From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, KSG ( November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Mexican radio, television, theatre and film actor. He had a career spanning seven decades (motion pictures from 1943 to 2006) and multiple notable roles. During the mid-1970s, Montalbán was most 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 mini series 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". Date of Death 14 January 2009, Los Angeles, California (congestive heart failure)
Series | The Chevy Show | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | Perdida | 2009-10-21 | |
Movie | The Ant Bully | Head of Council (voice) | 2006-07-28 |
Series | American Dad! | Unknown | 2005-02-06 |
Movie | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | Grandfather | 2003-07-25 |
Series | Kim Possible | 2002-06-07 | |
Movie | Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams | Grandfather | 2002-08-07 |
Series | Titans | Unknown | 2000-10-04 |
Series | Love Boat: The Next Wave | Unknown | 1998-04-13 |
Movie | Behind the Planet of the Apes | Self | 1998-09-05 |
Movie | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Interviewee | 1997-05-12 |
Series | Freakazoid! | Unknown | 1995-09-09 |
Movie | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
Series | Chicago Hope | Unknown | 1994-09-18 |
Series | Heaven Help Us | 1994-08-25 | |
Series | The Golden Palace | Unknown | 1992-09-18 |
Movie | Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1991-09-28 |
Series | Dream On | Unknown | 1990-07-08 |
Series | B.L. Stryker | Unknown | 1989-02-13 |
Movie | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | Vincent Ludwig | 1988-12-02 |
Series | The Colbys | Zach Powers | 1985-11-20 |
Movie | Fatima | Himself | 1984-01-01 |
Movie | Cannonball Run II | King | 1984-06-29 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
Movie | All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra | Self | 1983-12-11 |
Movie | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Khan Noonien Singh | 1982-06-04 |
Series | Dynasty | Unknown | 1981-01-12 |
Series | B. J. and the Bear | Unknown | 1979-02-10 |
Movie | El asalto al castillo de la Moncloa | Felipe (archive footage) | 1978-06-21 |
Series | Fantasy Island | Mr. Roarke | 1978-01-28 |
Movie | Captains Courageous | Manuel | 1977-12-04 |
Movie | Fantasy Island | Mr. Roarke | 1977-01-14 |
Series | How the West Was Won | Unknown | 1977-02-06 |
Series | McNaughton's Daughter | Dist. Atty. Charles Quintero | 1976-03-24 |
Movie | Joe Panther | Turtle George | 1976-10-01 |
Movie | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Silent Film Star | 1976-07-26 |
Series | Switch | Unknown | 1975-09-09 |
Movie | The Mark of Zorro | Captain Esteban | 1974-10-29 |
Movie | Wonder Woman | Abner Smith | 1974-03-12 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | The Train Robbers | The Pinkerton Man | 1973-02-07 |
Movie | Fade-In | Himself | 1973-11-08 |
Series | Griff | Unknown | 1973-09-29 |
Movie | Fireball Forward | Jean Duval | 1972-03-05 |
Movie | Conquest of the Planet of the Apes | Armando | 1972-06-29 |
Movie | Sentinels of Silence | 1971-05-01 | |
Movie | Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Armando | 1971-05-20 |
Series | Columbo | Unknown | 1971-09-15 |
Series | Nichols | Unknown | 1971-09-16 |
Movie | The Face of Fear | Sergeant Frank Ortega | 1971-10-08 |
Series | The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1971-08-01 |
Movie | Black Water Gold | Alejandro Zayas | 1970-01-06 |
Series | Dan August | Unknown | 1970-09-23 |
Movie | The Aquarians | Dr. Luis Delgado | 1970-10-24 |
Movie | The Deserter | Natachai | 1970-12-04 |
Movie | The Desperate Mission | Joaquin Murieta | 1969-01-01 |
Movie | Sweet Charity | Vittorio | 1969-02-25 |
Movie | The Pigeon | John Stambler / Kane | 1969-11-04 |
Series | Bracken's World | Unknown | 1969-09-19 |
Series | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Unknown | 1969-09-23 |
Movie | Blue | Ortega | 1968-05-09 |
Series | The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show | Unknown | 1968-09-15 |
Movie | Sol Madrid | Jalisco | 1968-02-07 |
Series | Here's Lucy | Unknown | 1968-09-23 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Series | The Name of the Game | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | The Longest Hundred Miles | Father Sanchez | 1967-01-21 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Series | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Unknown | 1967-09-09 |
