Rudolph Valentino Net Worth
Rudolph Valentino Net Worth is
$700,000
Rudolph Valentino Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla, professionally known as Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926), was an Italian actor naturalized American who starred in several well-known silent films including The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Sheik, Blood and Sand, The Eagle, and The Son of the Sheik. An early pop icon, a sex symbol of the 1920s, he was known as the "Latin Lover" or simply as "Valentino". He had applied for American citizenship shortly before his death, which occurred at age 31, causing mass hysteria among his female fans and further propelling him into iconic status. | Date Of Birth | May 6, 1895 |
| Died | 1926-08-23 |
| Place Of Birth | Castellaneta, Puglia, Italy |
| Height | 5' 8" (1.73 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Producer |
| Spouse | Natacha Rambova (divorced) |
| Parents | Giovanni D'Antonguolla, Beatrice Gabriela Barbin D'Antonguolla |
| Siblings | Beatrice D'Antonguolla, Maria D'Antonguolla, Alberto D'Antonguolla |
| Movies | The Sheik, The Son of the Sheik, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Blood and Sand, The Eagle, Monsieur Beaucaire, Beyond the Rocks, The Young Rajah, A Sainted Devil, The Conquering Power, Moran of the Lady Letty, Uncharted Seas, Eyes of Youth, The Delicious Little Devil, Camille, The Married Virg... |
| Star Sign | Taurus |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | His deep penetrating gaze |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| The Son of the Sheik (1926) | $200,000 +25% of the profits |
| The Eagle (1925) | $200,000 +25% profits |
| An Adventuress (1920) | $25 /day |
| Alimony (1917) | $5 /day |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [after his divorce from Jean Acker] She said she was my soul mate, but she proved to be my check-mate! |
| 2 | A man should control his life. Mine is controlling me. |
| 3 | Women are not in love with me but with the picture of me on the screen. I am merely the canvas upon which the women paint their dreams. |
| 4 | To generalize on women is dangerous. To specialize in them is infinitely worse. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He is referenced in The Corrs' "I Never Loved You Anyway.". |
| 2 | His last words before passing were,"Don't pull down the blinds. I feel fine. I want the sunlight to greet me!". |
| 3 | Mentioned in "Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)" by Leo Sayer. |
| 4 | Is referenced in The Kinks' 1972 song "Celluloid Heroes", with the lines "Rudolph Valentino looks very much alive. And he looks up ladies' dresses as they sadly pass him by". |
| 5 | Following his untimely death, he was interred at Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery (now Hollywood Forever Cemetery) in Los Angeles, California. |
| 6 | He was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6164 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. |
| 7 | Valentino died at Polyclinic Hospital in Manhattan (NYC). His death certificate stated the cause of death as a ruptured gastric ulcer and general peritonitis, naming also septic pneumonia and septic endocarditis as contributory causes. |
| 8 | His name was mentioned once in the Disney comedy film Herbie Rides Again (1974). |
| 9 | In 2011, "Affairs Valentino" by Evelyn Zumaya was released by The Rudolph Valentino Society. The biography drastically repaints the life of Valentino with newly found court documents, accounting ledgers, and unpublished memoirs and memories by his manager George Ullman and Godfather Frank Mennillo. |
| 10 | In 2009, a novel, based on the idea of Rudolph Valentino living to the age of 110 was published as "Conversations with Rodolfo" by Hala Pickford. |
| 11 | In 2009, The Rudolph Valentino Society was created to honor his legacy. |
| 12 | The Rudolph Valentino Film Festival, held in Los Angeles, California was created in his honor. |
| 13 | Is mentioned in The Bongos song "Apache Dancing": "We like to tango like Valentino". |
| 14 | In the 1930s, Sheik Condoms, named after his most famous role, were introduced and feature Valentino's silhouette on the packaging for years. |
| 15 | Was paired with Nita Naldi in four movies: Blood and Sand (1922), A Sainted Devil (1924), The Hooded Falcon (1924) and Cobra (1925). |
| 16 | Had an Irish Wolfhound named "Centaur Pendragon" and a Great Dane named 'Kabar'. |
| 17 | Is mentioned in The Bangles 1986 song (written by Prince) "Manic Monday". |
| 18 | Worked as a dishwasher, taxi dancer, and gardener before starring in The Son of the Sheik (1926). |
| 19 | He was voted the 32nd Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. |
| 20 | He is responsible for bringing the Argentine Tango to America, first performing the famous dance in his film The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), and later in a successful American national dance tour with his wife, Natacha Rambova, who, like Valentino himself, was once a professional dancer. |
