Ricardo Cortez

Ricardo Cortez

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

17/09/1900

Day of Death

28/04/1977
(77) years old

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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. Hol... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2003

Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

1986

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

as Self as Don Rafael Brull (archive footag...

1958

The Last Hurrah

as Sam Weinberg

1950

Bunco Squad

as Tony Weldon / Anthony Wells

1948

Mystery in Mexico

as John Norcross

1947

Blackmail

as Ziggy Cranston

1946

The Locket

as Drew Bonner

1946

The Inner Circle

as Duke York

1944

Make Your Own Bed

as Wilson / Fritz Alden

1942

Tomorrow We Live

as The Ghost, Alexander Caesar Martin

1942

Rubber Racketeers

as Gilin

1942

Who Is Hope Schuyler?

as Anthony Pearce

1941

I Killed That Man

as Roger Phillips

1941

World Premiere

as Mark Saunders

1941

A Shot in the Dark

as Phillip Richards

1941

Romance of the Rio Grande

as Ricardo de Vega

1940

Murder Over New York

as George Kirby

1939

Charlie Chan in Reno

as Dr. Ainsley

1938

City Girl

as Charles Blake

1937

West of Shanghai

as Gordon Creed

1937

The Californian

as Ramon Escobar

1937

Her Husband Lies

as J. Ward Thomas

1936

Talk of the Devil

as Ray Allen

1936

The Case of the Black Cat

as Perry Mason

1936

Postal Inspector

as Inspector Bill Davis

1936

The Walking Dead

as Nolan

1936

Man Hunt

as Frank Kingman

1936

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

as George Lambert

1935

Frisco Kid

as Paul Morra

1935

Special Agent

as Alexander Carston

1935

Manhattan Moon

as Dan Moore

1935

Shadow of Doubt

as Sim

1935

The White Cockatoo

as Jim Sundean

1934

I Am a Thief

as Pierre Londais

1934

The Firebird

as Herman Brandt

1934

A Lost Lady

as Ellinger

1934

The Man with Two Faces

as Ben Weston

1934

Hat, Coat and Glove

as Robert Mitchell

1934

Wonder Bar

as Harry

1934

Hollywood Newsreel

as Himself

1934

Mandalay

as Tony Evans

1934

The Big Shakedown

as Dutch Barnes

1933

The House on 56th Street

as Bill Blaine

1933

Big Executive

as Victor Conway

1933

Torch Singer

as Tony Cummings

1933

Midnight Mary

as Leo

1933

Broadway Bad

as Craig Cutting

1932

Flesh

as Nicky

1932

The Phantom of Crestwood

as Gary Curtis

1932

Thirteen Women

as Police Sergeant Barry Clive

1932

Is My Face Red?

as William Poster

1932

No One Man

as Bill Hanaway

1931

Men of Chance

as Johnny Silk

1931

Reckless Living

as Curly

1931

Bad Company

as Goldie Gorio

1931

Transgression

as Don Arturo de Borgus

1931

Big Business Girl

as Robert J. Clayton

1931

The Maltese Falcon

as Sam Spade

1931

White Shoulders

as Lawrence Marchmont

1931

Behind Office Doors

as Ronnie Wales

1931

Illicit

as Price Baines

1931

Ten Cents a Dance

as Bradley Carlton

1930

Her Man

as Johnnie

1930

Montana Moon

as Jeff

1929

The Lost Zeppelin

as Tom Armstrong

1929

The Phantom in the House

as Paul Wallis

1929

Midstream

as James Stanwood

1929

New Orleans

as Jim Morley

1929

The Younger Generation

as Morris Goldfish

1928

Excess Baggage

as Val D'Errico

1928

Woman of Destiny

as Yoanes Etchegarry

1927

Mockery

as Dimitri

1927

New York

as Michael Angelo Cassidy

1926

The Eagle of the Sea

as Captain Sazarac

1926

The Sorrows of Satan

as Geoffrey Tempest

1926

Volcano

as Stéphane Séquineau

1926

Torrent

as Don Rafael Brull

1925

Not So Long Ago

as Billy Ballard

1925

The Pony Express

as Jack Weston

1925

In the Name of Love

as Raoul Melnotte

1925

The Spaniard

as Don Pedro de Barrego

1925

The Swan

as Dr. Walter, the Tutor

1924

Argentine Love

as Juan Martin

1924

This Woman

as Whitney Duane

1924

Feet of Clay

as Tony Channing

1924

The Bedroom Window

as Robert Delano

1924

A Society Scandal

as Harrison Peters

1924

The Next Corner

as Don Arturo

1923

The Call of the Canyon

as Larry Morrison

1923

Hollywood

as Ricardo Cortez

1923

Children of Jazz

as Ted Carter

Crew

1940

Girl in 313

as Director

1940

Free, Blonde and 21

as Director

1940

City of Chance

as Director

1939

The Escape

as Director

1939

Chasing Danger

as Director

1939

Inside Story

as Director