Armand Cortes Explained

Armand Cortes
Birth Date:	16 August 1880
Birth Place:	Nîmes, France
Death Place:	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Actor

Armand Cortes, sometimes credited as Armand Cortez, (August 16, 1880 – November 19, 1948) was an American actor in theater and film in the United States. He had various theatrical roles in the late 1920s and early 1930s.^[1]

In 1902, he was cast in the musical comedy The Messenger Boy.^[2] He was in the musical revue Star Time at the Majestic Theater in 1944.^[3]

He had various supporting roles in films.^[4] In 1918 he played the villain in Dodging a Million.^[5] He also played the villain in The Revenge of Tarzan.

He was born in Nîmes, France. He died in San Francisco.

Filmography

• The House of Bondage (1914)
• How Molly Made Good (1915)
• The Big Sister (film) (1916)
• Yellow Menace (1916), as Hong Kong Harry^[6]
• Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917)^{[7] [8]}
• Her Better Self (1917)
• The Angel Factory (1917)
• The Road Between (1917)
• Dodging a Million (1918)
• The Servant Question (1920)
• His Temporary Wife (1920)
• The Revenge of Tarzan (1920)
• The Scarab Ring (1921)
• The Matrimonial Web (1921)
• Wages of Virtue (1924)^{[9] [10]}
• Galloping Hoofs (1924)
• The Crowded Hour (1925)
• The Palm Beach Girl (1926)
• The Music Master (film) (1927)
• What an Idea^[11] (1932)
• Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
• Broadway Brevities

Notes and References

1. Web site: Armand Cortes. Playbill.
2. Web site: The Cast. August 17, 1902. Google Books.
3. Book: Dietz, Dan. The Complete Book of 1940s Broadway Musicals. February 2, 2015. Rowman & Littlefield. 9781442245280. Google Books.
4. Web site: Armand Cortes. https://web.archive.org/web/20190817120619/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba63ceefe. dead. August 17, 2019. BFI.
5. Web site: Dramatic Mirror of Motion Pictures and the Stage. November 19, 1918. Dramatic Mirror Company. Google Books.
6. Web site: Motion Picture. August 17, 1917. Macfadden-Bartell.. Google Books.
7. Book: Slide, Anthony. Selected Film Criticism: 1912-1920. August 17, 1982. Scarecrow Press. 9780810815254. Google Books.
8. Web site: Motography. August 17, 1917. Google Books.
9. Book: Shearer, Stephen Michael. Gloria Swanson: The Ultimate Star. August 27, 2013. Macmillan. 9781250013668. Google Books.
10. Book: Shearer, Stephen Michael. Gloria Swanson: The Ultimate Star. August 27, 2013. Macmillan. 9781250013668. Google Books.
11. Book: Bradley, Edwin M.. The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 through 1932. August 11, 2004. McFarland. 9780786420292. Google Books.