César Romero Biography

Fast Facts

• Is the grandson of Cuban patriot and poet José Martí, after whom Cuba named one of its airports
• Was born into an affluent Cuban-American family
• While still in his teens, he teamed with a fellow socialite and began a brief career appearing in nightclubs as a ballroom dancer
• Made his Broadway debut in Lady Do in 1927 and his film debut in The Shadow Laughs in 1933
• Was often cast as a gigolo or as "the other man"—the one who didn't win the leading lady—in films
• Took a three-year break from acting during World War II to serve in the U
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• Coast Guard
• Refused to shave his trademark mustache to portray the Joker on the TV series Batman, so the makeup artists covered it with the Joker's white makeup
• Gave himself the nickname "Latin from Manhattan
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