César Julio Romero Jr.(February 15, 1907 – January 1, 1994) was an American actor and activist. He was active in film, radio, and television for almost 60 years. His wide range of screen roles includedLatin lovers,historical figures in costume dramas, characters in light domestic comedies, and theJokeron the live actionBatmantelevision series of the mid-1960s, which was included inTV Guide's 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time.[2]He was the first actor to play the character.
Cesar Romero | |
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Born | César Julio Romero Jr. February 15, 1907 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | January 1, 1994 Santa Monica,California, U.S. | (aged 86)
Resting place | Inglewood Park Cemetery,Inglewood,California, U.S. |
Other names | Butch The Latin from Manhattan |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1929–1993 |
Political party | Republican |
Military career | |
Allegiance | United States |
Service | United States Coast Guard |
Years of service | 1942–1945 |
Rank | Chief petty officer[1] |
Battles / wars | World War II |
Early life
editCésar Julio Romero Jr. was born in New York City on February 15, 1907, the son of César Julio Romero Sr. (1872–1951) and María Mantilla (1880–1962).[3]His mother was a concert singer and said to be the biological daughter of Cuban national heroJosé Martí.[4][5][6][7][8]His father was born inBarcelonaand emigrated to the United States in 1888, where he was an import/export merchant.[9][10]He was a first cousin of silent film starEmerson Romero,who was a few years older than César and came to New York in 1907 to attend a school for the deaf.[11]
Romero grew up inBradley Beach, New Jersey,and went toBradley Beach Elementary School,Asbury Park High School,[12]theCollegiate School,and theRiverdale Country Day School.[13]After his parents lost their sugar-import business and suffered losses in theWall Street crashof 1929, Romero'sHollywoodearnings allowed him to support his large family, all of whom followed him to theAmerican West Coastyears later. Romero, who referred to himself as "a Latin from Manhattan", lived on and off with various family members for the rest of his life.[14][15]
On October 12, 1942, he enlisted in theUnited States Coast Guardas an apprentice seaman[16]and served in thePacific Theater of Operations.He reported aboard the Coast Guard-crewed assault transportUSSCavalierin November 1943. According to a press release from the period, Romero saw action during the invasions ofTinianandSaipan.The same article mentioned that he preferred to be a regular part of the crew and was eventually promoted to the rating ofchiefboatswain's mate.[1]
Career in film
editThe 6'3 "[190 cm] Romero routinely played" Latin lovers "in films from the 1930s until the 1950s, usually in supporting roles. In 1935, Romero played a leading roleThe Devil is a WomanoppositeMarlene Dietrich.Romero starred as theCisco Kidin six westerns made between 1939 and 1941. Romero danced and performed comedy in the20th Century Foxfilms he starred in oppositeCarmen MirandaandBetty Grable,such asWeek-End in HavanaandSpringtime in the Rockies,in the 1940s. He also played a minor role as Sinjin, a piano player inGlenn Miller'sband,in the 1942 20th Century Fox musicalOrchestra Wives.
InThe Thin Man(1934), Romero played avillainoussupporting role opposite the film's main starsWilliam PowellandMyrna Loy.Many of Romero's films from this early period saw him cast in smallcharacter parts,such as Italian gangsters and East Indian princes. Romero had a lead role as thePathanrebel leader, Khoda Khan, inJohn Ford'sBritish Raj-era action filmWee Willie Winkie(1937) starringShirley TempleandVictor McLaglenand a supporting role as the Indian servant Ram Dass inThe Little Princess(1939), also with Temple. He also appeared in a comic turn as a foil forFrank Sinatraand his crew inOcean's 11(1960) starring theRat Pack(Sinatra,Dean Martin,Sammy Davis Jr.,Peter LawfordandJoey Bishop).
