Cesar Romero

Actor Feb 15 (died age 86) New York City, New York, USA 1933–2020 (87 year career)

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Biography

Cesar Julio Romero, Jr. (February 15, 1907 – January 1, 1994) was a Cuban-American film and television actor who was active in film, radio, and television for almost sixty years. His wide range of screen roles included Latin lovers, historical figures in costume dramas, characters in light domestic comedies, and as The Joker in television's Batman series.

Known For

Film

The Thin Man

Chris Jorgenson

Film

Batman

The Joker

Film

Around the World in 80 Days

Abdullah's Henchman

Film

Ocean's Eleven

Duke Santos

Film

Vera Cruz

Marquis Henri de Labordere

Film

The Little Princess

Ram Dass

Film

Donovan's Reef

Andre de Lage

Film

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

A.J. Arno

Filmography

Acting (207)

Movies (139)

3-D Rarities: Volume II

2020

as (archive)

6.0

Heart of Batman

2018

as Self (archive footage)

7.9

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

2012

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2010

as (archive footage)

6.1

Experiments in Terror

2003

1.0

Batman: Holy Batmania!

2003

as The Joker / Himself

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

2002

6.2

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

2001

as Joker (archive footage)

6.9

Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice

1995

as Self

Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

1995

as Self

7.4

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

1993

as Self

Simple Justice

1989

as Vincenzo DiLorenzo

Mortuary Academy

as Ship's Captain

Judgement Day

as Octavio

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

as Self

5.7

All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

as Self

Lust in the Dust

as Father Garcia

Flesh and Bullets

as Santa Monica Judge

4.3

We Think the World Is Round

1984

as Santa Maria (voice)

Pancho Villa's Treasure

1978

as Self - Host

Mission to Glory: A True Story

1977

as Juan Atondo

5.0

Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready

1977

as Teodoro Bruzizi

Carioca Tigre

1976

as Don Rosalindo Y Guana

The Strongest Man in the World

1975

as A.J. Arno

6.1

Timber Tramps

1975

as Greedy sawmill mogul

The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe

1974

as Dr. Richard Grimaldi

3.0

The Haunted Mouth

1974

as B. Plaque (Narrator)

4.0

The Proud and Damned

1972

as San Carlos' Mayor

3.9

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

1972

as A.J. Arno

6.2

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

1971

as Cesar Romero (uncredited)

4.3

The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World

1971

as Self

7.0

The Red, White, and Black

1970

as Col. Grierson

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

as A.J. Arno

Midas Run

as Carlo Dodero

Latitude Zero

as Dr. Malic / Lt. Hastings

Target: Harry

as Lt. George Duval

Crooks and Coronets

as Nick Marco

A Talent for Loving

as Landbesitzer

Hot Millions

as Customs Inspector

Skidoo

as Hechy

Madigan's Millions

as Mike Madigan

Batman

as The Joker

Clown Alley

as Clown

Sergeant Deadhead

as Admiral Stoneham

Broken Sabre

as General Arriola

Two on a Guillotine

1965

as John Harley 'Duke' Duquesne

6.1

Uncertain Verification

1965

as (archive footage)

6.6

Marriage on the Rocks

1965

as Miguel Santos

5.6

Salute to Stan Laurel

1965

as Self

A House Is Not a Home

1964

as Charlie "Lucky" Luciano

Donovan's Reef

as Andre de Lage

We Shall Return

as Carlos Rodriguez

The Castilian

as Jerónimo

If a Man Answers

1962

as Robert Swan / Adam Wright

6.0

Seven Women from Hell

1961

as Luis Hullman

3.7

The Runaway

1961

as Father Dugan

Ocean's Eleven

as Duke Santos

Pepe

as Cesar Romero

Mis secretarias privadas

1959

5.0

Villa!!

