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Ricardo Cortez
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo — Self (archive footage)2014
- Complicated Women — Self (archive footage)2003
- Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown — Self as Don Rafael Brull (archive footage)1986
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood — Self1960
- The Last Hurrah — Sam Weinberg1958
- This Is Your Life — Self1952
- Bunco Squad — Tony Weldon / Anthony Wells1950
- Mystery in Mexico — John Norcross1948
- Blackmail — Ziggy Cranston1947
- The Locket — Drew Bonner1946
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ricardo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Spouse
- Alma Rubens
- Sibling
- Stanley Cortez
- Occupation
- film director
- Educated at
- DeWitt Clinton High School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Ricardo Cortés.jpg
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- place of burial
- Woodlawn Cemetery
- Commons category
- Ricardo Cortez
- date of birth
- 1900-09-19
- date of death
- 1977-04-28
- start of work period
- 1917-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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