Ricardo Montalban

Ricardo Montalban

Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino (November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Mexican 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: Acting

Born: Mexico City, Mexico, 1920-11-25

Died: 2009-01-14

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1941	He's a Latin from Staten Island		0
2	1942	The Three Musketeers	(uncredited)	74
3	1943	Santa	Jarameño	56
4	1943	Cinco fueron escogidos		50
5	1944	La Fuga	Teniente	53
6	1945	Cadetes de la naval		55
7	1945	Nosotros	Armando Suárez	50
8	1945	The Hour of Truth		50
9	1945	La casa de la zorra		55
10	1946	Pepita Jimenez	Luis Vargas	48
11	1947	Fantasía ranchera		60
12	1947	Fiesta	Mario Morales	47
13	1948	On an Island with You	Ricardo Montalban	56
14	1948	The Kissing Bandit	Fiesta Specialty Dancer	30
15	1949	Neptune's Daughter	Jose O'Rourke	58
16	1949	Border Incident	Pablo Rodriguez	69
17	1949	Battleground	Roderigues	67
18	1950	Mystery Street	Peter Moralas	67
19	1950	Right Cross	Johnny Monterez	66
20	1950	Two Weeks with Love	Demi Armendez	61
21	1951	The Mark of the Renegade	Marcos Zappa	52
22	1951	Across the Wide Missouri	Ironshirt	59
23	1952	The Million Dollar Nickel	Himself	40
24	1952	My Man and I	Chu Chu Ramirez	68
25	1953	Sombrero	Pepe Gonzales	42
26	1953	Latin Lovers	Roberto Santos	46
27	1954	The Saracen Blade	Pietro Donati	48
28	1954	Untouched	Federico Vascon	67
29	1954	The Queen of Babylon	Amal	45
30	1955	A Life in the Balance	Antonio Gómez	59
31	1956	Three for Jamie Dawn	George Lorenz	50
32	1957	Desert Warrior	Prince Said	50
33	1957	Sayonara	Nakamura	66
34	1960	Let No Man Write My Epitaph	Louie Ramponi	61
35	1960	Play of the Week: Rashomon	Bandit Tasmoro	70
36	1961	Rage of the Buccaneers	Captain Gordon, the Black Buccaneer	48
37	1962	Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man	Major Padula	48
38	1962	The Reluctant Saint	Don Raspi	76
39	1963	Love Is a Ball	Duke Gaspard Ducluzeau	46
40	1964	Cheyenne Autumn	Little Wolf	67
41	1964	The Fantasticks	El Gallo	60
42	1964	¡Buenas noches, año nuevo!	Fernando	40
43	1965	The Money Trap	Pete Delanos	50
44	1966	Madame X	Phil Benton	65
45	1966	The Singing Nun	Father Clementi	57
46	1966	Alice Through the Looking Glass	The White King	60
47	1967	Code Name: Heraclitus	Janacek	0
48	1967	The Longest Hundred Miles	Father Sanchez	62
49	1968	Sol Madrid	Jalisco	64
50	1968	Blue	Ortega	53
51	1969	Sweet Charity	Vittorio	69
52	1969	The Pigeon	John Stambler / Kane	0
53	1969	The Desperate Mission	Joaquin Murieta	46
54	1970	Black Water Gold	Alejandro Zayas	43
55	1970	The Aquarians	Dr. Luis Delgado	60
56	1970	The Deserter	Natachai	60
57	1971	Sarge: The Badge or the Cross	Al Matteo	0
58	1971	Sentinels of Silence		68
59	1971	Escape from the Planet of the Apes	Armando	64
60	1971	The Face of Fear	Sergeant Frank Ortega	57
61	1972	Fireball Forward	Jean Duval	50
62	1972	Conquest of the Planet of the Apes	Armando	62
63	1973	St. Augustine: The Oldest City	(Self) Narrator	0
64	1973	The Train Robbers	The Pinkerton Man	63
65	1973	Mustang	Narrator (voice)	70
66	1973	Fade In	Himself	36
67	1974	Wonder Woman	Abner Smith	52
68	1974	The Mark of Zorro	Captain Esteban	59
69	1976	Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood	Silent Film Star	41
70	1976	Joe Panther	Turtle George	55
71	1977	Mission to Glory: A True Story	Gen. Lafuente	50
72	1977	Fantasy Island	Mr. Roarke	68
73	1977	Captains Courageous	Manuel	60
74	1978	Return to Fantasy Island	Mr. Roarke	47
75	1978	El asalto al castillo de la Moncloa	Felipe (archive footage)	20
76	1978	NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney	Self	0
77	1979	Where Dreams Come True	Narrator	0
78	1981	Space For Women	Narrator	0
79	1982	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	Khan Noonien Singh	75
80	1983	All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra	Self	60
81	1984	Fatima	Himself	60
82	1984	Cannonball Run II	King	54
83	1988	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!	Vincent Ludwig	73
84	1991	Marian Apparitions of the 20th Century: A Message of Urgency	Narrator	0
85	1991	Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special	Self	57
86	1994	That's Entertainment! III	(archive footage)	70
87	1997	Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line	Self	70
88	1998	Behind the Planet of the Apes	Self	72
89	1999	Laurindo Almeida, Muito Prazer	Self	0
90	2002	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Grandfather	56
91	2003	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Grandfather	51
92	2006	The Ant Bully	Head of Council (voice)	57
93	2009	Perdida		66