Series | The High Chaparral | Unknown | 1967-09-10 |
Movie | The Singing Nun | Father Clementi | 1966-03-17 |
Series | Star Trek | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
Movie | Madame X | Phil Benton | 1966-03-03 |
Series | Felony Squad | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
Movie | Alice Through the Looking Glass | The White King | 1966-11-06 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Movie | The Money Trap | Pete Delanos | 1965-09-07 |
Series | The Long, Hot Summer | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
Series | The Wild Wild West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
Series | The Rogues | Unknown | 1964-09-13 |
Series | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown | 1964-09-22 |
Series | Slattery's People | Unknown | 1964-09-21 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
Movie | The Fantasticks | El Gallo | 1964-10-17 |
Movie | Cheyenne Autumn | Little Wolf | 1964-10-15 |
Movie | ¡Buenas noches, año nuevo! | Fernando | 1964-12-17 |
Movie | Love Is a Ball | Duke Gaspard Ducluzeau | 1963-04-24 |
Series | The Lieutenant | Unknown | 1963-09-14 |
Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Series | The Greatest Show on Earth | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
Movie | Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man | Major Padula | 1962-07-25 |
Series | The Lloyd Bridges Show | Unknown | 1962-09-11 |
Movie | The Reluctant Saint | Don Raspi | 1962-11-02 |
Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
Series | Combat! | Unknown | 1962-10-02 |
Series | The Dick Powell Show | Unknown | 1961-09-26 |
Series | The Defenders | Unknown | 1961-09-16 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
Series | Cain's Hundred | Unknown | 1961-09-19 |
Movie | Hamlet, Prince of Denmark | Claudius (voice, English dub) | 1961-12-25 |
Movie | Rage of the Buccaneers | Captain Gordon, the Black Buccaneer | 1961-12-15 |
Series | Alcoa Premiere | Unknown | 1961-10-10 |
Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
Series | Checkmate | Unknown | 1960-09-17 |
Movie | Let No Man Write My Epitaph | Louie Ramponi | 1960-11-10 |
Series | Play of the Week | Unknown | 1959-10-12 |
Series | Riverboat | Unknown | 1959-09-13 |
Series | Adventures in Paradise | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
Series | The Dick Clark Show | Unknown | 1958-02-15 |
Movie | Sayonara | Nakamura | 1957-12-25 |
Movie | Desert Warrior | Prince Said | 1957-10-31 |
Series | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Movie | Three for Jamie Dawn | George Lorenz | 1956-07-08 |
Movie | A Life in the Balance | Antonio Gómez | 1955-07-01 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Unknown | 1955-10-05 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
Movie | The Saracen Blade | Pietro Donati | 1954-06-06 |
Series | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | Unknown | 1954-10-27 |
Movie | Untouched | Federico Vascon | 1954-12-23 |
Movie | The Queen of Babylon | Amal | 1954-12-28 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | Sombrero | Pepe Gonzales | 1953-04-22 |
Movie | Latin Lovers | Roberto Santos | 1953-08-12 |
Series | Letter to Loretta | Unknown | 1953-09-20 |
Movie | My Man and I | Chu Chu Ramirez | 1952-09-05 |
Movie | The Mark of the Renegade | Marcos Zappa | 1951-07-24 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Movie | Across the Wide Missouri | Ironshirt | 1951-10-12 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Series | Star Time | Unknown | 1950-09-02 |
Movie | Mystery Street | Peter Moralas | 1950-06-23 |
Movie | Right Cross | Johnny Monterez | 1950-10-06 |
Movie | Two Weeks with Love | Demi Armendez | 1950-11-10 |
Movie | Neptune's Daughter | Jose O'Rourke | 1949-06-10 |
Movie | Border Incident | Pablo Rodriguez | 1949-10-28 |
Movie | Battleground | Roderigues | 1949-11-09 |
Movie | On an Island with You | Ricardo Montalban | 1948-05-03 |
Movie | The Kissing Bandit | Fiesta Specialty Dancer | 1948-11-14 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
Movie | Fiesta | Mario Morales | 1947-06-12 |
Movie | Pepita Jimenez | Luis Vargas | 1946-02-22 |
Movie | La Fuga | Teniente | 1944-07-04 |
Movie | Cinco fueron escogidos | 1943-07-08 | |
Movie | Santa | Jarameño | 1943-06-10 |
Movie | The Three Musketeers | (uncredited) | 1942-08-27 |