Personal Info
Jacob Krantz
Jack Crane
Ricardo Cortez
Acting
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. When rumour began to circulate that Cortez was not actually Spanish, the studios tried to pass him off…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
as Self as Don Rafael Brull (archive footage)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
The Last Hurrah
as Sam Weinberg
Bunco Squad
as Tony Weldon / Anthony Wells
Mystery in Mexico
as John Norcross
Blackmail
as Ziggy Cranston
The Locket
as Drew Bonner
The Inner Circle
as Duke York
