Ricardo Cortez
Acting
Born: 1900-09-17 · New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1977-04-28
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 with such highly popular actors of the era as Rudolph Valentino, Ramon Novarro and Antonio Moreno. Wh
🎬 Movies (30)
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
2014
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
Self (archive footage)
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986
Self as Don Rafael Brull (archive footage)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
Self
The Last Hurrah
1958
Sam Weinberg
Bunco Squad
1950
Tony Weldon / Anthony Wells
Mystery in Mexico
1948
John Norcross
Blackmail
1947
Ziggy Cranston
The Locket
1946
Drew Bonner
The Inner Circle
1946
Duke York
Make Your Own Bed
1944
Wilson / Fritz Alden
Tomorrow We Live
1942
The Ghost, Alexander Caesar Martin
Rubber Racketeers
1942
Gilin
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
1942
Anthony Pearce
I Killed That Man
1941
Roger Phillips
Romance of the Rio Grande
1941
Ricardo de Vega
A Shot in the Dark
1941
Phillip Richards
World Premiere
1941
Mark Saunders
Murder Over New York
1940
George Kirby
City of Chance
1940
Director
Girl in 313
1940
Director
Free, Blonde and 21
1940
Director
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939
Dr. Ainsley
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939
Fabian
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
Director
Inside Story
1939
Director
The Escape
1939
Director
Chasing Danger
1939
Director
City Girl
1938
Charles Blake
West of Shanghai
1937
Gordon Creed
