Ricardo Montalbán
Mr. Roarke
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Fantasy Island: Created by Gene Levitt. With Ricardo Montalban, Hervé Villechaize, Wendy Schaal, Christopher Hewett. The mysterious Mr. Roarke runs a unique resort island in the Pacific Ocean that can fulfill any fantasy, but they rarely turn out as expected.
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Fantasy Island is an American fantasy drama television series created by Gene Levitt. It aired on ABC from 1977 to 1984. The series starred Ricardo Montalbán as the mysterious Mr. Roarke and Hervé Villechaize as his assistant, Tattoo.
- 7
- 152, plus 2 TV movies (list of episodes)
- January 14, 1977 –, May 19, 1984
- ABC
Montalbán played Mr. Roarke on the television series Fantasy Island (1977–1984). He won an Emmy Award for his role in the miniseries How the West Was Won (1978), [3] and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 1993.
- Mexican, American
- January 14, 2009 (aged 88), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, November 25, 1920, Mexico City, Mexico
- Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
Jan 15, 2009 · Ricardo Montalban, the suave leading man who was one of the first Mexican-born actors to make it big in Hollywood and who was best known for his role as Mr. Roarke on TV’s “Fantasy Island,”...
Jan 15, 2009 · Jan. 15, 2009. Ricardo Montalbán, one of Hollywood’s first Latino leading men, who had a long career as a television and movie actor but whose lingering fame perhaps owes most to a less august...
Jan 15, 2009 · Ricardo Montalban, king of Fantasy Island. The actor, who died yesterday, was one of Hollywood's first Latino leading men - but it was his role on Fantasy Island that lingers in the...
Jan 20, 2009 · Ricardo Montalban, the Mexican-born actor who became a star in splashy MGM musicals and later as the wish-fulfilling Mr. Roarke in TV’s “Fantasy Island,” died Wednesday morning at his home,...