94	2025	I Know Catherine, the Log Lady	Self (archive footage)	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Panelist	69
3	1950	Star Time	Self	0
4	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Pietro	73
5	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	El Gallo	86
6	1953	General Electric Theater	Esteban Espinosa	63
7	1953	Letter to Loretta	Self - Guest Host / Gino	65
8	1953	Letter to Loretta	Joe Martinez	65
9	1953	Letter to Loretta	Angelo Pelligrini	65
10	1953	Letter to Loretta	Nemo Rustin	65
11	1953	Letter to Loretta	Frank	65
12	1953	Letter to Loretta	Frank Montclair	65
13	1953	Letter to Loretta	Tony Santos	65
14	1953	Letter to Loretta	Father Garcia	65
15	1953	Letter to Loretta	Father William Gomez	65
16	1954	Climax!	Pete McLean	33
17	1954	Climax!	Joe Bermudes	33
18	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney		78
19	1955	Gunsmoke	Chato	66
20	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Tony Lorca	77
21	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour		54
22	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour	Cochise	54
23	1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self	60
24	1958	The Dick Clark Show	Self	55
25	1959	Bonanza	Matsou	75
26	1959	Riverboat	Lt. Devereaux	62
27	1959	Adventures in Paradise	Captain Henri Privaux	57
28	1959	Play of the Week		0
29	1960	Checkmate		41
30	1961	The Defenders	'Spanish John' Espejo	62
31	1961	Cain's Hundred	Vincent Pavanne	47
32	1961	The Dick Powell Show	Stephen Baird	55
33	1961	Dr. Kildare	Damon West	55
34	1961	Ben Casey		56
35	1961	Alcoa Premiere		50
36	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	54
37	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
38	1962	The Lloyd Bridges Show		50
39	1962	The Virginian	Enrique Cuellar	65
40	1962	The Virginian	Louis Boissevain	65
41	1962	The Virginian	Francisco Sosentes	65
42	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
43	1962	Combat!	Barbu	77
44	1963	The Lieutenant		60
45	1963	The Greatest Show on Earth		50
46	1963	Burke's Law	Nicholas Amenor	60
47	1963	Burke's Law	Armand Dubovier	60
48	1963	The Great Adventure	Philip Crow	0
49	1963	The Great Adventure	Jean Lafitte	0
50	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre		57
51	1964	The Rogues		72
52	1964	Slattery's People		50
53	1964	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.		72
54	1964	Daniel Boone	Count Alfonso De Borba	69
55	1965	The Long, Hot Summer		50
56	1965	The Wild Wild West		75
57	1966	Star Trek	Khan Noonien Singh	80
58	1966	Felony Squad		64
59	1966	Mission: Impossible	Gerard Sefra	76
60	1967	Ironside		68
61	1967	The High Chaparral	El Tigre	65
62	1967	The High Chaparral	Padre Eduardo Sanchez	65
63	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self	77
64	1968	It Takes a Thief	Nick Grobbo	70
65	1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self	65
66	1968	The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show	Self	0
67	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Tokura	71
68	1968	The Name of the Game		68
69	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Alex Pareno	71
70	1968	The Name of the Game	Bernard Torres	68
71	1968	Here's Lucy	Prince Phillip Gregory	67
72	1969	Bracken's World		50
73	1969	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Rick Rivera	65
74	1970	Dan August		68
75	1971	The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour		65
76	1971	Columbo	Luis Montoya	81
77	1971	Nichols	Colonel Diego Alcazar	50
78	1973	Police Story		69
79	1973	Griff		50
80	1975	Switch	Jean-Paul	67
81	1976	McNaughton's Daughter	Dist. Atty. Charles Quintero	10
82	1978	Fantasy Island	Mr. Roarke	64
83	1978	The Magic of David Copperfield		70
84	1979	B. J. and the Bear		55
85	1981	Dynasty		65
86	1981	Dynasty	Zachary 'Zach' Powers	65
87	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Vaclav Maryska	75
88	1985	The Colbys	Zach Powers	61
89	1986	American Masters	Self	74
90	1989	B.L. Stryker		60
91	1990	Dream On	Alejandro Goldman	69
92	1991	Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...	Self	60
93	1992	The Golden Palace	Lawrence Gentry	62
94	1994	Heaven Help Us		20
95	1994	Chicago Hope		72
96	1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	King Carlos (voice)	60
97	1995	Freakazoid!	Armondo Guitierrez (voice)	79
98	1998	Love Boat: The Next Wave	Manuel Kaire	50
99	1999	Family Guy	The Cow (voice)	74
100	2000	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	Vartkes (voice)	65
101	2000	Titans		56
102	2002	Kim Possible	Señor Senior Sr. (voice)	75
103	2005	American Dad!	General Juanito Pequeño (voice)	70
104	2018	Star Trek: Short Treks	Khan (voice) (archive footage)	64

Ricardo Montalban

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