Romero sometimes played theleading man,for example inAllan Dwan's15 Maiden Lane(1936) oppositeClaire Trevor,as well as winning the key role of theDoc Hollidaycharacter (with name changed to "Doc Halliday" ) in Dwan's acclaimedWyatt EarpsagaFrontier Marshal(1939) starringRandolph ScottandNancy Kellythree years later. 20th Century Fox, along with mogulDarryl Zanuck,selected Romero to co-star withTyrone Powerin theTechnicolorhistorical epicCaptain from Castile(1947), directed byHenry King.While Power played a fictionalized character, Romero playedHernán Cortés,a historicalconquistadorin Spain's conquest of the Americas.[citation needed]
Among almost countless television credits, Romero appeared several times onThe Martha Raye Showin the mid-1950s. He portrayed Don Diego de la Vega's maternal uncle in a number of Season 2Zorroepisodes.[citation needed]
In 1958, he guest-starred as Ramon Valdez inHow to Marry a Millionairein the episode entitled "The Big Order". He performed the mambo withGisele MacKenzieon her NBC variety show,The Gisele MacKenzie Show.He guest-starred in 1957 onCBS'sThe Lucy–Desi Comedy Houron the first episode of the seventh season ( "Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana" ). He played "Don Carlos", acard sharpon the episode, "The Honorable Don Charlie Story" of NBC'sWagon Train.On January 16, 1958, he appeared onThe Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.In 1959, Romero was cast as Joaquin in the episode "Caballero" fromThe Texan,[17]and on September 26 of that year, he hosted the Cuban installment ofJohn Gunther's High Road.[4][18]
In 1960, he was cast as Ricky Valenti in "Crime of Passion" fromPete and Gladys.[citation needed]In 1965, Romero played the head of THRUSH in France in "The Never Never Affair" fromThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
From 1966 to 1968, he portrayed theJokeronBatman.He refused to shave his moustache for the role, and so thesupervillain's white face makeup was simply smeared over it throughout the series' run and in the1966 film.[19]
His guest star work in the 1970s included a recurring role on the western comedyAlias Smith and Jonesas Señor Armendariz, a Mexicanrancherfeuding with Patrick McCreedy (Burl Ives), the owner of a ranch on the opposite side of the border. He appeared in three episodes. Romero later portrayedPeter StavrosonFalcon Crest(from 1985 to 1987). He also appeared in a sixth-season episode ofThe Golden Girls,where he played a suitor named Tony Delvecchio for Sophia. Apart from these television roles, Romero appeared as A.J. Arno, a small-time criminal who continually opposes Dexter Riley (played byKurt Russell) and his schoolmates of Medfield College in a series of films byWalt Disney Productionsin the 1970s.
Political activities
editA registeredRepublican,Romero appeared in theNixon-Lodgebumper sticker motorcade campaign[20]in October 1960, and four years later, initially supportedHenry Cabot Lodge Jr.in the write-in campaign supporting Lodge for president. Romero appreciated and said he liked Lodge's strong anti-Communist stance inSouth Vietnamwhere Lodge was at the time the United States ambassador.[21]During 1964, Romero supportedBarry Goldwaterin thegeneral election.[22]
Also in 1964, Romero was very much involved in theU.S. Senaterace in California that pitted one of Romero's best friends and fellow actor,RepublicannomineeGeorge Murphy(who nicknamed Romero "Butch" ), in his bid to oust then-SenatorPierre Salinger,aDemocrat.[23][24]
The Senate race was a heated contest where Salinger had already narrowly defeated then-California State ControllerAlan Cranston,who would become a senator in 1968, in the Democratic primary. Both men had "primaried" SenatorClair Engle,who had sought re-nomination despite being terminally ill with abrain tumor;Engle died less than two months after the primary. Then-Democratic GovernorPat Brownappointed Salinger instead of Cranston to fill the vacancy; although the appointment seemed reasonable since Salinger had won the primary, it was roundly criticized by Romero and Murphy as cronyism since Salinger had been theWhite House press secretaryfor the late PresidentJohn F. Kennedy,a close ally of Brown. Romero appealed to disappointed Cranston backers after the primary to support Murphy. Romero's urging helped Salinger lose a race no one thought could be lost.[25]
Murphy lost the full use of his voice during his term when part of his larynx was removed due to throat cancer. Romero employed other Hollywood stars to try to help Murphy win re-election in 1970.[26]However, Murphy lost re-election toJohn V. Tunney,the son of boxing legendGene Tunney.
