Ramón Novarro was a Mexican actor.
Biography[]
Born Jose Samaniego in Durango City, Mexico, he began as a ballet dancer, piano teacher and singing waiter before moving into films by playing small roles in silent films, making his first major success as Andre-Louis Moreau in Scaramouche and appearing in the silent production of Ben Hur.
Novarro made his first talking appearance in 1929, going on to take roles in Mata Hari, We Were Strangers and The Outriders well as having a role on television in The High Chipparal.
Novarro was murdered in 1968.
Singing[]
Novarro sang in a number of his films once he moved into sound, frequently accompanying himself on guitar in films including In Gay Madrid, A Night in Cairo and The Night is Young.
Film[]
The Pagan (1929)[]
- Pagan Love Song (duet)
In Gay Madrid (1930)[]
- Santiago (reprise)
- Into My Heart (solo)
- Dark Knight (solo)
A Night in Cairo (1933)[]
- Love Songs of the Nile (solo)
- Love Songs of the Nile (reprise)(solo)
The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)[]
- A New Love is Old (reprise)(solo)
- The Night Was Made for Love (reprise)(duet)
- I Watched the Love Parade (duet)
- The Breeze Kissed Your Hair (solo)
- One Moment Alone (contains solo lines)
- I Watched the Love Parade (reprise)(duet)
Laughing Boy (1934)[]
- Call of the Wild (solo)
The Night is Young (1935)[]
- The Night is Young (duet)
- When I Grow Too Old to Dream (reprise)(duet)
- Lift Your Glass (contains solo lines)
- There's a Riot in Havana (duet)
Comedy of Happiness (1940)[]
- La Comédie du Bonhour (solo)
Gallery[]
Henry Shoesmith Jr. in The Pagan.
Carmina Rivas and Ricardo in In Gay Madrid.
Jalil el Shahib in A Night in Cairo.
Baron Szereny and Archduke Paul Gustav in The Night is Young.
Félix in Comedy of Happiness.