Timeline Ramon Novarro

Mexican-born actor, the silent-era Ben-Hur and one of Hollywood's great Latin lovers.

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1899 Ramon Novarro born in Durango Ramon Novarro is born in Durango.
1916 Ramon Novarro's family flees to Los Angeles The family leaves Mexico during the Revolution.
1922 Ramon Novarro in The Prisoner of Zenda His role as Rupert of Hentzau makes him a star.
1923 Ramon Novarro in Scaramouche He stars in Rex Ingram's swashbuckler.
1925 Ramon Novarro plays Ben-Hur He stars in MGM's spectacular silent epic.
1927 Ramon Novarro in The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg He stars in Ernst Lubitsch's romance.
1929 Ramon Novarro in The Pagan He sings Pagan Love Song, a hit record.
1931 Ramon Novarro in Mata Hari He stars opposite Greta Garbo.
1935 Ramon Novarro leaves MGM His contract ends and his career slows.
1949 Ramon Novarro in The Big Steal He returns as a character actor opposite Robert Mitchum.
1960 Ramon Novarro in Heller in Pink Tights One of his last films, with Sophia Loren.
1968 Ramon Novarro dies in Los Angeles Ramon Novarro dies aged 69.