About
Ricardo Montalban
Overview
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Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, KSG ( November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Mexican radio, television, theatre and film actor. He had a career spanning seven decades (motion pictures from 1943 to 2006) and multiple notable roles. During the mid-1970s, Montalbán was most notable as the spokesman in automobile advertisements for the Chrysler Cordoba, in which he famously extolled the "soft Corinthian leather" used for its interior. He also advertised the Chrysler New Yorker. From 1977 to 1984, he became famous as Mr. Roarke the main star in the television series Fantasy Island. He played Khan Noonien Singh in both the 1967 episode "Space Seed" of the first season of the original Star Trek series, and the 1982 film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. He won an Emmy Award in 1978 for his role in the mini series How the West Was Won and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 1993. Into his 80s, he continued to perform, often providing voices for animated films and commercials, and appearing in several Spy Kids films as "Grandfather Valentin". Date of Death 14 January 2009, Los Angeles, California (congestive heart failure)
Known for
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2009 | Perdida | Actor | 59 Average |
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2006 | The Ant Bully | Actor | Head of Council (voice) | 57 Average |
2003 | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | Actor | Grandfather | 52 Average |
2002 | Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams | Actor | Grandfather | 56 Average |
1999 | Laurindo Almeida, Muito Prazer | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1998 | Behind the Planet of the Apes | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1994 | Heaven Help Us | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1994 | That's Entertainment! III | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
1991 | Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1991 | Marian Apparitions of the 20th Century: A Message of Urgency | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
1988 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | Actor | Vincent Ludwig | 70 Good |
1985 | The Colbys | Actor | Zach Powers | 67 Fair |
1984 | Cannonball Run II | Actor | King | 57 Average |
1984 | Fatima | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
1983 | All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1982 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Actor | Khan Noonien Singh | 71 Good |
1981 | Space For Women | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
1979 | Where Dreams Come True | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
1978 | NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1978 | El asalto al castillo de la Moncloa | Actor | Felipe (archive footage) | 58 Average |
1978 | Fantasy Island | Actor | Mr. Roarke | 66 Fair |
1978 | Return to Fantasy Island | Actor | Mr. Roarke | 58 Average |
1977 | Captains Courageous | Actor | Manuel | 58 Average |
1977 | Fantasy Island | Actor | Mr. Roarke | 58 Average |
1977 | Mission to Glory: A True Story | Actor | Gen. Lafuente | 59 Average |
1976 | Joe Panther | Actor | Turtle George | 59 Average |
1976 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Actor | Silent Film Star | 58 Average |
1976 | McNaughton's Daughter | Actor | Dist. Atty. Charles Quintero | N/A N/A |
1974 | The Mark of Zorro | Actor | Captain Esteban | 59 Average |
1974 | Wonder Woman | Actor | Abner Smith | 58 Average |
1973 | Fade-In | Actor | Himself | 58 Average |
1973 | The Train Robbers | Actor | The Pinkerton Man | 60 Fair |
1973 | St. Augustine: The Oldest City | Actor | (Self) Narrator | N/A N/A |
1972 | Conquest of the Planet of the Apes | Actor | Armando | 60 Fair |
1972 | Fireball Forward | Actor | Jean Duval | 58 Average |
1971 | The Face of Fear | Actor | Sergeant Frank Ortega | 59 Average |