1958

as Tomás Lopez

The Story of Mankind

1957

as Spanish Envoy

4.3

Around the World in 80 Days

1956

as Abdullah's Henchman

6.6

The Leather Saint

1956

as Tony Lorenzo

Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower

1956

as Mambo Teacher

The Americano

1955

as Manuel Silvera / 'El Gato' / Barbossa

The Racers

as Carlos Chavez

Vera Cruz

as Marquis Henri de Labordere

6.6

The Sword of Granada

1954

as Don Pedro de Rivera

5.6

Prisoners of the Casbah

as Firouz

Street of Shadows

as Luigi

The Jungle

as Rama Singh

Lady in the Fog

as Philip 'Phil' O'Dell

Happy Go Lovely

as John Frost

Lost Continent

as Maj. Joe Nolan

FBI Girl

as Glen Stedman

Once a Thief

as Mitch Moore

Love That Brute

as Pretty Willie Wetzchahofsky

6.4

Shooting Stars

1950

as Self

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

as Blackie Jobero

Julia Misbehaves

as Fred Ghenoccio

Deep Waters

as Joe Sanger

That Lady in Ermine

as Count Mario

Captain from Castile

as Hernando Cortez

Carnival in Costa Rica

1947

as Pepe Castro

6.0

Take It or Leave It

1944

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Coney Island

as Joe Rocco

Wintertime

as Brad Barton

A Gentleman at Heart

as Tony Miller

Tales of Manhattan

as Harry Wilson

Orchestra Wives

as St. John "Sinjin" Smith

6.3

Springtime in the Rockies

1942

as Victor Prince

6.7

The Great American Broadcast

as Bruce Chadwick

Ride on Vaquero

as The Cisco Kid

Tall, Dark and Handsome

1941

as J.J. "Shep" Morrison

5.7

Week-End in Havana

1941

as Monte Blanca

6.7

Romance of the Rio Grande

1941

as The Cisco Kid

3.8

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

1941

as Self

Dance Hall

as Duke McKay

Lucky Cisco Kid

as The Cisco Kid

He Married His Wife

as Freddie

The Gay Caballero

as The Cisco Kid

Viva Cisco Kid

as The Cisco Kid

The Little Princess

as Ram Dass

Frontier Marshal

as John 'Doc' Halliday

6.2

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

1939

as Cesar Romero

4.0

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

1939

as Fred Rhadini

6.7

Wife, Husband and Friend

1939

as Hugo

6.0

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

as The Cisco Kid

Hollywood Hobbies

as Self (uncredited)

The Return of the Cisco Kid

as Lopez

Five of a Kind

as Duke Lester

Happy Landing

as Duke Sargent

My Lucky Star

as George Cabot Jr

Always Goodbye

as Count Giovanni 'Gino' Corini

Dangerously Yours

as Victor Morell

Wee Willie Winkie

as Khoda Khan

Armored Car

as Petack

She's Dangerous

as Nick Sheldon, alias Al Shaw

5.0

Ali Baba Goes to Town

1937

as Himself

5.9

Nobody's Fool

1936

as Dizzy Rantz

Public Enemy's Wife

1936

as Gene Maroc

5.8

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

as Self

15 Maiden Lane

as Frank Peyton

Love Before Breakfast

as Bill Wadsworth

Clive of India

as Mir Jaffar

Diamond Jim

as Jerry Richardson

Cardinal Richelieu

as Andre de Pons

Metropolitan

as Niki Baroni

The Devil Is a Woman

1935

as Antonio Galvan

6.2

Hold 'Em Yale

1935

as Georgie, the Chaser

The Good Fairy

as Joe

Rendezvous

as Capt. Nicholas 'Nikki' Nieterstein

Show Them No Mercy!

as Tobey

A Dream Comes True

as Himself (uncredited)

5.5

Cheating Cheaters

1934

as Tom Palmer

British Agent

as Tito Del Val

The Thin Man

as Chris Jorgenson

Strange Wives

as Boris

The Shadow Laughs

1933

as Tony Rico

4.6

Television (68)

Jack's Place

Blacke's Magic

The Golden Girls

as Tony

Murder, She Wrote

as Diego Santana

Matt Houston

as Gantry

Falcon Crest

as Peter Stavros

Falcon Crest

as Peter Stavros

Magnum, P.I.

as Doc Villoroch

Hart to Hart

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

1979

as Amos Armat

6.9

Vega$

1978

as Christopher Vincente

The Love Boat

as John Drake

Charlie's Angels

as Elton Mills

Ellery Queen

as Armand Danello

Chico and the Man

Banacek

as Marius Avantalu

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

Alias Smith and Jones

Once Upon a Wheel

as Self

Night Gallery

as Count Dracula

Nanny and the Professor

Love, American Style

Medical Center

It Takes a Thief

as Mike

Here's Lucy

as Tony Rivera

The Mod Squad

Julia

Ironside

as Tony Hudson

Batman

as The Joker

ABC Stage 67

Get Smart

as Kinsey Krispen

Branded

Bewitched

Daniel Boone

as Esteban de Vaca

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Victor Gervais

Burke's Law

as Marcus DeGrute

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Beachcomber

1962

as Krasny

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Paul Marino

Ben Casey

Target: The Corruptors!

Follow the Sun

Stagecoach West

as 'Lalanda'

Pete and Gladys

The Chevy Mystery Show

as Prince Florizel

Rawhide

as Big Tim Sloan

77 Sunset Strip

as Lorenzo Cestari

The Texan

as Captain Joaquin Acosta

5.5

Zorro

1957

as Esteban de la Cruz

7.5

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957

as Carlos Garcia

8.6

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Carlos Gandara

6.0

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

The Ford Show

as Self

Climax!

as Mendy Mendez

Studio 57

as Duke Thompson

The George Gobel Show

as Self

Passport to Danger

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

7.3

Death Valley Days

1952

as Don Augustin Olvera

6.4

The Red Skelton Show

1951

as Big Bill - Racketeer

7.4

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

What's My Line?

as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Lux Video Theatre

as Andre Casell

Studio One

as Pat De Carlo

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter