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