Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (born 1899)

Ramon Novarro

Mexican actor (1899–1968)

Ramón Gil Samaniego, known professionally as Ramon Novarro, was a Mexican actor. He began his career in American silent films in 1917 and eventually became a leading man and one of the top box-office attractions of the 1920s and early '30s. Novarro was promoted by MGM as a…