Ricardo Montalban

Known for ActingBorn 1920-11-25Died 2009-01-14Mexico City, Mexico

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Pigeon

The Great Adventure

Code Name: Heraclitus

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Columbo

Freakazoid!

Sarge: The Badge or the Cross

The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Star Trek

The Rogues

Play of the Week: Rashomon

Play of the Week

Kim Possible

Mustang

Combat!

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Reluctant Saint

Family Guy

The Carol Burnett Show

Murder, She Wrote

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Fantasy Island

Mission: Impossible

The Wild Wild West

Bracken's World

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Chicago Hope

The Greatest Show on Earth

Bonanza

Behind the Planet of the Apes

American Dad!

MGM Parade

That's Entertainment! III

The Three Musketeers

Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...

Dan August

Hawaii Five-O

It Takes a Thief

American Masters

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Right Cross

Dream On

NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney

The Magic of David Copperfield

Mission to Glory: A True Story