Ricardo Montalban
From 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)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
(Khan Noonien Singh)
El asalto al castillo de la Moncloa
(Felipe (archive footage))
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
(Armando)
Code Name: Heraclitus
(Janacek)
Battleground
(Roderigues)
Cannonball Run II
(King)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
(Grandfather)
Border Incident
(Pablo Rodriguez)
Across the Wide Missouri
(Ironshirt)
The Ant Bully
(Head of Council (voice))
Sayonara
(Nakamura)
Cheyenne Autumn
(Little Wolf)
Mission to Glory: A True Story
(Gen. Lafuente)
Sweet Charity
(Vittorio)
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
(Silent Film Star)
Space For Women
(Narrator)
Madame X
(Phil Benton)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
(Vincent Ludwig)
Two Weeks with Love
(Demi Armendez)
Neptune's Daughter
(Jose O'Rourke)
On an Island with You
(Ricardo Montalban)
Fiesta
(Mario Morales)
The Money Trap
(Pete Delanos)
The Singing Nun
(Father Clementi)
Mystery Street
(Peter Moralas)
Fantasy Island
(Mr. Roarke)
Fade-In
(Himself)
The Longest Hundred Miles
(Father Sanchez)
Where Dreams Come True
(Narrator)
A Life in the Balance
(Antonio Gómez)
Desert Warrior
(Prince Said)
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
(Major Padula)
Love Is a Ball
(Duke Gaspard Ducluzeau)
Marian Apparitions of the 20th Century: A Message of Urgency
(Narrator)
The Reluctant Saint
(Don Raspi)
The Mark of Zorro
(Captain Esteban)
The Kissing Bandit
(Fiesta Specialty Dancer)
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
(Louie Ramponi)
Wonder Woman
(Abner Smith)
Sol Madrid
(Jalisco)
Blue
(Ortega)
Latin Lovers
(Roberto Santos)
Untouched
(Federico Vascon)
Right Cross
(Johnny Monterez)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
(The White King)
The Queen of Babylon
(Amal)
The Pigeon
(John Stambler / Kane)
Rage of the Buccaneers
(Captain Gordon, the Black Buccaneer)
Sombrero
(Pepe Gonzales)
Three for Jamie Dawn
(George Lorenz)
Centinelas del Silencio
My Man and I
(Chu Chu Ramirez)
The Mark of the Renegade
(Marcos Zappa)
¡Buenas noches, año nuevo!
(Fernando)
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
(Al Matteo)
He's a Latin from Staten Island
Cinco fueron escogidos
Return to Fantasy Island
(Mr. Roarke)
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
(Armando)
Fireball Forward
(Jean Duval)
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
(Self)
La Fuga
(Teniente)
The Train Robbers
(The Pinkerton Man)
Pepita Jimenez
(Luis Vargas)
Perdida
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
(Self)
The Face of Fear
(Sergeant Frank Ortega)
The Saracen Blade
(Pietro Donati)
The Desperate Mission
(Joaquin Murieta)
The Fantasticks
(El Gallo)
Joe Panther
(Turtle George)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
(Grandfather)
St. Augustine: The Oldest City
((Self) Narrator)
The Deserter
(Natachai)
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
(Self)
The Three Musketeers
((uncredited))
That's Entertainment! III
((archive footage))
Play of the Week: Rashomon
(Bandit Tasmoro)
Laurindo Almeida, Muito Prazer
(Self)
The Aquarians
(Dr. Luis Delgado)
Fatima
(Himself)
Behind the Planet of the Apes
(Self)
Santa
(Jarameño)
Cadetes de la naval
La casa de la zorra
Fantasía ranchera
I Know Catherine, The Log Lady
(Self (archive footage))
The Million Dollar Nickel
(Himself)
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
(Self)
Captains Courageous
(Manuel)
Black Water Gold
(Alejandro Zayas)
Mustang
(Narrator (voice))
The Hour of Truth
Murder, She Wrote
(Vaclav Maryska)
Titans
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Columbo
(Luis Montoya)
The Dick Powell Show
(Stephen Baird)
Star Trek
(Khan Noonien Singh)
Burke's Law
(Nicholas Amenor)
B. J. and the Bear
Cain's Hundred
(Vincent Pavanne)
American Dad!
(General Juanito Pequeño (voice))
Family Guy
(The Cow (voice))
Here's Lucy
(Prince Phillip Gregory)
Dream On
(Alejandro Goldman)
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
The Great Adventure
(Philip Crow)
Hawaii Five-O
(Tokura)
Checkmate
Kim Possible
(Señor Senior Sr. (voice))
Wonder Woman
(Abner Smith)
Marcus Welby, M.D.
(Rick Rivera)
Dynasty
The Golden Palace
(Lawrence Gentry)
Gunsmoke
(Chato)
The Wonderful World of Disney
Combat!
(Barbu)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
General Electric Theater
(Esteban Espinosa)
Mission: Impossible
(Gerard Sefra)
The Colbys
(Zach Powers)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(El Gallo)
Ironside
Chicago Hope
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(Tony Lorca)
The Long, Hot Summer
The Greatest Show on Earth
Play of the Week
Felony Squad
The Wild Wild West
Love Boat: The Next Wave
(Manuel Kaire)
The Name of the Game
Daniel Boone
(Count Alfonso De Borba)
Police Story
Switch
(Jean-Paul)
The High Chaparral
(El Tigre)
The Virginian
(Enrique Cuellar)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
(Self)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(Pietro)
The Defenders
('Spanish John' Espejo)
Nichols
(Colonel Diego Alcazar)
Climax!
(Pete McLean)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Slattery's People
Adventures in Paradise
(Captain Henri Privaux)
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Bracken's World
The Rogues
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(Self)
Ben Casey
Riverboat
(Lt. Devereaux)
The Lieutenant
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Star Time
(Self)
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
(Self)
Dr. Kildare
(Damon West)
Griff
Alcoa Premiere
Heaven Help Us
Letter to Loretta
(Self - Guest Host / Gino)
The Dick Clark Show
(Self)
B.L. Stryker
Fantasy Island
(Mr. Roarke)
The Magic of David Copperfield
Freakazoid!
(Armondo Guitierrez (voice))
The Virginian
(Louis Boissevain)
The Virginian
(Francisco Sosentes)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
Letter to Loretta
(Joe Martinez)
Letter to Loretta
(Angelo Pelligrini)
Letter to Loretta
(Nemo Rustin)
Letter to Loretta
(Frank)
Letter to Loretta
(Frank Montclair)
Letter to Loretta
(Tony Santos)
Letter to Loretta
(Father Garcia)
Letter to Loretta
(Father William Gomez)
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
(Self)
Burke's Law
(Armand Dubovier)
The Great Adventure
(Jean Lafitte)
Hawaii Five-O
(Alex Pareno)
The Name of the Game
(Bernard Torres)
The High Chaparral
(Padre Eduardo Sanchez)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
(King Carlos (voice))
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self - Co-Host)
Bonanza
(Matsou)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
(Vartkes (voice))
Climax!
(Joe Bermudes)
The Carol Burnett Show
(Self)
Dynasty
(Zachary 'Zach' Powers)
American Masters
(Self)
McNaughton's Daughter
(Dist. Atty. Charles Quintero)
Star Trek: Short Treks
(Khan (voice) (archive footage))
What's My Line?
(Self - Panelist)
It Takes a Thief
(Nick Grobbo)
Dan August