Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 15, 1907
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Cesar Romero
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3-D Rarities: Volume II | (archive) |
| 2019 | Hollywood, The Dream Life of Lana Turner | Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Heart of Batman | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2010 | 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | (archive footage) |
| 2002 | The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema | |
| 2001 | Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes | Joker (archive footage) |
| 1995 | Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business | Self |
| 1995 | Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice | Self |
| 1993 | Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling | Self |
| 1989 | Simple Justice | Vincenzo DiLorenzo |
| 1988 | Judgement Day | Octavio |
| 1988 | Mortuary Academy | Ship's Captain |
| 1987 | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self |
| 1985 | Lust in the Dust | Father Garcia |
| 1985 | Flesh and Bullets | Santa Monica Judge |
| 1977 | Mission to Glory: A True Story | Adm. Juan Atondo |
| 1977 | Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready | Teodoro Bruzizi |
| 1976 | Carioca Tigre | Don Rosalindo Y Guana |
| 1975 | The Strongest Man in the World | A.J. Arno |
| 1975 | Timber Tramps | Greedy sawmill mogul |
| 1974 | The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe | Dr. Richard Grimaldi |
| 1974 | The Haunted Mouth | B. Plaque (Narrator) |
| 1972 | Now You See Him, Now You Don't | A.J. Arno |
| 1972 | The Proud and Damned | San Carlos' Mayor |
| 1971 | The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World | Self |
| 1971 | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Cesar Romero (uncredited) |
| 1970 | The Red, White, and Black | Col. Grierson |
| 1969 | The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes | A.J. Arno |
| 1969 | Latitude Zero | Dr. Malic / Lt. Hastings |
| 1969 | Target: Harry | Lt. George Duval |
| 1969 | Midas Run | Carlo Dodero |
| 1969 | Crooks and Coronets | Nick Marco |
| 1969 | A Talent for Loving | Landbesitzer |
| 1968 | Madigan's Millions | Mike Madigan |
| 1968 | Skidoo | Hechy |
| 1968 | Hot Millions | Customs Inspector |
| 1966 | Batman | The Joker |
| 1966 | Clown Alley | Clown |
| 1965 | Two on a Guillotine | John Harley 'Duke' Duquesne |
| 1965 | Sergeant Deadhead | Admiral Stoneham |
| 1965 | Uncertain Verification | (archive footage) |
| 1965 | Marriage on the Rocks | Miguel Santos |
| 1965 | Broken Sabre | General Arriola |
| 1965 | Salute to Stan Laurel | Self |
| 1964 | A House Is Not a Home | Charlie "Lucky" Luciano |
| 1963 | Donovan's Reef | Andre de Lage |
| 1963 | The Castilian | Jerónimo |
| 1963 | We Shall Return | Carlos Rodriguez |
| 1962 | If a Man Answers | Robert Swan / Adam Wright |
| 1961 | Seven Women from Hell | Luis Hullman |
| 1961 | The Runaway | Father Dugan |
| 1960 | Ocean's Eleven | Duke Santos |
| 1960 | Pepe | Cesar Romero |
| 1959 | Mis secretarias privadas | |
| 1958 | Villa!! | Tomás Lopez |
| 1957 | The Story of Mankind | Spanish Envoy |
| 1956 | The Leather Saint | Tony Lorenzo |
| 1956 | Around the World in Eighty Days | Abdullah's Henchman |
| 1956 | Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower | Mambo Teacher |
| 1955 | The Americano | Manuel Silvera / 'El Gato' / Barbossa |
| 1955 | The Racers | Carlos Chavez |
| 1954 | Vera Cruz | Marquis Henri de Labordere |
| 1954 | The Sword of Granada | Don Pedro de Rivera |
| 1953 | Street of Shadows | Luigi |
| 1953 | Prisoners of the Casbah | Firouz |
| 1952 | Lady in the Fog | Philip 'Phil' O'Dell |
| 1952 | The Jungle | Rama Singh |
| 1951 | Lost Continent | Maj. Joe Nolan |
| 1951 | FBI Girl | Glen Stedman |
| 1951 | Happy Go Lovely | John Frost |
| 1950 | Once a Thief | Mitch Moore |
| 1950 | Love That Brute | Pretty Willie Wetzchahofsky |
| 1949 | The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | Blackie Jobero |
| 1948 | Deep Waters | Joe Sanger |
| 1948 | Julia Misbehaves | Fred Ghenoccio |
| 1948 | That Lady in Ermine | Count Mario |
| 1947 | Captain from Castile | Hernando Cortez |
| 1947 | Carnival in Costa Rica | Pepe Castro |
| 1944 | Take It or Leave It | (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Wintertime | Brad Barton |
| 1943 | Coney Island | Joe Rocco |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Harry Wilson |
| 1942 | Orchestra Wives | St. John "Sinjin" Smith |
| 1942 | Springtime in the Rockies | Victor Prince |
| 1942 | A Gentleman at Heart | Tony Miller |
| 1941 | Week-End in Havana | Monte Blanca |
| 1941 | Tall, Dark and Handsome | J.J. "Shep" Morrison |
| 1941 | Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 | Self |
| 1941 | Romance of the Rio Grande | The Cisco Kid |
| 1941 | Ride on Vaquero | The Cisco Kid |
| 1941 | Dance Hall | Duke McKay |
| 1941 | The Great American Broadcast | Bruce Chadwick |
| 1940 | Lucky Cisco Kid | The Cisco Kid |
| 1940 | He Married His Wife | Freddie |
| 1940 | Viva Cisco Kid | The Cisco Kid |
| 1940 | The Gay Caballero | The Cisco Kid |
| 1939 | The Little Princess | Ram Dass |
| 1939 | Charlie Chan at Treasure Island | Fred Rhadini |
| 1939 | Frontier Marshal | John 'Doc' Halliday |
| 1939 | The Cisco Kid and the Lady | The Cisco Kid |