1971 | Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Actor | Armando | 62 Fair |
1971 | Centinelas del Silencio | Actor | 59 Average |
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1971 | Sarge: The Badge or the Cross | Actor | Al Matteo | N/A N/A |
1970 | The Deserter | Actor | Natachai | 59 Average |
1970 | The Aquarians | Actor | Dr. Luis Delgado | 58 Average |
1970 | Black Water Gold | Actor | Alejandro Zayas | 58 Average |
1969 | The Pigeon | Actor | John Stambler / Kane | N/A N/A |
1969 | Sweet Charity | Actor | Vittorio | 60 Fair |
1969 | The Desperate Mission | Actor | Joaquin Murieta | 58 Average |
1968 | Blue | Actor | Ortega | 58 Average |
1968 | Sol Madrid | Actor | Jalisco | 59 Average |
1967 | The Longest Hundred Miles | Actor | Father Sanchez | 59 Average |
1967 | Code Name: Heraclitus | Actor | Janacek | N/A N/A |
1966 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Actor | The White King | 58 Average |
1966 | The Singing Nun | Actor | Father Clementi | 58 Average |
1966 | Madame X | Actor | Phil Benton | 59 Average |
1965 | The Money Trap | Actor | Pete Delanos | 58 Average |
1964 | ¡Buenas noches, año nuevo! | Actor | Fernando | 59 Average |
1964 | The Fantasticks | Actor | El Gallo | 59 Average |
1964 | Cheyenne Autumn | Actor | Little Wolf | 60 Fair |
1963 | Love Is a Ball | Actor | Duke Gaspard Ducluzeau | 58 Average |
1962 | The Reluctant Saint | Actor | Don Raspi | 59 Average |
1962 | Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man | Actor | Major Padula | 58 Average |
1961 | Rage of the Buccaneers | Actor | Captain Gordon, the Black Buccaneer | 59 Average |
1960 | Play of the Week: Rashomon | Actor | Bandit Tasmoro | 59 Average |
1960 | Let No Man Write My Epitaph | Actor | Louie Ramponi | 58 Average |
1957 | Sayonara | Actor | Nakamura | 60 Fair |
1957 | Desert Warrior | Actor | Prince Said | 59 Average |
1956 | Three for Jamie Dawn | Actor | George Lorenz | 59 Average |
1955 | A Life in the Balance | Actor | Antonio Gómez | 59 Average |
1954 | The Queen of Babylon | Actor | Amal | 58 Average |
1954 | Untouched | Actor | Federico Vascon | 59 Average |
1954 | The Saracen Blade | Actor | Pietro Donati | 58 Average |
1953 | Latin Lovers | Actor | Roberto Santos | 58 Average |
1953 | Sombrero | Actor | Pepe Gonzales | 58 Average |
1952 | My Man and I | Actor | Chu Chu Ramirez | 59 Average |
1952 | The Million Dollar Nickel | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
1951 | Across the Wide Missouri | Actor | Ironshirt | 59 Average |
1951 | The Mark of the Renegade | Actor | Marcos Zappa | 58 Average |
1950 | Two Weeks with Love | Actor | Demi Armendez | 59 Average |
1950 | Right Cross | Actor | Johnny Monterez | 59 Average |
1950 | Mystery Street | Actor | Peter Moralas | 59 Average |
1949 | Battleground | Actor | Roderigues | 60 Fair |
1949 | Border Incident | Actor | Pablo Rodriguez | 59 Average |
1949 | Neptune's Daughter | Actor | Jose O'Rourke | 59 Average |
1948 | The Kissing Bandit | Actor | Fiesta Specialty Dancer | 58 Average |
1948 | On an Island with You | Actor | Ricardo Montalban | 58 Average |
1947 | Fiesta | Actor | Mario Morales | 58 Average |
1947 | Fantasía ranchera | Actor | 59 Average |
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1946 | Pepita Jimenez | Actor | Luis Vargas | 59 Average |
1945 | La casa de la zorra | Actor | 58 Average |
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1945 | Cadetes de la naval | Actor | 59 Average |
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1944 | La Fuga | Actor | Teniente | 58 Average |
1943 | Cinco fueron escogidos | Actor | 58 Average |
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1943 | Santa | Actor | Jarameño | 59 Average |
1942 | The Three Musketeers | Actor | (uncredited) | 59 Average |
1941 | He's a Latin from Staten Island | Actor | N/A N/A |
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I Know Catherine, The Log Lady | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |