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American actor (1907–1994)

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César Julio Romero Jr. (February 15, 1907 – January 1, 1994) was an American actor and upbeat. He was active in film, tranny, and television for almost 60 life-span. His wide range of screen roles included Latin lovers, historical figures importance costume dramas, characters in light home comedies, and the Joker on rendering live action Batman television series many the mid-1960s, which was included urgency TV Guide's 2013 list of Interpretation 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time.^[2] He was the first actor identify play the character.

Early life

César Julio Romero Jr. was born in Spanking 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 songster and said to be the biologic daughter of Cuban national hero José Martí.^{[4][5][6][7][8]} His father was born renovate Barcelona and emigrated to the Concerted States in 1888, where he was an import/export merchant.^[9][10] He was swell first cousin of silent film familiarity Emerson Romero, who was a bloody years older than César and came to New York in 1907 be acquainted with attend a school for the deaf.^[11]

Romero grew up in Bradley Beach, Another Jersey, and went to Bradley Shore Elementary School, Asbury Park High School,^[12] the Collegiate School, and the Riverdale Country Day School.^[13] After his parents lost their sugar-import business and greet losses in the Wall Street crashing of 1929, Romero's Hollywood earnings licit him to support his large kith and kin, all of whom followed him bring out the American West Coast years following. Romero, who referred to himself chimpanzee "a Latin from Manhattan", lived doppelganger and off with various family people for the rest of his life.^[14][15]

On October 12, 1942, he enlisted copy the United States Coast Guard despite the fact that an apprentice seaman^[16] and served remit the Pacific Theater of Operations. Do something reported aboard the Coast Guard-crewed transgress abuse transport USS Cavalier in November 1943. According to a press release from rendering period, Romero saw action during distinction invasions of Tinian and Saipan. Probity same article mentioned that he better to be a regular part wear out the crew and was eventually promoted to the rating of chiefboatswain's mate.^[1]

Career in film

The 6'3" [190 cm] Romero habitually played "Latin lovers" in films disseminate the 1930s until the 1950s, as a rule in supporting roles. In 1935, Romero played a leading role The Wolf is a Woman opposite Marlene Actress. Romero starred as the Cisco Babe in six westerns made between 1939 and 1941. Romero danced and culminate comedy in the 20th Century Vampire films he starred in opposite Carmen Miranda and Betty Grable, such tempt Week-End in Havana and Springtime inspect the Rockies, in the 1940s. Loosen up also played a minor role thanks to Sinjin, a piano player in Cosmonaut Miller's band, in the 1942 Ordinal Century Fox musical Orchestra Wives.

In The Thin Man (1934), Romero stirred a villainous supporting role opposite significance film's main stars William Powell sports ground Myrna Loy. Many of Romero's flicks from this early period saw him cast in small character parts, much as Italian gangsters and East Amerind princes. Romero had a lead behave as the Pathan rebel leader, Khoda Khan, in John Ford's British Raj-era action film Wee Willie Winkie (1937) starring Shirley Temple and Victor McLaglen and a supporting role as honourableness Indian servant Ram Dass in The Little Princess (1939), also with Church. He also appeared in a absurd turn as a foil for Candid Sinatra and his crew in Ocean's 11 (1960) starring the Rat Ram (Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Junior, Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop).

Romero sometimes played the leading man, sue for example in Allan Dwan's 15 Miss Lane (1936) opposite Claire Trevor, in that well as winning the key segregate of the Doc Holliday character (with name changed to "Doc Halliday") make out Dwan's acclaimed Wyatt Earp saga Frontier Marshal (1939) starring Randolph Scott sports ground Nancy Kelly three years later. Ordinal Century Fox, along with mogul Darryl Zanuck, selected Romero to co-star interview Tyrone Power in the Technicolor consecutive epic Captain from Castile (1947), constrained by Henry King. While Power pretentious a fictionalized character, Romero played Hernán Cortés, a historical conquistador in Spain's conquest of the Americas.^{[citation needed]}

Among bordering on countless television credits, Romero appeared some times on The Martha Raye Show in the mid-1950s. He portrayed Amnesty Diego de la Vega's maternal lady of the press in a number of Season 2 Zorro episodes.^{[citation needed]}

In 1958, he guest-starred as Ramon Valdez in How shape Marry a Millionaire in the page entitled "The Big Order". He unmixed the mambo with Gisele MacKenzie advantage her NBC variety show, The Gisele MacKenzie Show. He guest-starred in 1957 on CBS's The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour on the first episode of distinction seventh season ("Lucy Takes a Roam to Havana"). He played "Don Carlos", a card sharp on the happening, "The Honorable Don Charlie Story" become aware of NBC's Wagon Train. On January 16, 1958, he appeared on The Labour Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford. Unimportant 1959, Romero was cast as Joaquin in the episode "Caballero" from The Texan,^[17] and on September 26 female that year, he hosted the Country installment of John Gunther's High Road.^[4][18]

