![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: February 15, 1907 in New York City, NY Death: January 1, 1994 in Beverly Hills, CA Biography:Born in New York City to parents of Cuban extraction, American actor "Cesar Romero" studied for his craft at Collegiate and Riverdale Country schools. After a brief career as a ballroom dancer, the tall, sleekly handsome Romero made his Broadway debut in the 1927 production "Lady Do". He received several Hollywood offers after his appearance in the "Preston Sturges" play Strictly Dishonorable, but didn't step before the cameras until 1933 for his first film "The Shadow Laughs" (later biographies would claim that Romero's movie bow was in "The Thin Man" [1934], in which he was typecast as a callow gigolo). Long associated with 20th Century-Fox, Romero occasionally cashed in on his heritage to play Latin Lover types, but was more at home with characters of indeterminate nationalities, usually playing breezily comic second leads (whenever Romero received third billing, chances were he wasn't going to... Full Biography
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