profile image

Rudolph Valentino

May 05, 1895 - Aug 23, 1926 (31 years old) in Castellaneta, Puglia, Italy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor, and early pop icon. A sex symbol of the 1920s, Valentino was known as the "Latin Lover". He starred in several well known silent films including The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Sheik, Blood and Sand, The Eagle and Son of the Sheik.

His sudden death at age 31 caused mass hysteria among his female fans, propelling him into icon status. Though his films are not as well known today, his name is still widely known.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Rudolph Valentino, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known For

poster
The Beverly Hillbillies
Actor in Silent Film (archive footage)
poster
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
(archive footage)
poster
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Julio Desnoyers
poster
The Conquering Power
Charles Grandet
poster
Camille
Armand Duval
poster
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
poster
All in Good Fun
Archive Footage
poster
The Sheik
Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan
poster
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
poster
The Eagle
Lt. Vladimir Dubrovsky / The Black Eagle / Marcel Le Blanc

Credits

Images

image
image
image