Ricardo Cortez
Acting
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…
Filmography
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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
Girl in 313
1940
Free, Blonde and 21
1940
City of Chance
1940
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
The Escape
1939
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939
Chasing Danger
1939
Inside Story
1939
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939
City Girl
1938
West of Shanghai
1937
The Californian
1937
Her Husband Lies
1937
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
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
Reckless Living
1931
Bad Company
1931
Transgression
1931
Big Business Girl
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