Ricardo Montalban
- Acting
- November 25, 1920 · Mexico City, Mexico
- January 14, 2009
Biography
Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino (November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Mexican-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.
Known for
Filmography
- Star Trek: Short Treks · Khan (voice) (archive footage)
- Perdida
- The Ant Bully · Head of Council (Voice)
- American Dad! · General Juanito Pequeño (Voice)
- Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over · Grandfather
- Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams · Grandfather
- Kim Possible · Señor Senior Sr. (Voice)
- Titans
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command · Vartkes (Voice)
- Laurindo Almeida, Muito Prazer · Self
- Family Guy · The Cow (Voice)
- Behind the Planet of the Apes · Self
- Love Boat: The Next Wave · Manuel Kaire
- Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line · Self
- Freakazoid! · Armondo Guitierrez (Voice)
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child · King Carlos (Voice)
- Chicago Hope · Martin Nieves
- Heaven Help Us
- That's Entertainment! III · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Golden Palace · Lawrence Gentry
- Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special · Self
- Burt Reynolds' Conversations with... · Self
- Marian Apparitions of the 20th Century: A Message of Urgency · Narrator
- Dream On · Alejandro Goldman
- B.L. Stryker
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! · Vincent Ludwig
- American Masters · Self
- The Colbys · Zach Powers
- Murder, She Wrote · Vaclav Maryska
- Cannonball Run II · King
- Fatima · Self
- All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra · Self
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan · Khan Noonien Singh
- Space For Women · Self
- Dynasty · Zachary 'Zach' Powers
- B. J. and the Bear
- Where Dreams Come True · Narrator
- The Magic of David Copperfield
- NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney · Self
- El asalto al castillo de la Moncloa · Felipe (archive footage)
- Fantasy Island · Mr. Roarke
- Return to Fantasy Island · Mr. Roarke
- Captains Courageous · Manuel
- Fantasy Island · Mr. Roarke
- Mission to Glory: A True Story · General Lafuente
- Joe Panther · Turtle George
- Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood · Silent Film Star
- McNaughton's Daughter · Dist. Atty. Charles Quintero
- Switch · Jean-Paul
- The Mark of Zorro · Captain Esteban
- Wonder Woman · Abner Smith
- Fade In · Self
- Mustang · Narrator (Voice)
- Griff
- Police Story
- The Train Robbers · The Pinkerton Man
- St. Augustine: The Oldest City · (Self) Narrator
- Conquest of the Planet of the Apes · Armando
- Chango, Guardian of the Mayan Treasure · Narrator
- Fireball Forward · Jean Duval
- The Face of Fear · Sergeant Frank Ortega
- Nichols · Colonel Diego Alcazar
- Columbo · Luis Montoya
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes · Armando
- Sentinels of Silence
- Sarge: The Badge or the Cross · Al Matteo
- Walls of Fire · Self
- The Deserter · Natachai
- The Aquarians · Dr. Luis Delgado
- Dan August
- Black Water Gold · Alejandro Zayas
- The Desperate Mission · Joaquin Murieta
- The Pigeon · John Stambler / Kane
- Marcus Welby, M.D. · Rick Rivera
- Bracken's World
- Hawaii Five-O · Tokura, Alex Pareno
- Sweet Charity · Vittorio
- Here's Lucy · Prince Phillip Gregory
- The Name of the Game · Bernard Torres