Ricardo Montalban
Acting
Biography
Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino (November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Hispanic/Latin American actor. He had a career spanning seven decades (motion pictures from 1943 to 2006) across radio, television, theatre, and film. 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.
Born: November 25, 1920
Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico
Known For
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Columbo
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Star Trek
Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen led by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Freakazoid!
The adventures of Freakazoid, a manic, insane superhero who battles with an array of super villains.
The Carol Burnett Show
The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33. The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, was ranked No. 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002 and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time."
Combat!
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.
The Reluctant Saint
Cupertino, Italy, 1623: A simple-minded and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order as a hired hand, overcoming his intellectual and social challenges with a pure heart and a simple faith. God performs a miracle through him, quite literally raising him to sainthood.
The Wild Wild West
The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set during the administration of President Ulysses Grant, the series followed Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States. The show also featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Verne-esque style technology have inspired some to give the show credit for the origins of the steam punk subculture.
Filmography
as Khan (voice) (archive footage)
as Head of Council (voice)
as General Juanito Pequeño (voice)
as Grandfather
as Grandfather
as Señor Senior Sr. (voice)
as Vartkes (voice)
as The Cow (voice)
as Manuel Kaire
as Armondo Guitierrez (voice)
as King Carlos (voice)
as Martin Nieves
as (archive footage)
as Lawrence Gentry
as Alejandro Goldman
as Vincent Ludwig
as Self
as Zach Powers
as Vaclav Maryska
as King
as Himself
as Khan Noonien Singh
as Zachary 'Zach' Powers
as Mr. Roarke
as Mr. Roarke
as Manuel
as Mr. Roarke
as General Lafuente
as Silent Film Star
as Jean-Paul
as Captain Esteban
as Abner Smith
as Himself
as Narrator (voice)
as The Pinkerton Man
as Armando
as Narrator
as Jean Duval
as Sergeant Frank Ortega
as Colonel Diego Alcazar
as Luis Montoya
as Armando
as Al Matteo
as Natachai
as Dr. Luis Delgado
as Alejandro Zayas
as Joaquin Murieta
as John Stambler / Kane
as Rick Rivera
as Vittorio
as Prince Phillip Gregory
as Tokura
as Alex Pareno
as Bernard Torres
as Ortega
as Jalisco
as Self
as Self (uncredited)
as Nick Grobbo
as Self
as El Tigre
as Padre Eduardo Sanchez
as Father Sanchez
as Janacek
as The White King
as Gerard Sefra
as Khan Noonien Singh
as Father Clementi
as Phil Benton
as Pete Delanos
as Fernando
as El Gallo
as Little Wolf
as Count Alfonso De Borba
as Satine
as Philip Crow
as Jean Lafitte
as Nicholas Amenor
as Armand Dubovier
as Duke Gaspard Ducluzeau
as Don Raspi
as Barbu
as Self
as Enrique Cuellar
as Louis Boissevain
as Francisco Sosentes
as Major Padula
as Captain Gordon, the Black Buccaneer
as Self - Co-Host
as Self
as Damon West
as Stephen Baird
as Vincent Pavanne
as 'Spanish John' Espejo
as Bandit Tasmoro
as Louie Ramponi
as Captain Henri Privaux
as Lt. Devereaux
as Matsou
as Self
as Nakamura
as Prince Said
as Teddy Green
as Self
as George Lorenz
as Cochise
as Tony Lorca
as Self
as Chato
as Antonio Gómez
as Amal
as Federico Vascon
as Pete McLean
as Joe Bermudes
as Pietro Donati
as Self - Guest Host / Gino
as Joe Martinez
as Angelo Pelligrini
as Nemo Rustin
as Frank
as Frank Montclair
as Tony Santos
as Father Garcia
as Father William Gomez
as Roberto Santos
as Pepe Gonzales
as Esteban Espinosa
as Chu Chu Ramirez
as Himself
as El Gallo
as Ironshirt
as Pietro
as Marcos Zappa
as Demi Armendez
as Johnny Monterez
as Peter Moralas
as Self
as Roderigues
as Pablo Rodriguez
as Jose O'Rourke
as Fiesta Specialty Dancer
as Self
as Ricardo Montalban
as Mario Morales
as Luis Vargas
as Armando Suárez
as Teniente
as Jarameño
as (uncredited)