| 21 | At the height of his popularity, Valentino went on a brief sojurn in his native Italy to visit friends and family and, in general, to get a much-needed rest. When he returned to Hollywood, friends asked him if he had been mobbed by fans while on vacation. Valentino said no, explaining that, "over there, I look like every other Italian fellow on the street.". |
| 22 | A few months before Valentino's death, a Chicago newspaper columnist attacked his masculinity in print, referring to him as a "pink powder puff". A lawsuit was pending when Valentino was fatally stricken. One of his last questions to his doctor was, "Well, doctor, and do I now act like a 'pink powder puff'?" His doctor reportedly replied, "No, sir. You have been very brave. Braver than most.". |
| 23 | At the time of his death he was severely in debt, and his heirs could not afford a burial plot for him. June Mathis, friend and screenwriter of his hit films The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) and Blood and Sand (1922), agreed to temporarily loan him a space in her family crypt at Hollywood Park Cemetery so he could be interred upon his body's arrival in Los Angeles, following a coast-to-coast funeral train ride from New York. Mathis died the following year and Valentino's body was moved into her husband's space. He is still interred there, as all memorial plans fell through during the Depression. |
| 24 | Valentino and Jean Acker had one of the shortest celebrity marriages on record: six hours. After courting for just a few days, they impulsively married on November 5, 1919, but she locked him out of their hotel room later that night after a spat. They separated, and their divorce was finalized in 1922. Ironically, after their divorce, they became good friends. |
| 25 | Pictured on one of ten 29¢ US commemorative postage stamps celebrating stars of the silent screen, issued 27 April 1994. Designed by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, this set of stamps also honored Clara Bow, Charles Chaplin, Lon Chaney, John Gilbert, Zasu Pitts, Harold Lloyd, Theda Bara, Buster Keaton, and the Keystone Kops. |
| 26 | His father was Italian his mother was French. Valentino spoke at least four languages fluently (English, Spanish, French, Italian) and may have spoken more. |
| 27 | Following his untimely death, a bogus, composite photograph of Valentino ascending up to heaven was released for sale, and was snatched up by his legion of fans. |
| 28 | For many years on the anniversary of Valentino's death, a mysterious woman, dressed all in black, was seen laying a wreath of flowers on his grave. Her identity was never established. |
| 29 | Published a thin volume of sentimental poetry titled "Day Dreams" in 1923. The book sold hundreds of thousands of copies. In 2010, it was reprinted by 1921 PVG Publishing with a foreword by Evelyn Zumaya. |
| 30 | Considered to be the first male sex symbol of the cinema during the silent era. |
| 31 | A portion of Irving Boulevard in Hollywood, California, was renamed Rudolph Valentino Street in 1978. |
| 32 | In 1923 he recorded two songs, "Kashmiri Love Song" (from The Sheik (1921)) and "El Relicario" (from Blood and Sand (1922)) for Brunswick Records. Both recordings still exist and have been released on the CD "Rudolph Valentino: He Sings & Others Sing About Him". |
| 33 | Ranked #80 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Son of the Sheik | 1926 | Ahmed The Sheik | |
| Cobra | 1925 | Count Rodrigo Torriani | |
| The Eagle | 1925 | Vladimir Dubrovsky | |
| The Hooded Falcon | 1924 | ||
| A Sainted Devil | 1924 | Don Alonzo Castro | |
| Monsieur Beaucaire | 1924 | Duke de Chartres Beaucaire | |
| The Young Rajah | 1922 | Amos Judd (as Rodolph Valentino) | |
| Blood and Sand | 1922 | Juan Gallardo (as Rodolph Valentino) | |
| Beyond the Rocks | 1922 | Lord Hector Bracondale | |
| Moran of the Lady Letty | 1922 | Ramon Laredo | |
| The Sheik | 1921 | The Sheik - Ahmed Ben Hassan | |
| Camille | 1921 | Armand Duval | |
| The Conquering Power | 1921 | Charles Grandet | |
| Uncharted Seas | 1921 | Frank Underwood | |
| The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | 1921 | Julio Desnoyers | |
| Stolen Moments | 1920 | Short | Jose Dalmarez (as Rudolf Valentine) |
| The Wonderful Chance | 1920 | Joe Klingsby | |
| Once to Every Woman | 1920 | Juliantimo | |
| The Cheater | 1920 | Extra (uncredited) | |
| An Adventuress | 1920 | Jacques Rudanyi (as Rodolph Valentino) | |
| Passion's Playground | 1920 | Prince Angelo Della Robbia (as Rudolph Valentine) | |
| Eyes of Youth | 1919 | Clarence Morgan (as Rudolfo Valentino) | |
| Nobody Home | 1919 | Maurice Rennard (as Rodolph Valentine) | |
| A Rogue's Romance | 1919 | Apache Dancer (as Rudolph Volantino) | |
| Virtuous Sinners | 1919 | Bit Part | |
| Big Little Person | 1919 | Arthur Endicott (as M. Rodolpho De Valentina) | |
| The Delicious Little Devil | 1919 | Jimmy Calhoun (as Rudolpho De Valintine) | |
| The Homebreaker | 1919 | Dance Extra (uncredited) | |
| The Married Virgin | 1918 | Count Roberto di San Fraccini (as Rodolfo di Valentini) | |
| All Night | 1918 | Richard Thayer (as Rudolpho di Valentina) | |
| A Society Sensation | 1918 | Short | Dick Bradley (as Rudolpho De Valentina) |
| Alimony | 1917 | Dancer (uncredited) | |
| Patria | 1917 | ||
| Seventeen | 1916 | Extra (uncredited) | |
