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Ramon Novarro. Ramón Gil Samaniego [1] (February 6, 1899 – October 30, 1968), known professionally as Ramon Novarro, was a Mexican actor. He began his career in American silent films in 1917 and eventually became a leading man and one of the top box-office attractions of the 1920s and early 1930s. Novarro was promoted by MGM as a "Latin ...
Ramon Novarro was a Mexican-born actor who starred in silent and early sound films, such as Ben-Hur and Mata Hari. He was murdered in 1968 by two hustlers who mistook his home for a bank.
- January 1, 1
- Durango, Mexico
- January 1, 1
- North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Jan 16, 2023 · A Salacious Murder. Two young men – identified by Lambda Literary as brothers Paul Ferguson, 22, and his brother Tom, 17 learned of Novarro's predilection for paying for sex and hatched a plan. Pretending to be sex workers, the men gained entry into Novarro's home and eventually began torturing him in an effort to learn where a supposed ...
Ramon Novarro. Actor: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. Ramon Novarro was born José Ramón Gil Samaniego on February 6, 1899 in Durango, Mexico, to Leonor (Gavilan) and Dr. Mariano N. Samaniego Siqueiros, a prosperous dentist. Ramon and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1913, as refugees from the Mexican Revolution. After stints as a ballet dancer, piano teacher and singing waiter, he became a ...
- February 6, 1899
- October 30, 1968
Aug 24, 2003 · On the evening of Oct. 30, 1968, Ramon Novarro, once one of Hollywood’s greatest romantic idols, now 68 and frail, looking like “a Spanish grandee” in a red and blue robe, opened the door of ...
May 24, 2012 · The Hustlers and the Movie Star. Ramon Novarro was the king of the silent screen. In 1968, two very uncommon criminals were arrested for his brutal slaying. William Van Meter. May 23 2012 10:00 AM ...
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Sep 3, 2020 · Forgotten Hollywood: Ramon Novarro, a Bona Fide Silent Movie Idol. September 3, 2020. —. Noël de Souza. On October 30, 1968, two young hustlers rang the doorbell of a house in Laurel Canyon. They were invited in by a 69-year-old man dressed in a robe. A few hours later, the man would be found dead. He had been badly beaten and had choked to ...
