Carlos Montalbán
Known For
Acting
Born
1903-06-05 in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
Died
1991-03-28
Biography
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.
Most Known For
Studio One
as Ramos
The F.B.I.
as Gen. Rafael Romero
The F.B.I.
Naked City
as Frank Baker
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Saguro
Robert Montgomery Presents
Coronet Blue
The Harder They Fall
as Luís Agrandi
Bananas
as General Emilio M. Vargas
Pepe
as Rodriguez
The Out-of-Towners
as Manuel Vargas
Love Has Many Faces
as Don Julian
Crowded Paradise
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
as Rurale Captain
Beyond All Limits
as Nacho
Backstage
A Step Away
as Spanish Narrator
El espejo
The Lost Apple
as Narrator
