Antonio Moreno

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Antonio "Tony" Moreno (September 26, 1887 – February 15, 1967) was a Spanish-born American actor and film director of the silent film era and through the 1950s.

Selected filmography

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Famed 'Latin Lover' of the silent screen. He had a long career in films, spanning the years between 1912 (his film debut) and 1959. Moreno co-starred with some of the era's most famed leading ladies, including Greta Garbo, Pola Negri, Clara Bow, and Gloria Swanson. He was one of the bigger stars of the Vitagraph Studios who thanks to his good looks and solid build could also act in physically demanding roles if need be. He acted in numerous films beginning in 1912 and also appeared in silent serials like The House of Hate (1918) as Harvey Gresham and The Invisible Hand (1920) as John Sharpe, aka 'The Needle'. One of his more successful roles was as Cyrus Waltham Jr. in the 1927 film "It" which starred Clara Bow. During that time he starred in Come to My House (1927), Nameless Men (1928), The Midnight Taxi (1928) and as Prince Serge Orloff in the 1928 film Adoration. With the advent of talking pictures Moreno starred in many Spanish language versions of successful Hollywood films during the 1930's. In the 1940's he acted in the films Seven Sinners (1940), Undercover Man (1942) and Captain from Castile (1947) among others. His career began to slow down during the 1950‚s and some of his last performances were in Mark of the Renegade (1951), The Searchers (1956) and his final film, Catch Me If You Can (1959). (bio by: [fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=38435468" target="_blank r77ortiz)]

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Antonio Moreno
Canada Obituary Index from OldNews.co

Text:
"...died in 1926, at the age of 31. Once Another member of the trium virate was Madrid born Antonio Moreno, who died Feb. 15 at the age of 80. More of a leading man than a star in his own..."
Birth: Circa 1887
Death:
Obituary publication: 1967 - Quebec, Canada
Newspaper: Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph