RICARDO CORTEZ
ACTING
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.
- Charlie Chan in Reno1939
- Tomorrow We Live1942
- The Phantom of Crestwood1932
- The Walking Dead1936
- The Maltese Falcon1931
- Blackmail1947
- The Locket1946
- Bunco Squad1950
- Murder Over New York1940
- Mr. Moto's Last Warning1939
- The House on 56th Street1933
- The Inner Circle1946
- Midnight Mary1933
- Torch Singer1933
- Special Agent1935
- The Man with Two Faces1934
- Thirteen Women1932
- Make Your Own Bed1944
- Mockery1927
- The Last Hurrah1958
- Bad Company1931
- Symphony of Six Million1932
- The Big Shakedown1934
- The Murder of Dr. Harrigan1936
- Ten Cents a Dance1931
- Illicit1931
- Montana Moon1930
- Transgression1931
- Big Business Girl1931
- I Killed That Man1941
- Flesh1932
- Torrent1926
- Wonder Bar1934
- Behind Office Doors1931
- Her Man1930
- The Case of the Black Cat1936
- Frisco Kid1935
- I Am a Thief1934
- Postal Inspector1936
- Hat, Coat and Glove1934
- The Bedroom Window1924
- The Younger Generation1929
- City Girl1938
- Is My Face Red?1932
- Men of Chance1931
- The Sorrows of Satan1926
- No One Man1932
- West of Shanghai1937
- The White Cockatoo1935
- Shadow of Doubt1935
- Mystery in Mexico1948
- Romance of the Rio Grande1941
- A Lost Lady1934
- The Firebird1934
- The Lost Zeppelin1929
- The Californian1937
- Her Husband Lies1937
- Broadway Bad1933
- Mandalay1934
- The Eagle of the Sea1926
- The Swan1925
- Feet of Clay1924
- The Pony Express1925
- Man Hunt1936
- A Shot in the Dark1941
- Manhattan Moon1935
- New York1927
- The Next Corner1924
- Who Is Hope Schuyler?1942
- Talk of the Devil1936
- The Call of the Canyon1923
- This Woman1924
- Midstream1929
- World Premiere1941
- A Society Scandal1924
- Big Executive1933
- Argentine Love1924
- Volcano1926
- White Shoulders1931
- Hollywood1923
- In the Name of Love1925
- The Spaniard1925