Ricardo Cortez

Interprétation · Né(e) en 1900 · New York City, New York, USA

Biographie

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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Filmographie

7.2
La Dernière Fanfare
1958
1958 · Sam Weinberg
6.1
Bunco Squad
1950
1950 · Tony Weldon / Anthony Wells
6.0
Mystère au Mexique
1948
1948 · John Norcross
4.2
Blackmail
1947
1947 · Ziggy Cranston
6.3
Le médaillon
1946
1946 · Drew Bonner
5.7
The Inner Circle
1946
1946 · Duke York
6.0
Make Your Own Bed
1944
1944 · Wilson / Fritz Alden
4.9
Tomorrow We Live
1942
1942 · The Ghost, Alexander Caesar Martin
5.5
Rubber Racketeers
1942
1942 · Gilin
4.5
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
1942
1942 · Anthony Pearce
6.7
I Killed That Man
1941
1941 · Roger Phillips
6.0
World Premiere
1941
1941 · Mark Saunders
5.7
A Shot in the Dark
1941
1941 · Phillip Richards
4.7
Romance of the Rio Grande
1941
1941 · Ricardo de Vega
6.2
Assassiner dessus de New York
1940
1940 · George Kirby
5.6
Girl in 313
1940
1940 · Réalisation
7.3
Free, Blonde and 21
1940
1940 · Réalisation
5.6
City of Chance
1940
1940 · Réalisation
6.6
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
1939 · Réalisation
6.2
The Escape
1939
1939 · Réalisation
6.5
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939
1939 · Dr. Ainsley
8.0
Chasing Danger
1939
1939 · Réalisation
9.0
Inside Story
1939
1939 · Réalisation
5.7
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939
1939 · Fabian
6.5
City Girl
1938
1938 · Charles Blake
5.8
West of Shanghai
1937
1937 · Gordon Creed
7.0
The Californian
1937
1937 · Ramon Escobar
7.0
Her Husband Lies
1937
1937 · J. Ward Thomas
8.0
Talk of the Devil
1936
1936 · Ray Allen
7.0
The Case of the Black Cat
1936
1936 · Perry Mason
7.0
Postal Inspector
1936
1936 · Inspector Bill Davis
6.3
Le mort qui marche
1936
1936 · Nolan
10.0
Man Hunt
1936
1936 · Frank Kingman
5.8
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936
1936 · George Lambert
7.0
Émeutes
1935
1935 · Paul Morra
6.2
Special Agent
1935
1935 · Alexander Carston
9.0
Manhattan Moon
1935
1935 · Dan Moore
6.7
Shadow of Doubt
1935
1935 · Sim
5.9
The White Cockatoo
1935
1935 · Jim Sundean
6.2
I Am a Thief
1934
1934 · Pierre Londais
6.4
The Firebird
1934
1934 · Herman Brandt
5.8
A Lost Lady
1934
1934 · Ellinger
6.8
The Man with Two Faces
1934
1934 · Ben Weston
7.0
Hat, Coat and Glove
1934
1934 · Robert Mitchell
6.0
Wonder Bar
1934
1934 · Harry
5.8
Mandalay
1934
1934 · Tony Evans
5.9
The Big Shakedown
1934
1934 · Dutch Barnes
5.2
The House on 56th Street
1933
1933 · Bill Blaine
7.0
Big Executive
1933
1933 · Victor Conway
5.4
Torch Singer
1933
1933 · Tony Cummings
6.8
Rose de minuit
1933
1933 · Leo
5.3
Broadway Bad
1933
1933 · Craig Cutting
5.8
Une femme survint
1932
1932 · Nicky
5.9
Le Fantôme de Crestwood
1932
1932 · Gary Curtis
6.4
Treize femmes
1932
1932 · Police Sergeant Barry Clive
5.0
Is My Face Red?
1932
1932 · William Poster
5.7
Symphony of Six Million
1932
1932 · Felix
6.5
No One Man
1932
1932 · Bill Hanaway
6.0
Men of Chance
1931
1931 · Johnny Silk
Reckless Living
4.3
Reckless Living
1931
1931 · Curly
5.0
Bad Company
1931
1931 · Goldie Gorio
4.3
Transgression
1931
1931 · Don Arturo de Borgus
6.8
Big Business Girl
1931
1931 · Robert J. Clayton
6.4
Le faucon maltais
1931
1931 · Sam Spade
10.0
White Shoulders
1931
1931 · Lawrence Marchmont
4.9
Behind Office Doors
1931
1931 · Ronnie Wales
5.6
Illicit
1931
1931 · Price Baines
6.7
Ten Cents a Dance
1931
1931 · Bradley Carlton
5.2
Her Man
1930
1930 · Johnnie
4.7
Montana Moon
1930
1930 · Jeff
5.8
The Lost Zeppelin
1929
1929 · Tom Armstrong
4.4
The Phantom in the House
1929
1929 · Paul Wallis
10.0
Midstream
1929
1929 · James Stanwood
9.0
New Orleans
1929
1929 · Jim Morley
6.9
Loin du ghetto
1929
1929 · Morris Goldfish
8.0
Excess Baggage
1928
1928 · Val D'Errico
5.0
Prowlers of the Sea
1928
1928 · Carlos De Neve
10.0
Ladies of the Night Club
1928
1928 · George Merrill
10.0
La Danseuse Orchidée
1928
1928 · Yoanes Etchegarry
4.4
La Vie privée d'Hélène de Troie
1927
1927 · Paris
9.0
By Whose Hand?
1927
1927 · Agent X-9
6.9
Mockery
1927
1927 · Dimitri
9.0
New York
1927
1927 · Michael Angelo Cassidy
10.0
The Eagle of the Sea
1926
1926 · Captain Sazarac
7.2
The Sorrows of Satan
1926
1926 · Geoffrey Tempest
10.0
Volcano
1926
1926 · Stéphane Séquineau
6.7
Torrent
1926
1926 · Don Rafael Brull
8.0
Not So Long Ago
1925
1925 · Billy Ballard
6.4
The Pony Express
1925
1925 · Jack Weston
10.0
In the Name of Love
1925
1925 · Raoul Melnotte
8.0
The Spaniard
1925
1925 · Don Pedro de Barrego
8.0
The Swan
1925
1925 · Dr. Walter, the Tutor
10.0
Argentine Love
1924
1924 · Juan Martin
9.0
This Woman
1924
1924 · Whitney Duane
9.0
The City That Never Sleeps
1924
1924 · Mark Roth
7.0
Feet of Clay
1924
1924 · Tony Channing
9.0
The Bedroom Window
1924
1924 · Robert Delano
8.0
A Society Scandal
1924
1924 · Harrison Peters
10.0
The Next Corner
1924
1924 · Don Arturo
7.0
The Call of the Canyon
1923
1923 · Larry Morrison
9.0
Hollywood
1923
1923 · Ricardo Cortez
8.0
Children of Jazz
1923
1923 · Ted Carter
10.0
Sixty Cents an Hour
1923
1923 · William Davis