| The Foolish Virgin | 1916 | uncredited | |
| The Quest of Life | 1916 | ||
| La corsara | 1916 | ||
| My Official Wife | 1914 | Extra (uncredited) | |
| The Battle of the Sexes | 1914 | Dance Extra (uncredited) |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| What Price Beauty? | 1925 | executive producer - uncredited |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apetaxamin | 1980 | Short dedicatee |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Character Studies | 1927 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Twinkle Twinkle | 1925 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Rudolph Valentino and His 88 American Beauties | 1923 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 19 | 1923 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 | 1922 | Documentary short | Himself |
| A Trip to Paramountown | 1922 | Documentary short | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis Island, une histoire du rêve américain | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood Rebellen | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Time to Remember | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Sodankylä ikuisesti | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | 2006 | Documentary | |
| Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri | 2006 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Forgotten Films of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle | 2005 | Video documentary | |
| Sendung ohne Namen | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Alla Nazimova and Rudolph Valentino | 2000 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| Film Breaks | 1999 | TV Series documentary | |
| The Roaring Twenties | 1996 | Video documentary short | Himself - Bearded (uncredited) |
| Nitrato d'argento | 1996 | Documentary uncredited | |
| Biography | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Casting Couch | 1995 | Video documentary | |
| Fame in the Twentieth Century | 1993 | TV Series documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Death Scenes 2 | 1992 | Video documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths | 1990 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood Sex Symbols | 1988 | Video documentary short | |
| Cinema Paradiso | 1988 | The Sheik (uncredited) | |
| Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | 1987 | Documentary | Himself |
| Tango Bar | 1987 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Hollywood | 1980 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
| Dora and the Magic Lantern | 1978 | Le fils du Cheikh | |
| The Legend of Valentino | 1975 | TV Movie | Various characters (uncredited) |
| World Cinema | 1973 | TV Series | Juan Gallado |
| Historia de la frivolidad | 1967 | TV Movie | Actor in censored film (uncredited) |
| Hollywood My Home Town | 1965 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Love Goddesses | 1965 | Documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood and the Stars | 1963 | TV Series | Himself |
| Fractured Flickers | 1963 | TV Series | Willie Roman |
| Hollywood: The Great Stars | 1963 | TV Movie documentary | Actor 'The Sheik' (uncredited) |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | 1963 | TV Series | Actor in Silent Film |
| The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | 1961 | Video documentary | Himself / Various Roles |
| Movies Golden Age | 1961 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Silents Please | 1960 | TV Series | Ahmed |
| Yesterday and Today | 1953 | ||
| The Ford 50th Anniversary Show | 1953 | TV Movie | |
| Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson | 1952 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Fifty Years Before Your Eyes | 1950 | Documentary | Himself |
| Wonderful Times | 1950 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Golden Twenties | 1950 | Documentary | Himself |
| Flicker Flashbacks No. 2, Series 5 | 1947 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Blue Skies | 1946 | Valentino (uncredited) | |
| Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary | 1945 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Unholy Partners | 1941 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 | 1939 | Documentary short | Himself |
| The Movies March On | 1939 | Short documentary | Himself |
| Personality Parade | 1938 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 | 1937 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 11 | 1937 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Fashions in Love | 1936 | Documentary short | |
| Movie Memories | 1934 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Movie Memories #2 | 1934 | Documentary short | |
| March of the Movies | 1933 | Himself, film clip (uncredited) | |
| The Nickelette | 1932 | Short | Himself - Actor in film clip (uncredited) |
| Stars of Yesterday | 1931 | Short documentary | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 6164 Hollywood Blvd. |
Known for movies
The Eagle (1925)
as Vladimir Dubrovsky
The Son of the Sheik (1926)
as Ahmed / The Sheik
The Sheik (1921)
as The Sheik - Ahmed Ben Hassan
Blood and Sand (1922)
as Juan Gallardo