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Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, KSG (/ ˌmɒntəlˈbɑːn / 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.
- Hervé Villechaize
Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize (French: [ɛʁve vilʃɛz]; April...
- Georgiana Young
Young with husband Ricardo Montalbán (c. 1950). Georgiana...
- Space Seed
"Space Seed" is the 22nd episode of the first season of the...
- Sally Blane
Blane had her film debut at the age of seven when she...
- Battleground
Battleground is a 1949 American war film directed by William...
- Hervé Villechaize
- Early years
- Acting career
- Television
- Later career
- Later years
He was born in Mexico City on November 25, 1920, the youngest of four children to Castilian Spanish immigrants, Ricarda Merino and Jenaro Montalbán. His father was a dry goods store owner. Montalbán moved to Los Angeles as a teen and lived with his much older brother Carlos Montalbán, who was then pursuing show business as both an actor and dancer....
Returning to Mexico to care for his extremely ill mother, his dark good looks and magnetic style helped propel him into the Spanish-language film industry. After nearly a dozen or so films, he was on the verge of stardom in Mexico when MGM took an interest in him and he relocated back to Los Angeles. Making his Hollywood leading debut as a robust b...
His strong work ethic and reservoir of talent enabled him to continue on television long after his exotic beefcake status in films had waned. He had married Loretta Young's half-sister Georgiana Young in 1944, and appeared on his sister-in-law's television series (The New Loretta Young Show (1962)) several times. He also showed up in a number of te...
Over the years, he continued to appear occasionally on the big screen, typically playing continental smoothies, in such films as Love Is a Ball (1963), Madame X (1966) and Sweet Charity (1969), but it was television that finally made him a household name. Montalban captivated audiences as the urbane, white-suited concierge of mystery Mr. Roarke in ...
An Emmy winner for his role in the miniseries How the West Was Won (1976) and a noteworthy villain in the Dynasty (1981) spin-off soap series The Colbys (1985), Montalban was also famous for a series of television commercials in which he returned somewhat to his \"Latin lover\" persona, primarily in a series of slick commercials for Chrysler's Cord...
- November 25, 1920
- January 14, 2009
Airing from 1978 to 1984, the original series starred Ricardo Montalbán as Mr. Roarke, the enigmatic overseer of a mysterious island somewhere near Devil's Island, French Guiana in the Atlantic Ocean, where people from all walks of life could come and live out their fantasies, albeit for a price.
Ricardo Montalban. Actor: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Legendary actor Ricardo Montalban was the epitome of Latin elegance, charm and grace on film and television and in the late 1940s and early 1950s reinvigorated the Rudolph Valentino / Ramon Novarro "Latin Lover" style in Hollywood without achieving top screen stardom.
- January 1, 1
- Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
The film stars Peter Dinklage as Villechaize, Jamie Dornan as a struggling journalist, and Andy García as Villechaize's Fantasy Island co-star Ricardo Montalbán. It premiered on HBO on October 20, 2018, [2] and received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances of Dinklage and Dornan.
Ricardo Montalban (25 November 1920 – 14 January 2009; age 88) was the actor who played Khan Noonien Singh in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "Space Seed" and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
Feb 5, 2009 · The versatile actor, singer and dancer Ricardo Montalban was one of the first Mexicans to become a Hollywood star. Signed by MGM in 1947, he was soon playing "Latin lover" roles opposite...
