# Rudolph Valentino filmography

Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926) was an Italian-born actor in the era of silent films. He emigrated to the United States in 1913 and took a string of temporary menial jobs before becoming a film extra in 1914. He appeared in several films until 1921—many of which are now lost. That year he got his major break when he appeared in the role of Julio in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. According to Valentino's biographer, Noel Botham, the film was "hailed ... [as] a masterpiece and Valentino as a star"; the film grossed $4.5 million at the North American box office.
Valentino played leading roles in fourteen films as a romantic figure. When he appeared in The Sheik in 1921, women fainted in the aisles of theaters; the film grossed $1.5 million. His second wife, Natacha Rambova, took increasing control of his career and image, although this meant his screen image turned "increasingly effeminate". The films in which he played a romantic role within the action genre were the more successful at the box office; these included his final two works The Eagle (1925) and The Son of the Sheik (1926). In 1995 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse was inducted into the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"; a second Valentino film was inducted in 2003 when The Son of the Sheik was selected.
Valentino died suddenly of peritonitis on August 23, 1926, at the age of 31. His death at the height of his fame, and extensive media coverage, turned his funeral into a national event, at which large crowds attended. According to his biographer, Carl Rollyson, Valentino had a "... trim body, athletic grace, and dark good looks [which] made him an action hero and a romantic legend—the epitome of the silent screen's Latin lover".

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Credited as | Notes |
| 1914 | My Official Wife | Extra | Uncredited | Lost film |
| 1914 | The Battle of the Sexes | Dance extra | Uncredited | Lost film, only a fragment survives |
| 1916 | The Quest of Life | Extra | Uncredited | Lost film |
| 1916 | The Foolish Virgin | Extra | Uncredited | Lost film |
| 1916 | Seventeen | Extra | Uncredited | Lost film |
| 1917 | Alimony | Dancer | Uncredited | Lost film |
| 1917 | Patria | Extra | Rudolph Valentino | Incomplete |
| 1918 | A Society Sensation | Dick Bradley | Rodolpho De Valentina | Lost film (original version) Survives (1924 re-release) |
| 1918 | All Night | Richard Thayer | Rodolfo di Valentina | Survives |
| 1918 | The Married Virgin | Count Roberto di San Fraccini | Rodolfo di Valentini | Survives |
| 1919 | The Delicious Little Devil | Jimmy Calhoun | Rudolpho De Valintine | Survives |
| 1919 | The Big Little Person | Arthur Endicott | Rodolpho De Valentina | Lost film |
| 1919 | A Rogue's Romance | Apache dancer | Rudolph Volantino | Lost film |
| 1919 | The Homebreaker | Dance extra | Uncredited | Lost film |
| 1919 | Virtuous Sinners | Bit part | Rodolfo di Valentini | Survives |
| 1919 | Out of Luck/Nobody Home | Maurice Rennard | Rodolph Valentine | Lost film |
| 1919 | Eyes of Youth | Clarence Morgan | Rudolfo Valentino | Survives |
| 1920 | Stolen Moments | Jose Dalmarez | Rudolph Valentine | Lost film (original version) Survives (1922 re-release) |
| 1920 | An Adventuress | Jacques Rudanyi | Rodolph Valentino | Survives |
| 1920 | The Cheater | Extra | Rudolph Valentino | Lost film |
| 1920 | Passion's Playground | Prince Angelo Della Robbia | Rudolph Valentine | Lost film |
| 1920 | Once to Every Woman | Juliantimo | Rudolph Valentino | Lost film |
| 1920 | The Wonderful Chance | Joe Klingsby | Rudolph de Valentino | Survives |
| 1921 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Julio Desnoyers | Rudolph Valentino | Survives |
| 1921 | Uncharted Seas | Frank Underwood | Rudolph Valentino | Lost film |
| 1921 | The Sheik | Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan | Rudolph Valentino | Survives |
| 1921 | The Conquering Power | Charles Grandet | Rudolph Valentino | Survives |
| 1921 | Camille | Armand Duval | Rudolph Valentino | Survives |
| 1922 | Moran of the Lady Letty | Ramon Laredo | Rodolph Valentino | Survives |
| 1922 | Beyond the Rocks | Lord Bracondale | Rodolph Valentino | Survives |
| 1922 | Blood and Sand | Juan Gallardo | Rudolph Valentino | Survives |
| 1922 | The Young Rajah | Amos Judd | Rudolph Valentino | Incomplete |
| 1924 | Monsieur Beaucaire | Duke de Chartres/Beaucaire | Rudolph Valentino | Survives |
| 1924 | A Sainted Devil | Don Alonzo Castro | Rudolph Valentino | Lost film |
| 1925 | Cobra | Count Rodrigo Torriani | Rudolph Valentino | Survives |
| 1925 | The Eagle | Lt. Vladimir Dubrovsky | Rudolph Valentino | Survives |
| 1926 | The Son of the Sheik | Ahmed/The Sheik | Rudolph Valentino | Survives |