Ricardo Montalban
Acting
Born 1920-11-25
Died 2009-01-14
Mexico City, Mexico
183 credits
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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.
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Filmography
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Family Guy
American Dad!
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Columbo
Murder, She Wrote
Star Trek
Chicago Hope
Ironside
Hawaii Five-O
Bonanza
Dynasty
The Virginian
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Wild Wild West
Fantasy Island
What's My Line?
Kim Possible
Mission: Impossible
The Merv Griffin Show
Dr. Kildare
Gunsmoke
Burke's Law
Daniel Boone
Combat!
American Masters
The Carol Burnett Show
Climax!
The Defenders
The High Chaparral
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Ben Casey
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Here's Lucy
The Name of the Game
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Adventures in Paradise
Switch
Police Story
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Ed Sullivan Show
Felony Squad
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Dream On
It Takes a Thief
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Freakazoid!
Checkmate
MGM Parade
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
The Ant Bully
The Rogues
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Cain's Hundred
The Great Adventure
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Riverboat
The Colbys
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