After Murphy's Senate defeat, Romero scaled back his involvement in politics but would take part for a Hollywood friend, such asRonald Reaganin his successful gubernatorial bids in 1966 and 1970[27]as well as all four of his presidential bids in 1968, 1976, 1980, and 1984. Romero also joined with fellow actors and actresses in lobbying theUnited States Congressto present the then-dyingJohn Waynewith aCongressional Gold Medalfor his service to the nation.[28]
Personal life
editRomero was a lifelongbachelorand had no children.[citation needed]
Romero made frequent appearances at Hollywood events escorting actresses, such asJoan Crawford,Linda Darnell,Barbara Stanwyck,Lucille Ball,Ann Sheridan,Jane Wyman,Agnes Moorehead, andGinger Rogers.[citation needed]
Many Hollywood historians and biographers have speculated on Romero being very private about his sexuality.[29][30][31][32][33][34][35]In 1996,Boze Hadleighwrote a book,Hollywood Gays,containing a series of claimed interviews in which Romero allegedly came out.[36][37]Romero died two years before the book was released, and while many of the interviews in the book are disputed as possible forgeries, many are not disputed.[38]
Charlie Harper,lead singer of English punk bandUK Subs,is reportedly a nephew of Romero.[39]
Death
editOn January 1, 1994, 45 days short of his 87th birthday, Romero died from complications of a blood clot while being treated forbronchitisandpneumoniaatSaint John's Health CenterinSanta Monica, California.[19]
His body was cremated and the ashes were interred atInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California.[40]
For his contributions to the motion picture and television industry, Romero has a star on theHollywood Walk of Fameat 6615 Hollywood Boulevard for film and another star at 1719 Vine Street for television.[41][42]
Filmography
editFilm
editYear | Title | Role | Notes |
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1933 | The Shadow Laughs | Tony Rico | |
1934 | The Thin Man | Chris Jorgenson | |
1934 | British Agent | Tito Del Val | |
1934 | Cheating Cheaters | Tom Palmer | |
1934 | Strange Wives | Boris | |
1935 | Clive of India | Mir Jaffar | |
1935 | A Dream Comes True | Himself | Uncredited |
1935 | The Good Fairy | Joe | |
1935 | Cardinal Richelieu | Andre de Pons | |
1935 | The Devil Is a Woman | Antonio Galvan | |
1935 | Hold 'Em Yale | Gigolo Georgie | |
1935 | Diamond Jim | Jerry Richardson | |
1935 | Metropolitan | Niki Baroni | |
1935 | Rendezvous | Nieterstein | |
1935 | Show Them No Mercy! | Tobey | |
1936 | Love Before Breakfast | Bill Wadsworth | |
1936 | Nobody's Fool | Dizzy Rantz | |
1936 | Public Enemy's Wife | Gene Maroc | |
1937 | Wee Willie Winkie | Khoda Khan | |
1937 | Dangerously Yours | Victor Morell | |
1937 | Ali Baba Goes to Town | Himself | Uncredited |
1938 | Happy Landing | Duke Sargent | |
1938 | Always Goodbye | Count Giovanni 'Gino' Corini | |
1938 | My Lucky Star | George Cabot Jr | |
1938 | Five of a Kind | Duke Lester | |
1939 | Wife, Husband and Friend | Hugo | |
1939 | The Little Princess | Ram Dass | |
1939 | The Return of the Cisco Kid | Lopez | |
1939 | Frontier Marshal | Doc Halliday | |
1939 | Charlie Chan at Treasure Island | Rhadini | |
1939 | The Cisco Kid and the Lady | Cisco Kid | |
1939 | Hollywood Hobbies | Himself | Uncredited |
1940 | He Married His Wife | Freddie | |
1940 | Viva Cisco Kid | Cisco Kid | |
1940 | Lucky Cisco Kid | Cisco Kid | |
1940 | The Gay Caballero | Cisco Kid | |
1941 | Romance of the Rio Grande | Cisco Kid / Real and fake Carlos Hernandez | |
1941 | Tall, Dark and Handsome | J.J. 'Shep' Morrison | |
1941 | Ride on Vaquero | Cisco Kid | |
1941 | The Great American Broadcast | Bruce Chadwick | |
1941 | Dance Hall | Duke McKay | |
1941 | Week-End in Havana | Monte Blanca | |
1942 | A Gentleman at Heart | Tony Miller | |
1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Harry Wilson | |
1942 | Orchestra Wives | St. John 'Sinjin' Smith | |
1942 | Springtime in the Rockies | Victor Prince | |
1943 | Coney Island | Joe Rocco | |
1943 | Wintertime | Brad Barton | |
1946 | Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Victory Show | Himself | |
1947 | Carnival in Costa Rica | Pepe Castro | |
1947 | Captain from Castile | Hernán Cortés | |