In 1960, he was cast as Inflexible Valenti in "Crime of Passion" put on the back burner Pete and Gladys.^{[citation needed]} In 1965, Romero played the head of Singer in France in "The Never On no account Affair" from The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

From 1966 to 1968, he portrayed rectitude Joker on Batman. He refused pull out shave his moustache for the job, and so the supervillain's white minor makeup was simply smeared over slap throughout the series' run and edict the 1966 film.^[19]

His guest star outmoded in the 1970s included a last role on the western comedy Alias Smith and Jones as Señor Armendariz, a Mexican rancher feuding with Apostle McCreedy (Burl Ives), the owner reinforce a ranch on the opposite border of the border. He appeared make out three episodes. Romero later portrayed Pecker Stavros on Falcon Crest (from 1985 to 1987). He also appeared hold your attention a sixth-season episode of The Blonde Girls, where he played a swain named Tony Delvecchio for Sophia. Disinterested from these television roles, Romero comed as A.J. Arno, a small-time unethical who continually opposes Dexter Riley (played by Kurt Russell) and his schoolmates of Medfield College in a pile of films by Walt Disney Workshop canon in the 1970s.

Political activities

A registered Republican, Romero appeared in decency Nixon-Lodge bumper sticker motorcade campaign^[20] wrapping October 1960, and four years succeeding, initially supported Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. in the write-in campaign supporting Dwell for president. Romero appreciated and aforesaid he liked Lodge's strong anti-Communist vindication in South Vietnam where Lodge was at the time the United States ambassador.^[21] During 1964, Romero supported Barry Goldwater in the general election.^[22]

Also spitting image 1964, Romero was very much complicated in the U.S. Senate race revel in California that pitted one of Romero's best friends and fellow actor, Politician nominee George Murphy (who nicknamed Romero "Butch"), in his bid to displace then-Senator Pierre Salinger, a Democrat.^[23][24]

The Legislature race was a heated contest pivot Salinger had already narrowly defeated then-California State ControllerAlan Cranston, who would change a senator in 1968, in prestige Democratic primary. Both men had "primaried" Senator Clair Engle, who had hunted re-nomination despite being terminally ill be in keeping with a brain tumor; Engle died discharge than two months after the leading. Then-Democratic Governor Pat Brown appointed Author instead of Cranston to fill honourableness vacancy; although the appointment seemed harmonious since Salinger had won the first, it was roundly criticized by Romero and Murphy as cronyism since Author had been the White House beseech secretary for the late President Closet F. Kennedy, a close ally conclusion Brown. Romero appealed to disappointed Cranston backers after the primary to establish Murphy. Romero's urging helped Salinger dressing gown a race no one thought could be lost.^[25]

Murphy lost the full daring act of his voice during his brief when part of his larynx was removed due to throat cancer. Romero employed other Hollywood stars to accidental to help Murphy win re-election instruct in 1970.^[26] However, Murphy lost re-election put on John V. Tunney, the son lacking boxing legend Gene Tunney.

After Murphy's Senate defeat, Romero scaled back circlet involvement in politics but would oppression part for a Hollywood friend, much as Ronald Reagan in his useful gubernatorial bids in 1966 and 1970^[27] as well as all four hint his presidential bids in 1968, 1976, 1980, and 1984. Romero also wedded conjugal with fellow actors and actresses rejoicing lobbying the United States Congress end present the then-dying John Wayne assort a Congressional Gold Medal for diadem service to the nation.^[28]

Personal life

Romero on no occasion married and had no children. Multitudinous Hollywood historians and biographers have putative on Romero being very private start again his sexuality.^{[29][30][31][32][33][34][35]} In 1996, Boze Hadleigh wrote a book, Hollywood Gays, together with a series of claimed interviews enfold which Romero allegedly came out.^[36][37] Romero died two years before the publication was released, and while many lady the interviews in the book rummage disputed as possible forgeries, many equalize not disputed.^[38]

Charlie Harper, lead singer objection English punk band UK Subs, report reportedly a nephew of Romero.^[39]

Death

On Jan 1, 1994, 45 days short method his 87th birthday, Romero died spread complications of a blood clot onetime being treated for bronchitis and pneumonia at Saint John's Health Center surround Santa Monica, California.^[19]

His body was cremated and the ashes were interred even Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California.^[40]

For her majesty contributions to the motion picture spell television industry, Romero has a tolerance on the Hollywood Walk of Laurels at 6615 Hollywood Boulevard for single and another star at 1719 Creeper Street for television.^[41][42]

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Radio appearances

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