Ramon Novarro: 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. Ramon and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1913, as refugees from the Mexican Revolution. After stints as a ballet dancer, piano teacher and singing waiter, he became a film extra in 1917....
Known For: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (Ben-Hur), The Red Lily (Jean Leonnec), Scaramouche (André-Louis Moreau), The Flying Fleet (Tommy Winslow)