Ricardo Cortez
ActingBorn
September 17, 1900
Died
April 28, 1977
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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 w…
Known For
Filmography
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
2014
Complicated Women
2003
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
The Last Hurrah
1958
Bunco Squad
1950
Mystery in Mexico
1948
Blackmail
1947
The Locket
1946
The Inner Circle
1946
Make Your Own Bed
1944
Tomorrow We Live
1942
Rubber Racketeers
1942
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
1942
I Killed That Man
1941
World Premiere
1941
A Shot in the Dark
1941
Romance of the Rio Grande
1941
Murder Over New York
1940
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939
City Girl
1938
Breakdowns of 1937
1937
West of Shanghai
1937
The Californian
1937
Her Husband Lies
1937
Breakdowns of 1936
1936
Talk of the Devil
1936
The Case of the Black Cat
1936
Postal Inspector
1936
The Walking Dead
1936
Man Hunt
1936
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
Frisco Kid
1935
Special Agent
1935
Manhattan Moon
1935
Shadow of Doubt
1935
The White Cockatoo
1935
I Am a Thief
1934
The Firebird
1934
A Lost Lady
1934
The Man with Two Faces
1934
Hat, Coat and Glove
1934
Wonder Bar
1934
Hollywood Newsreel
1934
Mandalay
1934
The Big Shakedown
1934
The House on 56th Street
1933
Big Executive
1933
Torch Singer
1933
Midnight Mary
1933
Broadway Bad
1933
Flesh
1932
The Phantom of Crestwood
1932
Thirteen Women
1932
Is My Face Red?
1932
Symphony of Six Million
1932
No One Man
1932
Men of Chance
1931
Reckless Living
1931
Bad Company
1931
Transgression
1931
Big Business Girl
1931
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
1931
The Maltese Falcon
1931
White Shoulders
1931
Behind Office Doors
1931
Illicit
1931
Ten Cents a Dance
1931
Her Man
1930
Montana Moon
1930
The Lost Zeppelin
1929
The Phantom in the House
1929
Midstream
1929
New Orleans
1929
The Younger Generation
1929
Excess Baggage
1928
Prowlers of the Sea
1928
Ladies of the Night Club
1928
Woman of Destiny
1928
The Private Life of Helen of Troy
1927
By Whose Hand?
1927
Mockery
1927
New York
1927
The Eagle of the Sea
1926
The Sorrows of Satan
1926
The Cat's Pajamas
1926
Volcano
1926
Torrent
1926
Not So Long Ago
1925
The Pony Express
1925
In the Name of Love
1925
The Spaniard
1925
The Swan
1925
Argentine Love
1924
This Woman
1924
The City That Never Sleeps
1924
Feet of Clay
1924
The Bedroom Window
1924
A Society Scandal
1924
The Next Corner
1924
The Call of the Canyon
1923
Hollywood
1923
Children of Jazz
1923
Sixty Cents an Hour
1923
The Gentleman from America
1923