Ricardo Montalban

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-11-25 (89 years old)

Deathday

2009-01-14

Place of Birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Ricardo Montalban

Biography

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 f...

Acting

1982

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

as Khan Noonien Singh

1978

El asalto al castillo de la Moncloa

as Felipe (archive footage)

1967

1949

Battleground

as Roderigues

2003

1949

Border Incident

as Pablo Rodriguez

1951

2006

The Ant Bully

as Head of Council (voice)

1957

Sayonara

as Nakamura

1964

Cheyenne Autumn

as Little Wolf

1977

1969

Sweet Charity

as Vittorio

1981

Space For Women

as Narrator

1966

Madame X

as Phil Benton

1950

Two Weeks with Love

as Demi Armendez

1949

Neptune's Daughter

as Jose O'Rourke

1948

On an Island with You

as Ricardo Montalban

1947

Fiesta

as Mario Morales

1965

The Money Trap

as Pete Delanos

1966

The Singing Nun

as Father Clementi

1950

Mystery Street

as Peter Moralas

1977

Fantasy Island

as Mr. Roarke

1973

Fade In

as Himself

1967

The Longest Hundred Miles

as Father Sanchez

1979

1955

A Life in the Balance

as Antonio Gómez

1957

Desert Warrior

as Prince Said

1963

Love Is a Ball

as Duke Gaspard Ducluzeau

1962

1974

The Mark of Zorro

as Captain Esteban

1948

The Kissing Bandit

as Fiesta Specialty Dancer

1960

1974

Wonder Woman

as Abner Smith

1968

Sol Madrid

as Jalisco

1968

Blue

as Ortega

1953

Latin Lovers

as Roberto Santos

1954

Untouched

as Federico Vascon

1950

Right Cross

as Johnny Monterez

1966

1969

The Pigeon

as John Stambler / Kane

1961

Rage of the Buccaneers

as Captain Gordon, the Black Buccaneer

1953

Sombrero

as Pepe Gonzales

1956

Three for Jamie Dawn

as George Lorenz

1952

My Man and I

as Chu Chu Ramirez

1951

1978

1972

Fireball Forward

as Jean Duval

1944

La Fuga

as Teniente

1973

The Train Robbers

as The Pinkerton Man

1946

Pepita Jimenez

as Luis Vargas

1971

The Face of Fear

as Sergeant Frank Ortega

1954

The Saracen Blade

as Pietro Donati

1969

The Desperate Mission

as Joaquin Murieta

1964

The Fantasticks

as El Gallo

1976

Joe Panther

as Turtle George

1973

1970

The Deserter

as Natachai

1942

The Three Musketeers

as (uncredited)

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1960

1970

The Aquarians

as Dr. Luis Delgado

1984

Fatima

as Himself

1943

Santa

as Jarameño

2025

I Know Catherine, the Log Lady

as Self (archive footage)

1977

1970

Black Water Gold

as Alejandro Zayas

1973

Mustang

as Narrator (voice)

1945

Nosotros

as Armando Suárez

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