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Carlos Montalbán

Actor
Born June 5, 1903Died March 28, 1991 (87 years)
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.

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Known For

  • Bananas
  • The Out of Towners
  • Pepe
  • Love Has Many Faces
  • Beyond All Limits
  • Green Magic
  • I Win the War

Filmography

1971
Bananas · as General Emilio M. Vargas
1970
The Out of Towners · as Manuel Vargas
1967
N.Y.P.D. (TV Series) · as Diago Fernandez
1967
Coronet Blue (TV Series)
1966
Hawk (TV Series) · as Giulano Miro
1965
The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Gen. Rafael Romero
1965
Love Has Many Faces · as Don Julian
1965
For the People (TV Series) · as Ortega
1961
Go Naked in the World · as Maitre D'
1960
Pepe · as Rodriguez
1960
Moment of Fear (TV Series) · as Ramon Diaz
1959
Beyond All Limits · as Nacho
1958
Naked City (TV Series) · as Frank Baker
1957
Captain David Grief (TV Series) · as Ramos Barrios
1957
Suspicion (TV Series) · as Rico
1956
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as The Arab
1956
The Harder They Fall · as Luís Agrandi
1955
The Phil Silvers Show (TV Series) · as Bandit #2
1954
Producers' Showcase (TV Series) · as Cast
1953
Green Magic · as Narrator, Us Version
1950
The Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) · as Palma
1950
1949
Suspense (TV Series) · as Cast
1948
Studio One (TV Series) · as Ramos
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Saguro
1947
Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Jesue Gomer
1943
I Win the War · as Cast
1943
1937
Love Under Fire · as Staff Officer
1937
When You're in Love · as Undetermined Secondary Role
1936
A Message to Garcia · as Spanish Gunner
1936
1935
1934
Tres Amores · as Pedro

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