{{short description|American actor (1880–1948)}} {{infobox person |name=Armand Cortes |image=The Revenge of Tarzan - 4.jpg |caption=Cortes (center) in ''The Revenge of Tarzan'' (1920) |birth_date={{birth date|1880|8|16}} |birth_place=Nîmes, France |death_date={{death date and age|1948|11|19|1880|8|16}} |death_place=San Francisco, California, U.S. |occupation=Actor }} '''Armand Cortes''', sometimes credited as '''Armand Cortez''', (August 16, 1880 – November 19, 1948) was an American actor in theater and film in the United States. He had various theatrical roles in the late 1920s and early 1930s.<ref name=playbill>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/armand-cortes-vault-0000014567|title=Armand Cortes|website=Playbill}}</ref>
In 1902, he was cast in the musical comedy ''The Messenger Boy''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xSNccBkvwIwC&q=%22Armand+cortes%22&pg=RA3-PR22|title=The Cast|date=August 17, 1902|via=Google Books}}</ref> He was in the musical revue ''Star Time'' at the Majestic Theater in 1944.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VRiMBgAAQBAJ&q=%22Armand+cortes%22&pg=PA239|title=The Complete Book of 1940s Broadway Musicals|first=Dan|last=Dietz|date=February 2, 2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442245280|via=Google Books}}</ref>
He had various supporting roles in films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba63ceefe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817120619/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba63ceefe|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 17, 2019|title=Armand Cortes|website=BFI}}</ref> In 1918 he played the villain in ''Dodging a Million''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9e1DAQAAMAAJ&q=%22armand+cortes%22&pg=PA33-IA27|title=Dramatic Mirror of Motion Pictures and the Stage|date=November 19, 1918|publisher=Dramatic Mirror Company|via=Google Books}}</ref> He also played the villain in ''The Revenge of Tarzan''.
He was born in Nîmes, France. He died in San Francisco.
==Filmography== *''The House of Bondage'' (1914) *''How Molly Made Good'' (1915) *''The Big Sister (film)'' (1916) *''Yellow Menace'' (1916), as Hong Kong Harry<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-_EKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Armand+cortes%22|title=Motion Picture|date=August 17, 1917|publisher=Macfadden-Bartell.|via=Google Books}}</ref> *''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' (1917)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VGEIAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Armand+cortes%22|title=Selected Film Criticism: 1912-1920|first=Anthony|last=Slide|date=August 17, 1982|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810815254|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qgtKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Armand+cortes%22|title=Motography|date=August 17, 1917|via=Google Books}}</ref> *''Her Better Self'' (1917) * ''The Angel Factory'' (1917) * ''The Road Between'' (1917) *''Dodging a Million'' (1918) *''The Servant Question'' (1920) *''His Temporary Wife'' (1920) *''The Revenge of Tarzan'' (1920) * ''The Scarab Ring'' (1921) * ''The Matrimonial Web'' (1921) *''Wages of Virtue'' (1924)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z-IoCIVJjFIC&q=%22Armand+cortes%22&pg=PA120|title=Gloria Swanson: The Ultimate Star|first=Stephen Michael|last=Shearer|date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9781250013668|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z-IoCIVJjFIC&q=%22armand+cortes%22&pg=PA120|title=Gloria Swanson: The Ultimate Star|first=Stephen Michael|last=Shearer|date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9781250013668|via=Google Books}}</ref> *''Galloping Hoofs'' (1924) *''The Crowded Hour'' (1925) *''The Palm Beach Girl'' (1926) *''The Music Master (film)'' (1927) *''What an Idea''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rg-UBJaPD-sC&q=%22Armand+cortes%22&pg=PA343|title=The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 through 1932|first=Edwin M.|last=Bradley|date=August 11, 2004|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786420292|via=Google Books}}</ref> (1932) *''Bluebeard's Eighth Wife'' (1938) *''Broadway Brevities''
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cortes, Armand}} Category:American male stage actors Category:1880 births Category:1948 deaths Category:20th-century American male actors Category:People from Nîmes Category:Male actors from Occitania (administrative region) Category:Male actors from San Francisco