

The Gentleman from America

Filme 1923

Frisco Kid

Paul Morra

Filme 1935

I Am a Thief

Pierre Londais

Filme 1934

Postal Inspector

Inspector Bill Davis

Filme 1936

Hat, Coat and Glove

Robert Mitchell

Filme 1934

The Bedroom Window

Robert Delano

Filme 1924

The Phantom in the House

Paul Wallis

Filme 1929

The Younger Generation

Morris Goldfish

Filme 1929

City Girl

Charles Blake

Filme 1938

Is My Face Red?

William Poster

Filme 1932

Men of Chance

Johnny Silk

Filme 1931

The Sorrows of Satan

Geoffrey Tempest

Filme 1926

No One Man

Bill Hanaway

Filme 1932

West of Shanghai

Gordon Creed

Filme 1937

The White Cockatoo

Jim Sundean

Filme 1935

Mystery in Mexico

John Norcross

Filme 1948

Shadow of Doubt

Sim

Filme 1935

Romance of the Rio Grande

Ricardo de Vega

Filme 1941

A Lost Lady

Ellinger

Filme 1934

The Firebird

Herman Brandt

Filme 1934

The Lost Zeppelin

Tom Armstrong

Filme 1929

The Californian

Ramon Escobar

Filme 1937

Her Husband Lies

J. Ward Thomas

Filme 1937

Broadway Bad

Craig Cutting

Filme 1933

The Private Life of Helen of Troy

Paris

Filme 1927

Mandalay

Tony Evans

Filme 1934

The Spaniard

Don Pedro de Barrego

Filme 1925

The Eagle of the Sea

Captain Sazarac

Filme 1926

The Swan

Dr. Walter, the Tutor

Filme 1925

Feet of Clay

Tony Channing

Filme 1924

Woman of Destiny

Yoanes Etchegarry

Filme 1928

Reckless Living

Curly

Filme 1931

The Pony Express

Jack Weston

Filme 1925

Excess Baggage

Val D'Errico

Filme 1928

Hollywood Newsreel

Himself

Filme 1934

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

Self

Filme 1960

Man Hunt

Frank Kingman

Filme 1936

Rubber Racketeers

Gilin

Filme 1942

Breakdowns of 1936

Self

Filme 1936

A Shot in the Dark

Phillip Richards

Filme 1941

Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)

Self

Filme 1931

Children of Jazz

Ted Carter

Filme 1923

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

Self as Don Rafael Brull (archive footage)

Filme 1986

Manhattan Moon

Dan Moore

Filme 1935

New York

Michael Angelo Cassidy

Filme 1927

Breakdowns of 1937

Self

Filme 1937

New Orleans

Jim Morley

Filme 1929

Complicated Women

Self (archive footage)

Filme 2003

The Next Corner

Don Arturo

Filme 1924

Who Is Hope Schuyler?

Anthony Pearce

Filme 1942

Talk of the Devil

Ray Allen

Filme 1936

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

Filme 1936

The Call of the Canyon

Larry Morrison

Filme 1923

The Cat's Pajamas

Filme 1926

This Woman

Whitney Duane

Filme 1924

Midstream

James Stanwood

Filme 1929

World Premiere

Mark Saunders

Filme 1941

Not So Long Ago

Billy Ballard

Filme 1925

A Society Scandal

Harrison Peters

Filme 1924

Big Executive

Victor Conway

Filme 1933

Argentine Love

Juan Martin

Filme 1924

Volcano

Stéphane Séquineau

Filme 1926

Série de TV indisponível de Ricardo Cortez

This Is Your Life

Self

Tv 1952