Cesar Romero
Cesar Romero, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934
(Cesar Julio Romero, Jr) (
February 15,
1907 -
January 1,
1994) was an
American actor. He was born in
New York from
Cuban parents and played "Latin lovers" in films from the 1930s until the 1950s. In the 1960s, he played
The Joker in the
Batman television series. He refused to shave his trademark mustache and so it was covered with white makeup when playing the supervillain.
His grandfather on his mother's side was Cuban poet and patriot José Martàand he was a believer in liberation theology.
On his passing in 1994, Cesar Romero was interred in the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California
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