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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 Locket (1946) as Drew Bonner
- Montana Moon (1930) as Jeff
- Hollywood (1923) as Ricardo Cortez
- The Last Hurrah (1958) as Sam Weinberg
- The Case of the Black Cat (1936) as Perry Mason
- Midnight Mary (1933) as Leo
- Frisco Kid (1935) as Paul Morra
- Wonder Bar (1934) as Harry
- Complicated Women (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1960) as Self
- Illicit (1931) as Price Baines
- Shadow of Doubt (1935) as Sim
- Thirteen Women (1932) as Police Sergeant Barry Clive
- A Shot in the Dark (1941) as Phillip Richards
- The Walking Dead (1936) as Nolan
- Torrent (1926) as Don Rafael Brull
- Postal Inspector (1936) as Inspector Bill Davis
- Inside Story (1939) Director
- Flesh (1932) as Nicky
- Rubber Racketeers (1942) as Gilin
- The House on 56th Street (1933) as Bill Blaine
- Special Agent (1935) as Alexander Carston
- The Big Shakedown (1934) as Dutch Barnes
- The Escape (1939) Director
- Reckless Living (1931) as Curly
- Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939) as Fabian
- Mockery (1927) as Dimitri
- The White Cockatoo (1935) as Jim Sundean
- The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) as Gary Curtis
- Bunco Squad (1950) as Tony Weldon / Anthony Wells
- The Man with Two Faces (1934) as Ben Weston
- Breakdowns of 1937 (1937) as Self
- Torch Singer (1933) as Tony Cummings
- Is My Face Red? (1932) as William Poster
- The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936) as George Lambert
- A Lost Lady (1934) as Ellinger
- Hat, Coat and Glove (1934) as Robert Mitchell
- The Firebird (1934) as Herman Brandt
- The Maltese Falcon (1931) as Sam Spade
- Ten Cents a Dance (1931) as Bradley Carlton
- Broadway Bad (1933) as Craig Cutting
- West of Shanghai (1937) as Gordon Creed
- Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936) Cast
- Chasing Danger (1939) Director
- Charlie Chan in Reno (1939) as Dr. Ainsley
- Mandalay (1934) as Tony Evans
- The Californian (1937) as Ramon Escobar
- Make Your Own Bed (1944) as Wilson / Fritz Alden
- Her Man (1930) as Johnnie
- Girl in 313 (1940) Director
- Murder Over New York (1940) as George Kirby
- Manhattan Moon (1935) as Dan Moore
- Breakdowns of 1936 (1936) as Self
- The Pony Express (1925) as Jack Weston
- Big Business Girl (1931) as Robert J. Clayton
- Behind Office Doors (1931) as Ronnie Wales
- Tomorrow We Live (1942) as The Ghost, Alexander Caesar Martin
- Who Is Hope Schuyler? (1942) as Anthony Pearce
- Bad Company (1931) as Goldie Gorio
- Man Hunt (1936) as Frank Kingman
- The Inner Circle (1946) as Duke York
- Transgression (1931) as Don Arturo de Borgus
- Free, Blonde and 21 (1940) Director
- City of Chance (1940) Director
- Blackmail (1947) as Ziggy Cranston
- Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939) Director
- Romance of the Rio Grande (1941) as Ricardo de Vega
- The Younger Generation (1929) as Morris Goldfish
- World Premiere (1941) as Mark Saunders
- The Swan (1925) as Dr. Walter, the Tutor
- Men of Chance (1931) as Johnny Silk
- Hollywood Newsreel (1934) as Himself
- The Sorrows of Satan (1926) as Geoffrey Tempest
- Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) (1931) as Self
- The Spaniard (1925) as Don Pedro de Barrego
- City Girl (1938) as Charles Blake
- Argentine Love (1924) as Juan Martin
- The Next Corner (1924) as Don Arturo
- The Gentleman from America (1923) Cast
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Most-watched Ricardo Cortez films currently: The Locket (1946), Montana Moon (1930), Hollywood (1923), The Last Hurrah (1958), The Case of the Black Cat (1936).
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Selected TV credits: This Is Your Life (1952).
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