Ricardo Montalban
Actor
Born November 25, 1920 in Mexico 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.
Filmography
Star Trek: Short Treks
Khan (voice) (archive footage)
Perdida
The Ant Bully
Head of Council (voice)
American Dad!
General Juanito Pequeño (voice)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Grandfather
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Grandfather
Kim Possible
Señor Senior Sr. (voice)
Titans
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Vartkes (voice)
Laurindo Almeida, Muito Prazer
Self
Family Guy
The Cow (voice)
Behind the Planet of the Apes
Self
Love Boat: The Next Wave
Manuel Kaire
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self
Freakazoid!
Armondo Guitierrez (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
King Carlos (voice)
Chicago Hope
Martin Nieves
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
The Golden Palace
Lawrence Gentry
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
Marian Apparitions of the 20th Century: A Message of Urgency
Narrator
Dream On
Alejandro Goldman
B.L. Stryker
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Vincent Ludwig
American Masters
Self
The Colbys
Zach Powers
Murder, She Wrote
Vaclav Maryska
Cannonball Run II
King
Fatima
Self - Host
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Self
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Khan Noonien Singh
Dynasty
B. J. and the Bear
The Magic of David Copperfield
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Self
Fantasy Island
Mr. Roarke
Return to Fantasy Island
Mr. Roarke
Captains Courageous
Manuel
Fantasy Island
Mr. Roarke
Mission to Glory: A True Story
General Lafuente
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Silent Film Star
Switch
Jean-Paul
The Mark of Zorro
Captain Esteban
Wonder Woman
Abner Smith
Fade In
Himself
Mustang
Narrator (voice)
Police Story
The Train Robbers
The Pinkerton Man
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Armando
Chango, Guardian of the Mayan Treasure
Narrator
Fireball Forward
Jean Duval
Nichols
Colonel Diego Alcazar
Columbo
Luis Montoya
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Armando
Sentinels of Silence
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
Al Matteo
Walls of Fire
Self - Narrator
The Deserter
Natachai
The Aquarians
Dr. Luis Delgado
Dan August
Black Water Gold
Alejandro Zayas
The Desperate Mission
Joaquin Murieta
The Pigeon
John Stambler / Kane
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Rick Rivera
Bracken's World
Sweet Charity
Vittorio
Here's Lucy
Prince Phillip Gregory
Hawaii Five-O
Tokura
The Name of the Game
Blue
Ortega
Sol Madrid
Jalisco
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
It Takes a Thief
Nick Grobbo
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
The High Chaparral
El Tigre
Ironside
The Longest Hundred Miles
Father Sanchez
Code Name: Heraclitus
Janacek
Alice Through the Looking Glass
The White King
Mission: Impossible
Gerard Sefra
Felony Squad
Star Trek
Khan Noonien Singh
The Singing Nun
Father Clementi
Madame X
Phil Benton
The Wild Wild West
The Money Trap
Pete Delanos
¡Buenas noches, año nuevo!
Fernando
The Fantasticks
El Gallo
Cheyenne Autumn
Little Wolf
Daniel Boone
Count Alfonso De Borba
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Satine
Slattery's People
The Rogues
The Great Adventure
Philip Crow
Burke's Law
Nicholas Amenor
The Lieutenant
Love is a Ball
Duke Gaspard Ducluzeau
The Reluctant Saint
Don Raspi
Combat!
Barbu
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Virginian
Enrique Cuellar
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Major Padula
Rage of the Buccaneers
Captain Gordon, the Black Buccaneer
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
Alcoa Premiere
Ben Casey
Dr. Kildare
Damon West
The Dick Powell Show
Stephen Baird
Cain's Hundred
Vincent Pavanne
The Defenders
'Spanish John' Espejo
Play of the Week: Rashomon
Bandit Tasmoro
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Louie Ramponi
Checkmate
Play of the Week
Startime
Turk
Adventures in Paradise
Captain Henri Privaux
Riverboat
Lt. Devereaux
Bonanza
Matsou
The Dick Clark Show
Self
Sayonara
Nakamura
Desert Warrior
Prince Said
Child of Trouble
Teddy Green
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
Three for Jamie Dawn
George Lorenz
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Tony Lorca
MGM Parade
Self
Gunsmoke
Chato
A Life in the Balance
Antonio Gómez
The Queen of Babylon
Amal
Untouched
Federico Vascon
The Wonderful World of Disney
Climax!
Pete McLean
The Saracen Blade
Pietro Donati
Letter to Loretta
Self - Guest Host / Gino
Latin Lovers
Roberto Santos
Sombrero
Pepe Gonzales
General Electric Theater
Esteban Espinosa
My Man and I
Chu Chu Ramirez
The Million Dollar Nickel
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
El Gallo
Across the Wide Missouri
Ironshirt
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Pietro
The Mark of the Renegade
Marcos Zappa
Two Weeks with Love
Demi Armendez
Right Cross
Johnny Monterez
Mystery Street
Peter Moralas
What's My Line?
Self
Battleground
Roderigues
Border Incident
Pablo Rodriguez
Neptune's Daughter
Jose O'Rourke
The Kissing Bandit
Fiesta Specialty Dancer
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
On an Island with You
Ricardo Montez
Fiesta
Mario Morales
Fantasía ranchera
Pepita Jiménez
Luis Vargas
La casa de la zorra
The Hour of Truth
Nosotros
Armando Suárez
Cadetes de la naval
La Fuga
Teniente
Cinco fueron escogidos
Santa
Jarameño
The Three Musketeers
(uncredited)
He's a Latin from Staten Island