Carlos Montalbán
Age: N/A | From: Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Carlos Montalbán y Merino
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
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Movie Involvements: 6
TV Involvements: 4
Most Famous Work
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 Famous Work
Naked City
(1958) Frank Baker
The Philco Television Playhouse
(1948) Saguro
Studio One
(1948) Ramos
The F.B.I.
(1965) Gen. Rafael Romero
The Harder They Fall
(1956) Luís Agrandi
Love Has Many Faces
(1965) Don Julian
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
(1936) Rurale Captain
Beyond All Limits
(1959) NachoActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Spanish Narrator | |
| 1971 | General Emilio M. Vargas | |
| 1970 | Manuel Vargas | |
| 1967 | N/A | |
| 1965 | Gen. Rafael Romero | |
| N/A | ||
| Don Julian | ||
| 1960 | Rodriguez | |
| 1959 | Nacho | |
| 1958 | Frank Baker | |
| 1957 | N/A | |
| 1956 | N/A | |
| Luís Agrandi | ||
| 1950 | N/A | |
| 1948 | Ramos | |
| Saguro | ||
| 1943 | N/A | |
| 1936 | N/A | |
| Johnny | ||
| Rurale Captain | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
