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Cesar Romero
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| Nickname: | Butch |
| Known for: | Batman, The Thin Man, Ocean's Eleven |
| Birth name: | Cesar Julio Romero Jr. |
| Birthday: | 15 February 1907, New York, New York, USA |
| Height: | 6' 2" (1.88 m) |
Trivia
TV writer Mark Evanier remarked that Romero was usually easily available to cast for TV show guest appearances. Apparently, Evanier knew at least one crew member on a TV show who prepared roles with Romero in mind as a default choice in the likely event that a preferred guest star would pull out of a guest appearance.
Refused to shave off his moustache when he played the role of The Joker in _"Batman" (1966/II)_ . Close observation shows how the white clown make- up was applied right over his much loved moustache.
Believed in "liberation theology," a political system of Marxism-Christianity, which purports that, despite the fact that Karl Marx called religion "the opiate of the masses," religion and communism are still compatible. Romero was very Christian yet still believed in a utopian society (believing that Christ's kingdom would be very similiar to Marx's envisionment of communism) and clung to this belief until his death.
Towards the end of his life, he was interviewed by author Boze Hadleigh, and gave a revealing, often comic account of what life was like in the Golden Age of Hollywood for a openly closeted gay man (i.e., out to everyone but "the public"). The interview is included in Hadleigh's book, "Hollywood Gays."
A second-generation American of primarily Cuban ancestry, his maternal grandfather was the Cuban poet-patriot Jose Marti.
Has never worked with George Clooney, but Clooney has nevertheless played the title character from two of his movies. Romero played the Joker in Batman, and Clooney played Batman in Batman & Robin. Romero also appeared in the original Ocean's Eleven. The remake starred Clooney.
He believed that to live well you must dress well. And never in the same outfit. His closets held 30 tuxedos, 200 sports jackets, and 500 suits.
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