Cesar Romero

Born: 1907-02-15 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: 1994-01-01

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2020

3-D Rarities: Volume II as (archive)

2018

Heart of Batman as Self (archive footage)

1989

Simple Justice as Vincenzo DiLorenzo

1988

Judgement Day as Octavio
Mortuary Academy as Ship's Captain

1987

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self

1986

Blacke's Magic
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood as Self (uncredited)

1985

The Golden Girls as Tony
Lust in the Dust as Father Garcia
Flesh and Bullets as Santa Monica Judge

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Marcello Abruzzi
We Think the World Is Round as Santa Maria (voice)

1982

Matt Houston as Gantry

1981

Falcon Crest as Peter Stavros

1980

Magnum, P.I. as Doc Villoroch

1979

Hart to Hart
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Amos Armat

1978

Vega$ as Christopher Vincente
Pancho Villa's Treasure as Self - Host

1977

The Love Boat as John Drake
Mission to Glory: A True Story as Juan Atondo
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready as Teodoro Bruzizi

1976

Charlie's Angels as Elton Mills
Carioca Tigre as Don Rosalindo Y Guana

1975

Ellery Queen as Armand Danello
The Strongest Man in the World as A.J. Arno
Timber Tramps as Greedy sawmill mogul

1974

Chico and the Man
The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe as Dr. Richard Grimaldi
The Haunted Mouth as B. Plaque (Narrator)

1972

Banacek as Marius Avantalu
Now You See Him, Now You Don't as A.J. Arno
The Proud and Damned as San Carlos' Mayor

1971

Alias Smith and Jones
V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
Once Upon a Wheel as Self
Mooch Goes to Hollywood as Cesar Romero (uncredited)
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World as Self

1970

Night Gallery as Count Dracula
Nanny and the Professor
The Red, White, and Black as Col. Grierson

1969

Love, American Style
Medical Center
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes as A.J. Arno
A Talent for Loving as Landbesitzer
Crooks and Coronets as Nick Marco
Latitude Zero as Dr. Malic / Lt. Hastings
Target: Harry as Lt. George Duval
Midas Run as Adero

1968

Here's Lucy as Tony Rivera
The Mod Squad
It Takes a Thief as Mike
Julia
Hot Millions as Customs Inspector
Madigan's Millions as Mike Madigan
Skidoo as Hechy

1967

Ironside as Tony Hudson

1966

Batman as The Joker
ABC Stage 67
Batman as The Joker
Clown Alley as Clown

1965

Get Smart as Kinsey Krispen
Branded
Marriage on the Rocks as Miguel Santos
Two on a Guillotine as John Harley 'Duke' Duquesne
Salute to Stan Laurel as Self
Broken Sabre as General Arriola
Sergeant Deadhead as Admiral Stoneham
Uncertain Verification as (archive footage)

1964

Bewitched
Daniel Boone as Esteban de Vaca
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Victor Gervais
A House Is Not a Home as Charlie "Lucky" Luciano

1963

Burke's Law as Marcus DeGrute
Donovan's Reef as Andre de Lage
The Castilian as Jerónimo
We Shall Return as Carlos Rodriguez

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
The Merv Griffin Show as Self
The Beachcomber as Krasny
If a Man Answers as Robert Swan / Adam Wright

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
Dr. Kildare as Dr. Paul Marino
Ben Casey
Target: The Corruptors!
Follow the Sun
Seven Women from Hell as Luis Hullman
The Runaway as Father Dugan

1960

Pete and Gladys
Stagecoach West as Francisco Martinez
The Chevy Mystery Show as Prince Florizel
Ocean's Eleven as Duke Santos
Pepe as Cesar Romero

1959

Rawhide as Big Tim Sloan
Mis secretarias privadas

1958

77 Sunset Strip as Lorenzo Cestari
The Texan as Captain Joaquin Acosta
Villa!! as Tomás Lopez

1957

Zorro as Esteban de la Cruz
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour as Carlos Garcia
The Story of Mankind as Spanish Envoy

