Personal Info
Known Credits
101
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1900-09-17 (125 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known For
Jacob KrantzJack Crane
Ricardo Cortez
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. 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. Wh ...
Known For
Acting
2003 --
Complicated Women
| Self (archive footage)
1986 --
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
| Self as Don Rafael Brull (archive footage)
1960 --
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
| Self
1958 --
The Last Hurrah
| Sam Weinberg
1950 --
Bunco Squad
| Tony Weldon / Anthony Wells
1948 --
Mystery in Mexico
| John Norcross
1947 --
Blackmail
| Ziggy Cranston
1946 --
The Locket
| Drew Bonner
1946 --
The Inner Circle
| Duke York
1944 --
Make Your Own Bed
| Wilson / Fritz Alden
1942 --
Tomorrow We Live
| The Ghost, Alexander Caesar Martin
1942 --
Rubber Racketeers
| Gilin
1942 --
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
| Anthony Pearce
1941 --
I Killed That Man
| Roger Phillips
1941 --
World Premiere
| Mark Saunders
1941 --
A Shot in the Dark
| Phillip Richards
1941 --
Romance of the Rio Grande
| Ricardo de Vega
1940 --
Murder Over New York
| George Kirby
1939 --
Charlie Chan in Reno
| Dr. Ainsley
1939 --
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
| Fabian
1938 --
City Girl
| Charles Blake
1937 --
Breakdowns of 1937
| Self
1937 --
West of Shanghai
| Gordon Creed
1937 --
The Californian
| Ramon Escobar
1937 --
Her Husband Lies
| J. Ward Thomas
1936 --
Breakdowns of 1936
| Self
1936 --
Talk of the Devil
| Ray Allen
1936 --
The Case of the Black Cat
| Perry Mason
1936 --
Postal Inspector
| Inspector Bill Davis
1936 --
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
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1936 --
The Walking Dead
| Nolan
1936 --
Man Hunt
| Frank Kingman
1936 --
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
| George Lambert
1935 --
Frisco Kid
| Paul Morra
1935 --
Special Agent
| Alexander Carston
1935 --
Manhattan Moon
| Dan Moore
1935 --
Shadow of Doubt
| Sim
1935 --
The White Cockatoo
| Jim Sundean
1934 --
I Am a Thief
| Pierre Londais
1934 --
The Firebird
| Herman Brandt
1934 --
A Lost Lady
| Ellinger
1934 --
The Man with Two Faces
| Ben Weston
1934 --
Hat, Coat and Glove
| Robert Mitchell
1934 --
Wonder Bar
| Harry
1934 --
Hollywood Newsreel
| Himself
1934 --
Mandalay
| Tony Evans
1934 --
The Big Shakedown
| Dutch Barnes
1933 --
The House on 56th Street
| Bill Blaine
1933 --
Big Executive
| Victor Conway
1933 --
Torch Singer
| Tony Cummings
1933 --
Midnight Mary
| Leo
1933 --
Broadway Bad
| Craig Cutting
1932 --
Flesh
| Nicky
1932 --
The Phantom of Crestwood
| Gary Curtis
1932 --
Thirteen Women
| Police Sergeant Barry Clive
1932 --
Is My Face Red?
| William Poster
1932 --
Symphony of Six Million
| Felix
1932 --
No One Man
| Bill Hanaway
1931 --
Men of Chance
| Johnny Silk
1931 --
Reckless Living
| Curly
1931 --
Bad Company
| Goldie Gorio
1931 --
Transgression
| Don Arturo de Borgus
1931 --
Big Business Girl
| Robert J. Clayton
1931 --
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
| Self
1931 --
The Maltese Falcon
| Sam Spade
1931 --
White Shoulders
| Lawrence Marchmont
1931 --
Behind Office Doors
| Ronnie Wales
1931 --
Illicit
| Price Baines
1931 --
Ten Cents a Dance
| Bradley Carlton
1930 --
Her Man
| Johnnie
1930 --
Montana Moon
| Jeff
1929 --
The Lost Zeppelin
| Tom Armstrong
1929 --
The Phantom in the House
| Paul Wallis
1929 --
Midstream
| James Stanwood
1929 --
New Orleans
| Jim Morley
1929 --
The Younger Generation
| Morris Goldfish
1928 --
Excess Baggage
| Val D'Errico
1928 --
Woman of Destiny
| Yoanes Etchegarry
1927 --
The Private Life of Helen of Troy
| Paris
1927 --
Mockery
| Dimitri
1927 --
New York
| Michael Angelo Cassidy
1926 --
The Eagle of the Sea
| Captain Sazarac
1926 --
The Sorrows of Satan
| Geoffrey Tempest
1926 --
The Cat's Pajamas
|
1926 --
Volcano
| Stéphane Séquineau
1926 --
Torrent
| Don Rafael Brull
1925 --
Not So Long Ago
| Billy Ballard
1925 --
The Pony Express
| Jack Weston
1925 --
In the Name of Love
| Raoul Melnotte
1925 --
The Spaniard
| Don Pedro de Barrego
1925 --
The Swan
| Dr. Walter, the Tutor
1924 --
Argentine Love
| Juan Martin
1924 --
This Woman
| Whitney Duane
1924 --
Feet of Clay
| Tony Channing
1924 --
The Bedroom Window
| Robert Delano
1924 --
A Society Scandal
| Harrison Peters
1924 --
The Next Corner
| Don Arturo
1923 --
The Call of the Canyon
| Larry Morrison
1923 --
Hollywood
| Ricardo Cortez
1923 --
Children of Jazz
| Ted Carter
1923 --
The Gentleman from America
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