1948 | That Lady in Ermine | Joe Sanger | |
1948 | Julia Misbehaves | Fred Ghenoccio | |
1948 | Deep Waters | Count Mario | |
1949 | The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | Blackie Jobero | |
1949 | Screen Snapshots: Motion Picture Mothers, Inc. | Himself | |
1950 | Love That Brute | Pretty Willie Wetzchahofsky | |
1950 | Once a Thief | Mitch Moore | |
1951 | Happy Go Lovely | John Frost | |
1951 | Lost Continent | Major Joe Nolan | |
1951 | FBI Girl | FBI Agent Glen Stedman | |
1952 | The Jungle | Rama Singh | |
1952 | Lady in the Fog | Philip 'Phil' O'Dell | |
1953 | The Sword of Granada | Don Pedro de Rivera | |
1953 | Street of Shadows | Luigi | |
1953 | Prisoners of the Casbah | Firouz | |
1954 | Vera Cruz | Marquis Henri de Labordere | |
1955 | The Americano | Manuel Silvera / "El Gato" / Etc. | |
1955 | The Racers | Carlos Chavez | |
1956 | The Leather Saint | Tony Lorenzo | |
1956 | Around the World in 80 Days | Abdullah's henchman | |
1957 | The Story of Mankind | Spanish Envoy | |
1958 | Villa!! | Tomás Lopez | |
1959 | My Private Secretaries | Rafael Travesi | |
1960 | Ocean's 11 | Duke Santos | |
1960 | Pepe | Himself | |
1961 | Seven Women from Hell | Luis Hullman | |
1961 | The Runaway | Father Dugan | |
1962 | If a Man Answers | Robert Swan / Adam Wright | |
1963 | We Shall Return | Carlos Rodriguez | |
1963 | The Castilian | Jerónimo | |
1963 | Donovan's Reef | Marquis Andre de Lage | |
1963 | Saint Mike | Unknown role | |
1964 | A House Is Not a Home | Lucky Luciano | |
1965 | Two on a Guillotine | John Harley 'Duke' Duquesne | |
1965 | Sergeant Deadhead | Admiral Stoneham | |
1965 | Marriage on the Rocks | Miguel Santos | |
1966 | Batman | The Joker | |
1968 | Madigan's Millions | Mike Madigan | |
1968 | Hot Millions | Customs Inspector | |
1968 | Skidoo | Hechy | |
1969 | Crooks and Coronets | Nick Marco | |
1969 | Midas Run | Carlo Dodero | |
1969 | Target: Harry | Lt. George Duval | |
1969 | Latitude Zero | Dr. Malic / Lt. Hastings | |
1969 | The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes | A. J. Arno | |
1969 | A Talent for Loving | Don Jose | |
1970 | The Red, White, and Black | Col. Grierson | |
1971 | Once Upon a Wheel | Himself | |
1971 | The Last Generation | Unknown role | Archive footage |
1972 | The Proud and the Damned | San Carlos' Mayor | |
1972 | Now You See Him, Now You Don't | A. J. Arno | |
1974 | The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe | Dr. Richard Grimaldi | |
1974 | The Haunted Mouth | B. Plaque | Also Narrator |
1975 | The Strongest Man in the World | A. J. Arno | |
1975 | Timber Tramps | Greedy sawmill mogul | |
1976 | Carioca Tigre | Don Rosalindo Y Guana | |
1977 | Mission to Glory: A True Story | Admiral Atondo | |
1985 | Lust in the Dust | Father Garcia | |
1988 | Judgement Day | Octavio | |
1995 | Carmen Miranda: Bananas is My Business | Himself | |
1998 | The Right Way | Don Genese | Final role Posthumous release |
Television
editYear | Title | Role | Notes |
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1950 | The Ed Wynn Show | Himself | 1 episode |
1954–1958 | Passport to Danger | Steve McQuinn | 33 episodes |
1954 | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Himself | TV short |
1956–1967 | The Red Skelton Hour | Prison Convict, Mustapha Dame, Concierge, Russian agent, Clayton Harrison, Witch Doctor, Plumber, Advertising Agency Executive, Pierre, Big Bill - Racketeer | 11 episodes |
1957 | Navy Log | Himself/host | |
1957 | The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show | Carlos Garcia | Episode: "Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana |
1958 | Wagon Train | Hon Don 'Charlie' Carlos de Fuentes | Episode: "The Honorable Don Charlie Story" |
1959 | Zorro | Esteban de la Cruz | 4 episodes |
1959 | The Texan | Captain Joaquin Acosta | Episode: "Caballero" |
1959 | John Gunther's High Road | Himself | 1 episode |
1959 | Death Valley Days | Don Augustin Oblivion | Episode: "Olvera" |
1959–1965 | Rawhide | Col. Emilio Vasquez, Don Francisco Maldenado, Big Tim Sloan, Ben Teagle | 4 episodes |
1960 | Love and Marriage | Himself | 1 episode |
1960 | Stagecoach West | Manolo Lalanda | Episode: "A Time To Run" |
1960 | Five Fingers | Ferri | Episode: "Counterfeit" |
