Valentino, Rudolph
1895 - 1926.
Motion picture actor.

"I do not like women who know too much." Motion picture actor Rudolph Valentino gave movie goers the perfect prototype of the Latin lover.  Italian born Valentino came to the United States in 1913 and worked as a gardener before he became a vaudeville dancer. He received his first major film role in 1921 when he was cast in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. From then until his sudden death in 1926, thousands of people flocked to the theatre to see their favorite lover in films such as The Sheik, Blood and Sand and The Eagle.