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Ricardo Montalbán

Mexican and American actor (1920–2009)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Montalbán and the second or maternal family name is Merino.

Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, KSG (MON-təl-BAHN; Spanish:[montalˈβan]; November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Mexican and American film and television actor. Montalbán's career spanned seven decades, during which he became widely known for performances in genres from crime and drama to musicals and comedy.

Later in his career, Montalbán portrayed Armando in the Planet of the Apes film series from the early 1970s, starring in both Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972). As the villain Khan Noonien Singh, a genetically enhanced human, he guest-starred in the original Star Trek television series (1967) and starred in the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982).

During the 1970s and 1980s, Montalbán was a spokesman for Chrysler for thirteen years, featured in their automotive commercials and advertise

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Ricardo Montalban Biography

Date of Birth:
Nov 25, 1920Birth Place:
Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico

Biography

Handsome, erudite and blessed with an exceptionally rich, sonorous voice, Ricardo Montalbán made the transition from supporting character actor to lead player with a pair of iconic roles, as diverse as they were memorable. Working within the studio system of the 1940s and '50s, the Latino actor was initially cast as whatever ethnicity was needed for a role, most often as a Latin Lover in films like "Fiesta" (1947), but also as a Native-American in "Across the Wide Missouri" (1951) or an Asian, as in "Sayonara" (1957). A Tony-nominated turn on Broadway opposite Lena Horne in the 1957 production of "Jamaica" earned him the respect of his peers, although not the leading roles he sought. Montalbán kept busy with dozens of guest turns throughout the 1960s on such programs as "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (NBC, 1964-68), "The Wild, Wild West" (CBS, 1965-69) and most memorably, in an episode of "Star Trek" (NBC, 1966-69). At last, the veteran actor became a household name as t
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Ricardo Montalban Biography

Among television viewers, Ricardo Montalban is remembered as Mr. Roarke, the mysterious white-suited host of the TV drama Fantasy Island, and as a pitchman for the “soft Corinthian leather” of the luxury Chrysler Cordoba.

Ricardo Montalban was one of a handful of Latin leading men who broke into Hollywood movies in the 1940s and 1950s, though he was often cast as an Arab, a Native American or in other ethnic roles. Montalban also played creepy superdude Khan, Captain James T. Kirk‘s nemesis in a famous 1967 episode of TV’s Star Trek, and he reprised the role in a 1982 movie, The Wrath of Khan.

But it was his Fantasy Island turn as Mr. Roarke — dapper and all-knowing, assisted by the teensy aide-de-camp Tattoo (played by Herve Villechaize) — that made him a star during its run from 1978-1984. He also played Grandfather in Spy Kids 2 (2002) and Spy Kids 3 (2003). He was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Screen Actors Guild in 1994.

     

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