Antonio Moreno Biography

Fast Facts

• Had early success as a serials star in the mid-1910s, starring opposite Pearl White in several films that made him very popular with audiences
• Made his screen acting debut in the film "Iola's Promise" in 1912
• Started out as a stage actor in several regional theater productions in Massachusetts before moving to Hollywood and signing with Vitagraph Studios in 1912
• Quote: "Nothing in life is too extreme or too improbable․ Nothing, as a matter of fact, is ever quite as improbable and extreme as the contrasts of life itself․"
• Spent his early career working in silent films, playing the "Latin lover" opposite female stars like Greta Garbo, Pola Negri, and Dorothy Gish
• Also worked as a director on the films "Shadow of Pancho Villa," "Santa," "Aguilas frente al sol," and "The Veiled Mystery․"
• Best known for his role as Emilio Gabriel Fernandez y Figueroa in "The Searchers," as Carl Maia in "Creature from the Black Lagoon," and as Cyrus Waltham in "It․"