AKA Rodolfo di Valentina d'Antonguolla

Born: 06-May-1895
Birthplace: Castellaneta, Apulia, Italy
Died: 23-Aug-1926
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Hollywood Forever, Hollywood, CA

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Actor, Musician

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Latin lover of the silent film era

Father: Giovanni (veterinarian, d. 1906 from malaria)
Mother: Beatrice Gabriela Barbin Guglielmi (d. 1919)
Brother: Alberto (older)
Sister: Maria (younger)
Wife: Jean Acker (lesbian, m. for 6 hours on 05-Nov-1919, divorced finalized 1922)
Wife: Natacha Rambova (m. 13-May-1922, div. 18-Jan-1926)
Girlfriend: Pola Negri (to improve his image)

    Bigamy Jailed 1922
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6164 Hollywood Blvd.
    French Ancestry
    Italian Ancestry
    Risk Factors: Smoking

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Son of the Sheik (9-Jul-1926)
    The Eagle (8-Nov-1925)
    Cobra (30-Oct-1925)
    Blood and Sand (5-Aug-1922)
    Beyond the Rocks (7-May-1922)
    The Sheik (30-Oct-1921)
    Camille (11-Sep-1921)
    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (6-Mar-1921)

Author of books:
Day Dreams (1923, poetry)

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