Cast
Ricardo Montalban
Acting
Cast
Ricardo Montalban
Known for
Acting
Born
1920-11-25
From
Mexico City, Mexico
Died
2009-01-14
Also known as Ricardo Montalbán, Ricardo Montalvan , ریکاردو مونتالبان
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.
★7.3
MOVIE1988
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
as Vincent Ludwig
★5.1
MOVIE2003
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
as Grandfather
★5.7
MOVIE2002
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
as Grandfather
★5.8
MOVIE2006
The Ant Bully
as Head of Council (voice)
★7.4
MOVIE1982
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
as Khan Noonien Singh
★6.4
MOVIE1971
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
as Armando
★5.4
MOVIE1984
Cannonball Run II
as King
★6.2
MOVIE1972
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
as Armando
★7.0
MOVIE1994
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
★6.3
MOVIE1973
The Train Robbers
as The Pinkerton Man
MOVIE1979
Where Dreams Come True
as Narrator
★6.7
MOVIE1964
Cheyenne Autumn
as Little Wolf
★6.2
MOVIE1947
Fiesta
as Mario Morales
★7.5
MOVIE1977
Fantasy Island
as Mr. Roarke
★6.9
MOVIE1969
Sweet Charity
as Vittorio
★6.9
MOVIE1971
Sentinels of Silence
★5.9
MOVIE1966
The Singing Nun
as Father Clementi
★6.7
MOVIE1957
Sayonara
as Nakamura
★5.2
MOVIE1948
The Kissing Bandit
as Fiesta Specialty Dancer
★6.7
MOVIE1949
Battleground
as Roderigues
★7.8
MOVIE1962
The Reluctant Saint
as Don Raspi
★5.5
MOVIE1962
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
as Major Padula
★6.0
MOVIE1984
Fatima
as Self - Host
★6.1
MOVIE1951
Across the Wide Missouri
as Ironshirt
★6.9
MOVIE1968
Sol Madrid
as Jalisco
★6.4
MOVIE1955
A Life in the Balance
as Antonio Gómez
★6.2
MOVIE1974
The Mark of Zorro
as Captain Esteban
★5.3
MOVIE1943
Cinco fueron escogidos
★6.4
MOVIE1966
Madame X
as Phil Benton
★7.0
MOVIE1952
My Man and I
as Chu Chu Ramirez
★5.3
MOVIE1974
Wonder Woman
as Abner Smith
★6.1
MOVIE1949
Neptune's Daughter
as Jose O'Rourke
★7.7
MOVIE1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self
★5.1
MOVIE1965
The Money Trap
as Pete Delanos
★6.3
MOVIE1945
The Hour of Truth
★6.8
MOVIE1950
Mystery Street
as Peter Moralas
★4.6
MOVIE1969
The Desperate Mission
as Joaquin Murieta
★5.1
MOVIE1961
Rage of the Buccaneers
as Captain Gordon, the Black Buccaneer
★6.5
MOVIE1970
The Deserter
as Natachai
★5.7
MOVIE1951
The Mark of the Renegade
as Marcos Zappa
★6.0
MOVIE1941
He's a Latin from Staten Island
★6.6
MOVIE1967
The Longest Hundred Miles
as Father Sanchez
★5.1
MOVIE1963
Love is a Ball
as Duke Gaspard Ducluzeau
★4.3
MOVIE1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Silent Film Star
★5.9
MOVIE1960
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Louie Ramponi
★7.3
MOVIE1950
Right Cross
as Johnny Monterez
★5.9
MOVIE1948
On an Island with You
as Ricardo Montez
MOVIE1972
Chango, Guardian of the Mayan Treasure
as Narrator
★5.8
MOVIE1968
Blue
as Ortega
★6.0
MOVIE1983
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1972
Fireball Forward
as Jean Duval
★5.9
MOVIE1946
Pepita Jiménez
as Luis Vargas
★7.4
MOVIE1942
The Three Musketeers
as (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1949
Border Incident
as Pablo Rodriguez
MOVIE1957
Child of Trouble
as Teddy Green
★6.4
MOVIE1950
Two Weeks with Love
as Demi Armendez
★8.0
MOVIE1960
Play of the Week: Rashomon
as Bandit Tasmoro
★7.0
MOVIE1978
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
MOVIE1999
Laurindo Almeida, Muito Prazer
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE1954
The Queen of Babylon
as Amal
★5.9
MOVIE1971
The Face of Fear
as Sergeant Frank Ortega
★6.5
MOVIE1956
Three for Jamie Dawn
as George Lorenz
★7.1
MOVIE1998
Behind the Planet of the Apes
as Self
MOVIE1981
Space For Women
as Self - Narrator
★5.9
MOVIE1991
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE1967
Code Name: Heraclitus
as Janacek
★6.0
MOVIE1952
The Million Dollar Nickel
as Self
★4.7
MOVIE1953
Latin Lovers
as Roberto Santos
★8.0
MOVIE1971
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
as Al Matteo
★4.2
MOVIE1973
Fade In
as Himself
★6.2
MOVIE1966
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as The White King
★6.0
MOVIE1964
The Fantasticks
as El Gallo
★4.5
MOVIE1970
Black Water Gold
as Alejandro Zayas
MOVIE1973
St. Augustine: The Oldest City
as (Self) Narrator
★7.0
MOVIE1977
Captains Courageous
as Manuel
★7.0
MOVIE1977
Mission to Glory: A True Story
as General Lafuente
★10.0
MOVIE1969
The Pigeon
as John Stambler / Kane
★6.9
MOVIE1954
Untouched
as Federico Vascon
★7.8
MOVIE1973
Mustang
as Narrator (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE1970
The Aquarians
as Dr. Luis Delgado
★7.0
MOVIE1957
Desert Warrior
as Prince Said
★5.4
MOVIE1954
The Saracen Blade
as Pietro Donati
★4.2
MOVIE1953
Sombrero
as Pepe Gonzales
★5.5
MOVIE1964
¡Buenas noches, año nuevo!
as Fernando
★6.0
MOVIE1978
Return to Fantasy Island
as Mr. Roarke
★6.0
MOVIE1978
El asalto al castillo de la Moncloa
as Felipe (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE1976
Joe Panther
as Turtle George
★5.8
MOVIE1945
Cadetes de la naval
★6.2
MOVIE1943
Santa
as Jarameño
★6.8
MOVIE1947
Fantasía ranchera
★6.3
MOVIE1945
Nosotros
as Armando Suárez
★6.6
MOVIE2009
Perdida
★6.4
MOVIE1945
La casa de la zorra
MOVIE1991
Marian Apparitions of the 20th Century: A Message of Urgency
as Narrator
★5.8
MOVIE1944
La Fuga
as Teniente
★5.7
MOVIE1971
Walls of Fire
as Self - Narrator