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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 of ...
Oct 13, 2020 · The life of matinee idol Ramon Novarro was bookended by immense stardom on one end and then, in his very last breaths, immense tragedy. On October 30, 1968, the secret he tried so desperately to hide throughout his glamorous career came out in one infamous, violent act.
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.
May 11, 2003 · Ramon Novarro's 1968 murder, with its scandalous homophobic overtones, has tended to obscure his place in film history as Hollywood's first Latin American leading man.
Sep 3, 2020 · That man was Hollywood’s Latin lover, Ramon Novarro. His murder brought his sexuality out in the open, something he had taken pains to hide throughout his career, and he inadvertently became a symbol of gay Hollywood. Jose Ramon Gil Samaniego was born in 1899 in Durango, Mexico.
Jan 23, 2020 · Born 1899 as Jose Ramón Gil Samaniego in Durango City, Durango, Mexican film, stage and television actor Ramón Novarro began his career in silent films in 1917 and eventually became a leading man and one of the top box office attractions of the 1920s and early 1930s.
Silent film actor Ramon Novarro (February 6, 1899–October 30, 1968), best-known for his portrayal of the title role in Ben Hur (1925), was born José Ramón Gil Samaniego in Durango, Mexico.
