Biography
Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino (November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Mexican 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
all 184
Movies 97
TV Shows 87
self 28
Voice 9
Narrator 5

Star Trek: Short Treks (2018)

The Ant Bully (2006)

American Dad! (2005)

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)

Kim Possible (2002)

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000)

Family Guy (1999)

Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998)

Freakazoid! (1995)

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)

That's Entertainment! III (1994)

The Golden Palace (1992)

Dream On (1990)

The Colbys (1985)

Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Fatima (1984)

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Space For Women (1981)

Dynasty (1981)

El asalto al castillo de la Moncloa (1978)

Fantasy Island (1978)

Return to Fantasy Island (1978)

Fantasy Island (1977)

Mission to Glory: A True Story (1977)

Joe Panther (1976)

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)

McNaughton's Daughter (1976)

Switch (1975)

The Mark of Zorro (1974)

Wonder Woman (1974)

Fade In (1973)

Mustang (1973)

The Train Robbers (1973)

St. Augustine: The Oldest City (1973)

Fireball Forward (1972)

The Face of Fear (1971)

Nichols (1971)

Columbo (1971)

Walls of Fire (1971)

The Deserter (1970)

The Aquarians (1970)

Black Water Gold (1970)

The Desperate Mission (1969)

The Pigeon (1969)

Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)

Sweet Charity (1969)

Here's Lucy (1968)

Hawaii Five-O (1968)

The Name of the Game (1968)

Blue (1968)

Sol Madrid (1968)

It Takes a Thief (1968)

The High Chaparral (1967)

The Longest Hundred Miles (1967)

Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966)

Mission: Impossible (1966)

Star Trek (1966)

The Singing Nun (1966)

Madame X (1966)

The Money Trap (1965)

The Fantasticks (1964)

Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

Daniel Boone (1964)

The Great Adventure (1963)

Burke's Law (1963)

Love Is a Ball (1963)

The Reluctant Saint (1962)

Combat! (1962)

The Virginian (1962)

Rage of the Buccaneers (1961)

The Mike Douglas Show (1961)

Dr. Kildare (1961)

The Dick Powell Show (1961)

Cain's Hundred (1961)

The Defenders (1961)

Play of the Week: Rashomon (1960)

Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)

Adventures in Paradise (1959)

Riverboat (1959)

Bonanza (1959)

Sayonara (1957)

Desert Warrior (1957)

Three for Jamie Dawn (1956)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

Gunsmoke (1955)

A Life in the Balance (1955)

Untouched (1954)

Climax! (1954)

The Saracen Blade (1954)

Letter to Loretta (1953)

Latin Lovers (1953)

Sombrero (1953)

General Electric Theater (1953)

My Man and I (1952)

Across the Wide Missouri (1951)

The Mark of the Renegade (1951)

Two Weeks with Love (1950)

Right Cross (1950)

Mystery Street (1950)

What's My Line? (1950)

Battleground (1949)

Border Incident (1949)

Neptune's Daughter (1949)

The Kissing Bandit (1948)

On an Island with You (1948)

Fiesta (1947)

Pepita Jimenez (1946)

Nosotros (1945)

La Fuga (1944)

Santa (1943)

The Three Musketeers (1942)

I Know Catherine, The Log Lady
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1920-11-25
Deathday2009-01-14 (88 years old)
Birth PlaceTorreón, Mexico
ReligionCatholic Church
SiblingsCarlos Montalbán
CitizenshipsMexico
Also Known As Ricardo Montalbán, Ricardo Montalvan , ریکاردو مونتالبان
AwardsKnight in the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, Order of St. Gregory the Great, Emmy Award
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