Remembering a forgotten movie star—Cesar Romero—His father was Spanish, and his Cuban mother was a concert singer, who was said to be the daughter of Jose Marti, a Cuban revolutionary hero. Cesar first worked as a ballroom dancer and then began acting on stage in the late 1920s. He entered movies in The Shadow Laughs (1933). The Depression wiped out the family businesses, and he had to support his relatives, taking them to LA. He worked steadily in the 1930s, e.g., The Thin Man (1934), Clive of India (1935), The Devil is a Woman (1935), and Wee Willie Winkie (1937). He began playing the Cisco Kid in The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939) for a total of 6 movies in the series. During WW2, he enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard and served in the Pacific. Tall and debonair, he was frequently the Latin Lover, e.g., Week-end in Havana (1941), Springtime in the Rockies (1942), and he played the Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes in Captain from Castile (1947). Beginning in the 1950s, he appeared on dozens of TV shows, e.g., Studio 57, Wagon Train, Zorro, Death Valley Days, Burke’s Law, Fantasy Island, and The Love Boat. He played The Joker in the Batman series (1966-68) and repeated the role in the movie Batman (1966). At age 78, he became the romantic lead for Jane Wyman on Falcon Crest (1985-87) and at age 83, played Sophia’s boyfriend on Golden Girls. He also had a recurring role on Murder, She Wrote (1985-1992). In 1986, he received the Golden Boot Award for his work in westerns, and he has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for movies and one for TV.