Ricardo Montalban
Birthday: 1920-11-25 | Place of Birth: Mexico City - MexicoFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, KSG ( November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Mexican radio, television, theatre and film actor. He had a career spanning seven decades (motion pictures from 1943 to 2006) and multiple notable roles. 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". Date of Death 14 January 2009, Los Angeles, California (congestive heart failure)
Known For
Acting
Role
as Grandfather
as Self
as Vincent Ludwig
as Mr. Roarke
as Abner Smith
as Captain Esteban
as Himself
as The Pinkerton Man
as Armando
as Sergeant Frank Ortega
as Natachai
as Joaquin Murieta
as Vittorio
as Jalisco
as Ortega
as Father Sanchez
as Father Clementi
as Phil Benton
as The White King
as Pete Delanos
as Little Wolf
as Duke Gaspard Ducluzeau
as Major Padula
as Louie Ramponi
as Self (archive footage)