1960–1961 | Stagecoach West | Colonel Francisco Martinez | 2 episodes |
1961 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | The Man from Everywhere | Episode: "The Ballet of the Pater Bullet" |
1962 | The Beachcomber | Jaoquin Perez, Krasny | 2 episodes |
1963 | Fractured Flickers | Himself | 1 episode |
1963 | 77 Sunset Strip | Lorenzo Cestari | Episode: "5: Part 4 |
1963–1965 | Burke's Law | Police Chief Alvaro, Gregorio Jonas, Antonio Cardoza, Louis Simone, Marcus DeGrute | 5 episodes |
1964 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Paul Marino | Episode: "Onions, Garlic and Flowers That Bloom in the Spring" |
1964–1970 | The Mike Douglas Show | Himself | Unknown episodes |
1965 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Victor Gervais | Episode: "The Never-Never Affair" |
1965 | Bonanza | Guido Borelli | Episode: "The Deadliest Game" |
1965 | Branded | Gen. Arriola | Episode: "The Mission: Part 2" |
1965 | Ben Casey | Frederic Delano | Episode: "Did Your Mother Come from Ireland, Ben Casey?" |
1966–1969 | Daniel Boone | Esteban de Vaca, Adm. Alejandro Buenaventura, Colonel Carlos Navarro | 3 episodes |
1966–1968 | Batman | The Joker | 22 episodes |
1967 | T.H.E. Cat | Gordon Amley | Episode: "Queen of Diamonds, Knave of Hearts" |
1968 | Get Smart | Kinsey Krispen | Episode: "The Reluctant Redhead" |
1969 | Here's Lucy | Tony Rivera | Episode: "A Date for Lucy" |
1970 | Julia | Bunny Henderson, Bernard Henderson | 5 episodes |
1970 | Bewitched | Ernest Hitchcock | Episode: "Salem, Here We Come" |
1970 | It Takes a Thief | Mike | Episode: "Beyond a Treasonable Doubt" |
1971 | The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World | Himself | TV movie documentary |
1971 | The Jimmy Stewart Show | Harris Crofton | 2 episodes |
1971 | Love, American Style | Young Unmarrieds | 1 episode |
1971 | Nanny and the Professor | Schiavoni | Episode: "The Man Who Came to Pasta" |
1971 | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Himself | TV movie |
1971 | The Merv Griffin Show | Himself | 1 episode |
1971–1972 | Alias Smith and Jones | Armendariz | 3 episodes |
1972 | The Mod Squad | Frank Barton | Episode: "The Connection" |
1972 | The Jimmy Stewart Show | Admiral Decker | 2 episodes |
1973 | Chase | Parker | Episode: "A Bit of Class" |
1974 | Ironside | Tony Hudson | Episode: "The Last Cotillion" |
1974 | Banacek | Marius Avantalu | Episode: "The Vanishing Chalice" |
1974 | Dinah! | Himself | 1 episode |
1975 | Medical Center | Packy | Episode: "The High Cost of Winning" |
1976 | Ellery Queen | Armand Danello | Episode: "The Adventure of the Wary Witness" |
1977 | Chico and the Man | Gilberto Rodriguez | Episode: "Chco's Padre" |
1978 | Vega$ | Christopher Vincente | Episode: "Lost Women" |
1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Amos Armat | Episode: "Vegas in Space" |
1979–1983 | Fantasy Island | Sheikh Hameel Habib, Edmond Rome, Frederick Kragen, Maestro Roger Alexander | 4 episodes |
1980 | Charlie's Angels | Elton Mills | Episode: "Dancing' Angels" |
1982 | Matt Houston | Miles Gantry | Episode: "Who Would Kill Ramona?" |
1983 | Hart to Hart | Dr. Villac | Episode: "Chamber of Lost Harts" |
1984–1986 | The Love Boat | Carlos Belmonte, John, Stockton, John Drake | 4 episodes |
1985 | Magnum, P.I. | Doc Villoroch | Episode: "Little Games" |
1985–1992 | Murder, She Wrote | Marcello Abruzzi, Diego Santana | 2 episodes |
1985 | Family Feud | Himself | 1 episode |
1985–1988 | Falcon Crest | Peter Stavros | 52 episodes |
1985–1986 | Riptide | Angelo Guirilini | 2 episodes |
1988 | The Tracey Ullman Show | Roland Diego | 1 episode |
1990 | The Golden Girls | Tony | Episode: "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun... Before They Die" |
1993 | Edna Time! | Himself | 1 episode |
Theatre
editYear | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1929 | The Street Singer | John | Broadway[43][44] |
1932 | Dinner at Eight | Ricci | Broadway[43][44] |
Radio appearances
editYear | Program | Episode/source |
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1949 | Burns and Allen Show | Caesar Romero Steals Bills Girlfriend |
1952 | Hollywood Star Playhouse | Diamonds of Gulaga[45] |
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