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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 broker's 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…
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- This Is Your Life (1952) as Self
- The Last Hurrah (1958) as Sam Weinberg
- The Locket (1946) as Drew Bonner
- The Walking Dead (1936) as Nolan
- Wonder Bar (1934) as Harry
- Special Agent (1935) as Alexander Carston
- Hollywood Newsreel (1934) as Himself
- Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939) as Fabian
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1960) as Self
- Make Your Own Bed (1944) as Wilson / Fritz Alden
- Ten Cents a Dance (1931) as Bradley Carlton
- Her Man (1930) as Johnnie
- Manhattan Moon (1935) as Dan Moore
- Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo (2014) as Self (archive footage)
- Torch Singer (1933) as Tony Cummings
- Midnight Mary (1933) as Leo
- The House on 56th Street (1933) as Bill Blaine
- The Maltese Falcon (1931) as Sam Spade
- The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936) as George Lambert
- Complicated Women (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- The Sorrows of Satan (1926) as Geoffrey Tempest
- Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936) Cast
- A Shot in the Dark (1941) as Phillip Richards
- Mystery in Mexico (1948) as John Norcross
- Is My Face Red? (1932) as William Poster
- Murder Over New York (1940) as George Kirby
- Charlie Chan in Reno (1939) as Dr. Ainsley
- I Am a Thief (1934) as Pierre Londais
- Mandalay (1934) as Tony Evans
- Hollywood (1923) as Ricardo Cortez
- Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939) Director
- Symphony of Six Million (1932) as Felix
- Talk of the Devil (1936) as Ray Allen
- Hat, Coat and Glove (1934) as Robert Mitchell
- White Shoulders (1931) as Lawrence Marchmont
- The Man with Two Faces (1934) as Ben Weston
- This Woman (1924) as Whitney Duane
- Argentine Love (1924) as Juan Martin
- The Case of the Black Cat (1936) as Perry Mason
- I Killed That Man (1941) as Roger Phillips
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Most-watched Ricardo Cortez films currently: The Last Hurrah (1958), The Locket (1946), The Walking Dead (1936), Wonder Bar (1934), Special Agent (1935).
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Selected TV credits: This Is Your Life (1952).
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