Ricardo Montalban
Biography
Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino (November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Hispanic/Latin American actor. He had a career spanning seven decades (motion pictures from 1943 to 2006) across radio, television, theatre, and film. 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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-11-25
Place of birth
Mexico City, Mexico
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Cast
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982
7.40
Code Name: Heraclitus
1967
0.00
Battleground
1949
6.70
Cannonball Run II
1984
5.40
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
5.14
Border Incident
1949
6.88
Across the Wide Missouri
1951
5.91
The Ant Bully
2006
5.77
Sayonara
1957
6.68
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
6.69
Mission to Glory: A True Story
1977
5.00
Sweet Charity
1969
6.88
Space For Women
1981
0.00
Madame X
1966
6.44
Two Weeks with Love
1950
6.18
Neptune's Daughter
1949
5.90
On an Island with You
1948
5.60
Fiesta
1947
4.70
The Money Trap
1965
4.80
The Singing Nun
1966
5.80
Mystery Street
1950
6.70
Fantasy Island
1977
6.80
Fade In
1973
3.60
The Longest Hundred Miles
1967
6.20
Where Dreams Come True
1979
0.00
A Life in the Balance
1955
5.90
Desert Warrior
1957
5.00
Love Is a Ball
1963
4.60
The Reluctant Saint
1962
7.60
The Mark of Zorro
1974
5.90
The Kissing Bandit
1948
3.80
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960
5.56
Wonder Woman
1974
5.20
Sol Madrid
1968
6.40
Blue
1968
5.40
Latin Lovers
1953
4.33
Untouched
1954
6.90
Right Cross
1950
6.60
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1966
6.00
The Queen of Babylon
1954
4.50
The Pigeon
1969
0.00
Rage of the Buccaneers
1961
4.80
Sombrero
1953
4.00
Three for Jamie Dawn
1956
5.00
Sentinels of Silence
1971
6.80
My Man and I
1952
6.80
The Mark of the Renegade
1951
5.20
¡Buenas noches, año nuevo!
1964
4.00
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
1971
0.00
He's a Latin from Staten Island
1941
0.00
Cinco fueron escogidos
1943
5.00
Return to Fantasy Island
1978
4.70
Fireball Forward
1972
5.00
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983
6.00
La Fuga
1944
5.30
The Train Robbers
1973
6.30
Pepita Jimenez
1946
5.17
Perdida
2009
6.60
The Face of Fear
1971
5.70
The Saracen Blade
1954
4.80
The Desperate Mission
1969
4.00
The Fantasticks
1964
6.00
Joe Panther
1976
5.50
St. Augustine: The Oldest City
1973
0.00
The Deserter
1970
6.00
The Three Musketeers
1942
7.40
That's Entertainment! III
1994
7.00
Play of the Week: Rashomon
1960
7.00
Laurindo Almeida, Muito Prazer
1999
0.00
The Aquarians
1970
6.00
Fatima
1984
6.00
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998
7.15
Santa
1943
5.60
Cadetes de la naval
1945
5.50
La casa de la zorra
1945
5.50
Fantasía ranchera
1947
6.00
The Million Dollar Nickel
1952
4.00
Captains Courageous
1977
6.50
Black Water Gold
1970
3.90
Mustang
1973
7.00
The Hour of Truth
1945
5.00
Nosotros
1945
5.00
Child of Trouble
1957
0.00