Ricardo Montalban
Acting
Biography
Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino (November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Hispanic/Latin 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.
Born: November 25, 1920
Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Khan (voice) (archive footage)
as Head of Council (voice)
as General Juanito Pequeño (voice)
as Grandfather
as Grandfather
as Señor Senior Sr. (voice)
as Vartkes (voice)
as The Cow (voice)
as Manuel Kaire
as Armondo Guitierrez (voice)
as King Carlos (voice)
as (archive footage)
as Lawrence Gentry
as Alejandro Goldman
as Vincent Ludwig
as Self
as Zach Powers
as Vaclav Maryska
as King
as Himself
as Khan Noonien Singh
as Zachary 'Zach' Powers
as Mr. Roarke
as Mr. Roarke
as Manuel
as Mr. Roarke
as General Lafuente
as Silent Film Star
as Dist. Atty. Charles Quintero
as Jean-Paul
as Captain Esteban
as Abner Smith
as Himself
as Narrator (voice)
as The Pinkerton Man
as Armando
as Jean Duval
as Sergeant Frank Ortega
as Colonel Diego Alcazar
as Luis Montoya
as Armando
as Al Matteo
as Natachai
as Dr. Luis Delgado
as Alejandro Zayas
as Joaquin Murieta
as John Stambler / Kane
as Rick Rivera
as Vittorio
as Prince Phillip Gregory
as Tokura
as Alex Pareno
as Bernard Torres
as Ortega
as Jalisco
as Self
as Nick Grobbo
as Self
as El Tigre
as Padre Eduardo Sanchez
as Father Sanchez
as Janacek
as The White King
as Gerard Sefra
as Khan Noonien Singh
as Father Clementi
as Phil Benton
as Pete Delanos
as Fernando
as El Gallo
as Little Wolf
as Count Alfonso De Borba
as Satine
as Philip Crow
as Jean Lafitte
as Nicholas Amenor
as Armand Dubovier
as Duke Gaspard Ducluzeau
as Don Raspi
as Barbu
as Self
as Enrique Cuellar
as Louis Boissevain
as Francisco Sosentes
as Major Padula
as Captain Gordon, the Black Buccaneer
as Self - Co-Host
as Self
as Damon West
as Stephen Baird
as Vincent Pavanne
as 'Spanish John' Espejo
as Bandit Tasmoro
as Louie Ramponi
as Captain Henri Privaux
as Lt. Devereaux
as Matsou
as Self
as Nakamura
as Prince Said
as Teddy Green
as Self
as George Lorenz
as Cochise
as Tony Lorca
as Chato
as Antonio Gómez
as Amal
as Federico Vascon
as Pete McLean
as Joe Bermudes
as Pietro Donati
as Self - Guest Host / Gino
as Joe Martinez
as Angelo Pelligrini
as Nemo Rustin
as Frank
as Frank Montclair
as Tony Santos
as Father Garcia
as Father William Gomez
as Roberto Santos
as Pepe Gonzales
as Esteban Espinosa
as Chu Chu Ramirez
as Himself
as El Gallo
as Ironshirt
as Pietro
as Marcos Zappa
as Demi Armendez
as Johnny Monterez
as Peter Moralas
as Self
as Roderigues
as Pablo Rodriguez
as Jose O'Rourke
as Fiesta Specialty Dancer
as Self
as Ricardo Montalban
as Mario Morales
as Luis Vargas
as Armando Suárez
as Teniente
as Jarameño
as (uncredited)