Carlos Montalbán
Carlos Montalbán (June 5, 1903 – March 28, 1991) was a Mexican character actor. Montalbán was born in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, the son of Spanish immigrants Ricarda (née Merino) and Jenaro Montalbán, a store manager. He was the older brother of actor Ricardo Montalbán. Although not as famous as his younger brother, he is notable for having starred as "El Exigenté" in a series of coffee advertisements for Savarin Coffee in the 1960s and for portraying two different characters named "Vargas". The first time in the Jack Lemmon film The Out-of-Towners (1970) and then again in Woody Allen's Bananas (1971). His most famous American film was the boxing drama The Harder They Fall (1956) in which he played the sympathetic manager of a heavyweight contender. Montalbán was also a renowned voice-over actor and announcer; he was best known as the official Spanish language voice for Marlboro cigarettes worldwide. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carlos Montalbán, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 1980 · A Step Away as Spanish Narrator
- 1971 · Bananas as General Emilio M. Vargas
- 1970 · The Out-of-Towners as Manuel Vargas
- 1967 · Coronet Blue as
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Gen. Rafael Romero
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as
- 1965 · Love Has Many Faces as Don Julian
- 1960 · Pepe as Rodriguez
- 1959 · Beyond All Limits as Nacho
- 1958 · Naked City as Frank Baker
- 1957 · Backstage as
- 1956 · Crowded Paradise as
- 1956 · The Harder They Fall as Luís Agrandi
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as
- 1948 · Studio One as Ramos
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as Saguro
- 1943 · El espejo as
- 1936 · El carnaval del diablo as
- 1936 · The Crime at Midnight as Johnny
- 1936 · The Adventures of Frank Merriwell as Rurale Captain