Ricardo Cortez, Austrian born film actor knighting Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914)

Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914)

To which Fireman Johnson replies Guess it's only Smoke

View of The Royal Archers in Finsbury Fields

Right back on the horizon can be seen the gathering clouds of a storm labelled Education

''My name would not benefit the business

Ricardo Cortez, Austrian born film actor knighting Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914)Ricardo Cortez, Austrian born film actor, 1934 1935. Born Jacob Krantz in Vienna, his name was changed to Ricardo Cortez by Hollywood executives with a view to competing with other studios' romantic leads with Latin names such as Rudolph Valentino and Ramon Navarro. He made his name as a character actor who played smooth talking villains and appeared in more than 100 films. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934 1935).