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Carlos Gandara
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
Around the World in 80 Days as Abdullah's Henchman
The Ford Show as Self
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower as Mambo Teacher
The Leather Saint as Tony Lorenzo

1955

The Racers as Carlos Chavez
The Americano as Manuel Silvera / 'El Gato' / Barbossa

1954

Climax! as Mendy Mendez
Studio 57 as Duke Thompson
The George Gobel Show as Self
Passport to Danger
Vera Cruz as Marquis Henri de Labordere
The Sword of Granada as Don Pedro de Rivera

1953

Prisoners of the Casbah as Firouz
Street of Shadows as Luigi

1952

The Ford Television Theatre
Death Valley Days as Don Augustin Olvera
Lady in the Fog as Philip 'Phil' O'Dell
The Jungle as Rama Singh

1951

The Red Skelton Show as Big Bill
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Happy Go Lovely as John Frost
Lost Continent as Maj. Joe Nolan
FBI Girl as Glen Stedman

1950

What's My Line? as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
Lux Video Theatre as Andre Casell
Shooting Stars as Self
Love That Brute as Pretty Willie Wetzchahofsky
Once a Thief as Mitch Moore

1949

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend as Blackie Jobero

1948

Studio One as Pat De Carlo
That Lady in Ermine as Count Mario
Deep Waters as Joe Sanger
Julia Misbehaves as Fred Ghenoccio

1947

Captain from Castile as Hernando Cortez
Carnival in Costa Rica as Pepe Castro

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
Take It or Leave It as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1943

Coney Island as Joe Rocco
Wintertime as Brad Barton

1942

Tales of Manhattan as Harry Wilson
Springtime in the Rockies as Victor Prince
A Gentleman at Heart as Tony Miller
Orchestra Wives as St. John "Sinjin" Smith

1941

Week-End in Havana as Monte Blanca
Tall, Dark and Handsome as J.J. "Shep" Morrison
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 as Self
The Great American Broadcast as Bruce Chadwick
Romance of the Rio Grande as The Cisco Kid
Ride on Vaquero as The Cisco Kid
Dance Hall as Duke McKay

1940

He Married His Wife as Freddie
Viva Cisco Kid as The Cisco Kid
The Gay Caballero as The Cisco Kid
Lucky Cisco Kid as The Cisco Kid

1939

The Little Princess as Ram Dass
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island as Fred Rhadini
Wife, Husband and Friend as Hugo
Frontier Marshal as John 'Doc' Halliday
The Cisco Kid and the Lady as The Cisco Kid
The Return of the Cisco Kid as Lopez
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 as Cesar Romero
Hollywood Hobbies as Self (uncredited)

1938

Happy Landing as Duke Sargent
Five of a Kind as Duke Lester
Always Goodbye as Count Giovanni 'Gino' Corini
My Lucky Star as George Cabot Jr

1937

Ali Baba Goes to Town as Himself
Wee Willie Winkie as Khoda Khan
Dangerously Yours as Victor Morell
She's Dangerous as Nick Sheldon, alias Al Shaw
Armored Car as Petack

1936

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
Public Enemy's Wife as Gene Maroc
15 Maiden Lane as Frank Peyton
Nobody's Fool as Dizzy Rantz
Love Before Breakfast as Bill Wadsworth

1935

The Devil Is a Woman as Antonio Galvan
A Dream Comes True as Himself (uncredited)
The Good Fairy as Joe
Metropolitan as Niki Baroni
Clive of India as Mir Jaffar
Show Them No Mercy! as Tobey
Rendezvous as Capt. Nicholas 'Nikki' Nieterstein
Cardinal Richelieu as Andre de Pons
Diamond Jim as Jerry Richardson
Hold 'Em Yale as Georgie, the Chaser

1934

The Thin Man as Chris Jorgenson
British Agent as Tito Del Val
Cheating Cheaters as Tom Palmer
Strange Wives as Boris

1933

The Shadow Laughs as Tony Rico