Ricardo Montalban
Acting
1920-11-25 · 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
2018 · Series
Perdida
2009 · Movie
The Ant Bully
2006 · Movie
American Dad!
2005 · Series
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003 · Movie
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002 · Movie
Kim Possible
2002 · Series
Titans
2000 · Series
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
2000 · Series
Laurindo Almeida, Muito Prazer
1999 · Movie
Family Guy
1999 · Series
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998 · Movie
Love Boat: The Next Wave
1998 · Series
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997 · Movie
Freakazoid!
1995 · Series
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Series
Chicago Hope
1994 · Series
Heaven Help Us
1994 · Series
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · Movie
The Golden Palace
1992 · Series
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991 · Movie
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991 · Series
Marian Apparitions of the 20th Century: A Message of Urgency
1991 · Movie
Dream On
1990 · Series
B.L. Stryker
1989 · Series
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988 · Movie
American Masters
1986 · Series
The Colbys
1985 · Series
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Cannonball Run II
1984 · Movie
Fatima
1984 · Movie
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983 · Movie
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982 · Movie
Space For Women
1981 · Movie
Dynasty
1981 · Series
B. J. and the Bear
1979 · Series
Where Dreams Come True
1979 · Movie
The Magic of David Copperfield
1978 · Series
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978 · Movie
El asalto al castillo de la Moncloa
1978 · Movie
Fantasy Island
1978 · Series
Return to Fantasy Island
1978 · Movie
Captains Courageous
1977 · Movie
Fantasy Island
1977 · Movie
Mission to Glory: A True Story
1977 · Movie
Joe Panther
1976 · Movie
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976 · Movie
McNaughton's Daughter
1976 · Series
Switch
1975 · Series
The Mark of Zorro
1974 · Movie
Wonder Woman
1974 · Movie
Fade In
1973 · Movie
Mustang
1973 · Movie
Griff
1973 · Series
Police Story
1973 · Series
The Train Robbers
1973 · Movie
St. Augustine: The Oldest City
1973 · Movie
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972 · Movie
Chango, Guardian of the Mayan Treasure
1972 · Movie
Fireball Forward
1972 · Movie
The Face of Fear
1971 · Movie
Nichols
1971 · Series
Columbo
1971 · Series
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971 · Series
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971 · Movie
Sentinels of Silence
1971 · Movie
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
1971 · Movie
Walls of Fire
1971 · Movie
The Deserter
1970 · Movie
The Aquarians
1970 · Movie
Dan August
1970 · Series
Black Water Gold
1970 · Movie
The Desperate Mission
1969 · Movie
The Pigeon
1969 · Movie
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Series
Bracken's World
1969 · Series
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Series
Sweet Charity
1969 · Movie
Here's Lucy
1968 · Series
The Name of the Game
1968 · Series
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
1968 · Series
Blue
1968 · Movie
Sol Madrid
1968 · Movie
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Series
It Takes a Thief
1968 · Series
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Series
The High Chaparral
1967 · Series
Ironside
1967 · Series
Space Seed
1967 · Movie
The Longest Hundred Miles
1967 · Movie
Code Name: Heraclitus
1967 · Movie
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1966 · Movie
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Series
Felony Squad
1966 · Series
Star Trek
1966 · Series
The Singing Nun
1966 · Movie
Madame X
1966 · Movie
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Series
The Long, Hot Summer
1965 · Series
The Money Trap
1965 · Movie
¡Buenas noches, año nuevo!
1964 · Movie
The Fantasticks
1964 · Movie
Cheyenne Autumn
1964 · Movie
Daniel Boone
1964 · Series
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Series
Slattery's People
1964 · Series
The Rogues
1964 · Series
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Series
The Great Adventure
1963 · Series
Burke's Law
1963 · Series
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963 · Series
The Lieutenant
1963 · Series
Love is a Ball
1963 · Movie
The Reluctant Saint
1962 · Movie
Combat!
1962 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962 · Series
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962 · Movie
Rage of the Buccaneers
1961 · Movie
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Alcoa Premiere
1961 · Series
Ben Casey
1961 · Series
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Series
The Dick Powell Show
1961 · Series
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Series
The Defenders
1961 · Series
Play of the Week: Rashomon
1960 · Movie
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960 · Movie
Checkmate
1960 · Series
Play of the Week
1959 · Series
Startime
1959 · Series
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Series
Riverboat
1959 · Series
Bonanza
1959 · Series
The Dick Clark Show
1958 · Series
Sayonara
1957 · Movie
Desert Warrior
1957 · Movie
Child of Trouble
1957 · Movie
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Series
Three for Jamie Dawn
1956 · Movie
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
MGM Parade
1955 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
A Life in the Balance
1955 · Movie
The Queen of Babylon
1954 · Movie
Untouched
1954 · Movie
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Series
Climax!
1954 · Series
The Saracen Blade
1954 · Movie
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Series
Latin Lovers
1953 · Movie
Sombrero
1953 · Movie
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
My Man and I
1952 · Movie
The Million Dollar Nickel
1952 · Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
Across the Wide Missouri
1951 · Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
The Mark of the Renegade
1951 · Movie
Two Weeks with Love
1950 · Movie
Right Cross
1950 · Movie
Mystery Street
1950 · Movie
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
Battleground
1949 · Movie
Border Incident
1949 · Movie
Neptune's Daughter
1949 · Movie
The Kissing Bandit
1948 · Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
On an Island with You
1948 · Movie
Fiesta
1947 · Movie
Fantasía ranchera
1947 · Movie
Pepita Jiménez
1946 · Movie
La casa de la zorra
1945 · Movie
The Hour of Truth
1945 · Movie
Nosotros
1945 · Movie
Cadetes de la naval
1945 · Movie
La fuga
1944 · Movie
Cinco fueron escogidos
1943 · Movie
Santa
1943 · Movie
The Three Musketeers
1942 · Movie