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Ramón Gil Samaniego (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.
Jan 16, 2023 · Ramon Novarro was a leading man in the silent film era, but in 1968 he was brutally murdered for being gay. This is the story of his tragic death.
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.
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...
Oct 13, 2020 · Ramon Novarro’s tragic tale—a matinee idol with a ruinous secret, a macabre end on the eve of Halloween, a symbolic trial heralding the end of Hollywood—has fascinated writers for decades, from Joan Didion to Charles Bukowski.
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.
Sep 24, 2020 · Ramon Novarro: his life and screen career and finally his tragic murder in a new and exclusive short story by John Bleasdale.
