Ricardo Montalbán
Gender: Male
Born: 25th November 1920
Died: 14th January 2009
Nationality: United States of America, Mexico
TV programs: Fantasy Island, Hawaii Five-O, Freakazoid!, The Colbys, Dora the Explorer, Kim Possible, Wonder Woman, The Chevy Show (1958), Heaven Help Us
Movies: Border Incident, Mystery Street, Sayonara, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Battleground, Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams, Across the Wide Missouri, Madame X, Cheyenne Autumn, Love Is a Ball, Cannonball Run II, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, The Train Robbers, The Singing Nun, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Right Cross, The Reluctant Saint, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, The Mark of Zorro, Sentinels of Silence, Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man, Latin Lovers, Neptune's Daughter, The Ant Bully, Two Weeks with Love, Sweet Charity, The Deserter, On an Island with You, Act of Violence, The Father Kino Story, Blue, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Portrait in Black, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Sombra Verde, Fiesta, Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hamlet, Kim Possible: The Secret Files, Hispanic Hollywood, Try to Remember: The Fantasticks, The Face: Jesus in Art, Sombrero, My Man and I, A Life in the Balance
Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, KSG ( /ˌmɒntəlˈbɑːn/; Spanish pronunciation: [montalˈβan]; November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Mexican radio, television, theatre and film actor. He had a career spanning six decades (motion pictures from 1943 to 2006) and many notable roles. During the mid-1970s, Montalbán was 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 miniseries 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".
Montalbán was born in Mexico City, but grew up in the city of Torreón,
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