Ricardo Cortez, Austrian born film actor Product:Canvas A young man is dismayed

A young man is dismayed to find his uncle helping himself to some 'snuff' that he found in an urn on the mantelpiece of his nephew's lodgings

The way to Stanhope Street'

Police Intelligence

while small demons surround him

Ricardo Cortez, Austrian born film actor Product:Canvas A young man is dismayedRicardo Cortez, Austrian born film actor, 1934 1935. Born Jacob Krantz in Vienna, his name was changed to Ricardo Cortez by Hollywood executives with a view to competing with other studios' romantic leads with Latin names such as Rudolph Valentino and Ramon Navarro. He made his name as a character actor who played smooth talking villains and appeared in more than 100 films. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934 1935).