| 1939 | Hollywood Hobbies | Self (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Wife, Husband and Friend | Hugo |
| 1939 | The Return of the Cisco Kid | Lopez |
| 1939 | Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 | Cesar Romero |
| 1938 | Happy Landing | Duke Sargent |
| 1938 | Always Goodbye | Count Giovanni 'Gino' Corini |
| 1938 | Five of a Kind | Duke Lester |
| 1938 | My Lucky Star | George Cabot Jr |
| 1937 | Wee Willie Winkie | Khoda Khan |
| 1937 | She's Dangerous | Nick Sheldon, alias Al Shaw |
| 1937 | Armored Car | Petack |
| 1937 | Dangerously Yours | Victor Morell |
| 1937 | Ali Baba Goes to Town | Himself |
| 1936 | Love Before Breakfast | Bill Wadsworth |
| 1936 | 15 Maiden Lane | Frank Peyton |
| 1936 | Public Enemy's Wife | Gene Maroc |
| 1936 | Nobody's Fool | Dizzy Rantz |
| 1936 | Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self |
| 1935 | The Devil Is a Woman | Antonio Galvan |
| 1935 | The Good Fairy | Joe |
| 1935 | Rendezvous | Capt. Nicholas 'Nikki' Nieterstein |
| 1935 | Show Them No Mercy! | Tobey |
| 1935 | Metropolitan | Niki Baroni |
| 1935 | Diamond Jim | Jerry Richardson |
| 1935 | Cardinal Richelieu | Andre de Pons |
| 1935 | Clive of India | Mir Jaffar |
| 1935 | A Dream Comes True | Himself (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Hold 'Em Yale | Georgie, the Chaser |
| 1934 | The Thin Man | Chris Jorgenson |
| 1934 | British Agent | Tito Del Val |
| 1934 | Strange Wives | Boris |
| 1934 | Cheating Cheaters | Tom Palmer |
| 1933 | The Shadow Laughs | Tony Rico |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Jack's Place | |
| 1986 | Blacke's Magic | |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | Tony |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Marcello Abruzzi |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Diego Santana |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | Peter Stavros |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Doc Villoroch |
| 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Amos Armat |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | |
| 1978 | Vega$ | Christopher Vincente |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Elton Mills |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen | |
| 1974 | Chico and the Man | |
| 1972 | Banacek | Marius Avantalu |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor | |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | Count Dracula |
| 1969 | Medical Center | |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy | Tony Rivera |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | |
| 1968 | Julia | |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | Mike |
| 1967 | Ironside | Tony Hudson |
| 1966 | Batman | The Joker |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 | |
| 1965 | Get Smart | |
| 1965 | Branded | |
| 1964 | Bewitched | |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Esteban de Vaca |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Colonel Carlos Navarro |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Adm. Alejandro Buenaventura |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Marcus DeGrute |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Police Chief Alvaro |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Louis Simone |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Antonio Cardoza |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Gregorio Jonas |
| 1962 | The Beachcomber | Krasny |
| 1962 | The Beachcomber | Jaoquin Perez |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors! | |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | |
| 1961 | Follow the Sun | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Paul Marino |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host |
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys | |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West | Francisco Martinez |
| 1960 | The Chevy Mystery Show | Prince Florizel |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West | 'Lalanda' |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Big Tim Sloan |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Don Francisco Maldenado |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Col. Emilio Vasquez |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Lorenzo Cestari |
| 1958 | The Texan | Captain Joaquin Acosta |
| 1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | Carlos Garcia |
| 1957 | Zorro | Esteban de la Cruz |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Carlos Gandara |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Francisco |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Tom Bowdry |
| 1956 | The Ford Show | Self |
| 1954 | Climax! | Mendy Mendez |
| 1954 | Passport to Danger | |
| 1954 | Climax! | Miguel |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | Duke Thompson |
| 1954 | The George Gobel Show | Self |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days | Don Augustin Olvera |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Big Bill - Racketeer |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Andre Casell |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Panelist |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self |
| 1948 | Studio One | Pat De Carlo |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter |