Ricardo Cortez

Acting •1900-09-17 •New York City, New York, USA

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 as a different type of Latin, French, before they finally admitted his (supposedly) Viennese origin. Cortez appeared in over 100 films. He played opposite Joan Crawford in Montana Moon in 1930, played Sam Spade in the original The Maltese Falcon in 1931, co-starred with Charles Farrell and Bette Davis in The Big Shakedown and Wonder Bar (with Al Jolson and Dolores del Río) in 1934. He also played Perry Mason in the 1936 film The Case of the Black Cat. Although he began his career playing romantic leads with actresses like Greta Garbo, when sound cinema arrived, his powerful delivery and New York accent made him an ideal villain and conman, and he switched from sex symbol to character actor. Cortez was married to silent film actress Alma Rubens until her death of pneumonia in 1931. When he retired from the film business, Cortez went to work as a stockbroker for Solomon Brothers on New York's Wall Street. He died in New York City in 1977 and was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx. He was the older brother of noted cinematographer Stanley Cortez (born Stanislaus Krantz).

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代表作

Hollywood

1923 · Ricardo Cortez

Free, Blonde and 21

1940 · Director

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

1986 · Self as Don Rafael Brull (archive footage)

政坛列传

1958 · Sam Weinberg

The Sorrows of Satan

1926 · Geoffrey Tempest

2003 · Self (archive footage)

Mockery

1927 · Dimitri

Ten Cents a Dance

1931 · Bradley Carlton

年青的一代

1929 · Morris Goldfish

Torrent

1926 · Don Rafael Brull

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全部作品

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

政坛列传

1958 •Sam Weinberg

This Is Your Life

1952 •Self

Bunco Squad

1950 •Tony Weldon / Anthony Wells

Mystery in Mexico

1948 •John Norcross

Blackmail

1947 •Ziggy Cranston

盗情空间

1946 •Drew Bonner

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The Inner Circle

1946 •Duke York

Make Your Own Bed

1944 •Wilson / Fritz Alden

我们明天的生活

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

陈查理之纽约谋杀案

1940 •George Kirby

City of Chance

1940 •Director

Girl in 313

1940 •Director

Free, Blonde and 21

1940 •Director

陈查理在雷诺

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

The Californian

1937 •Ramon Escobar

Her Husband Lies

1937 •J. Ward Thomas

Breakdowns of 1937

1937 •Self

行尸走肉

1936 •Nolan

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

1936 •George Lambert

The Case of the Black Cat

1936 •Perry Mason

Postal Inspector

1936 •Inspector Bill Davis

Man Hunt

1936 •Frank Kingman

Breakdowns of 1936

1936 •Self

Talk of the Devil

1936 •Ray Allen

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

1936

特工

1935 •Alexander Carston

Frisco Kid

1935 •Paul Morra

The White Cockatoo

1935 •Jim Sundean

Shadow of Doubt

1935 •Sim

Manhattan Moon

1935 •Dan Moore

双面人

1934 •Ben Weston

The Big Shakedown

1934 •Dutch Barnes

奇景吧

1934 •Harry

I Am a Thief

1934 •Pierre Londais

Hat, Coat and Glove

1934 •Robert Mitchell

A Lost Lady

1934 •Ellinger

The Firebird

1934 •Herman Brandt

曼德勒

1934 •Tony Evans

Hollywood Newsreel

1934 •Himself

The House on 56th Street

1933 •Bill Blaine

午夜玛丽

1933 •Leo

伤感歌手

1933 •Tony Cummings

Broadway Bad

1933 •Craig Cutting

Big Executive

1933 •Victor Conway

The Phantom of Crestwood

1932 •Gary Curtis

十三个美人

1932 •Police Sergeant Barry Clive

Symphony of Six Million

1932 •Felix

Flesh

1932 •Nicky

Is My Face Red?

1932 •William Poster

No One Man

1932 •Bill Hanaway

White Shoulders

1931 •Lawrence Marchmont

枭巢喋血战

1931 •Sam Spade

Bad Company

1931 •Goldie Gorio

Ten Cents a Dance

1931 •Bradley Carlton

Illicit

1931 •Price Baines

Transgression

1931 •Don Arturo de Borgus

Big Business Girl

1931 •Robert J. Clayton

私人秘书

1931 •Ronnie Wales

Men of Chance

1931 •Johnny Silk

Reckless Living

1931 •Curly

Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)

1931 •Self

Montana Moon

1930 •Jeff

Her Man

1930 •Johnnie

The Phantom in the House

1929 •Paul Wallis

年青的一代

1929 •Morris Goldfish

The Lost Zeppelin

1929 •Tom Armstrong

New Orleans

1929 •Jim Morley

Midstream

1929 •James Stanwood

La Danseuse Orchidée

1928 •Yoanes Etchegarry

Excess Baggage

1928 •Val D'Errico

Ladies of the Night Club

1928 •George Merrill

Prowlers of the Sea

1928 •Carlos De Neve

Mockery

1927 •Dimitri

The Private Life of Helen of Troy

1927 •Paris

New York

1927 •Michael Angelo Cassidy

By Whose Hand?

1927 •Agent X-9

Torrent

1926 •Don Rafael Brull

The Sorrows of Satan

1926 •Geoffrey Tempest

The Eagle of the Sea

1926 •Captain Sazarac

The Cat's Pajamas

1926

Volcano

1926 •Stéphane Séquineau

In the Name of Love

1925 •Raoul Melnotte

The Spaniard

1925 •Don Pedro de Barrego

The Swan

1925 •Dr. Walter, the Tutor

The Pony Express

1925 •Jack Weston

Not So Long Ago

1925 •Billy Ballard

The Bedroom Window

1924 •Robert Delano

Feet of Clay

1924 •Tony Channing

The Next Corner

1924 •Don Arturo

This Woman

1924 •Whitney Duane

A Society Scandal

1924 •Harrison Peters

Argentine Love

1924 •Juan Martin

The City That Never Sleeps

1924 •Mark Roth

Hollywood

1923 •Ricardo Cortez

The Gentleman from America

1923

Children of Jazz

1923 •Ted Carter

The Call of the Canyon

1923 •Larry Morrison

Sixty Cents an Hour

1923 •William Davis