Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 5, 1903
Place of Birth:
Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
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Carlos Montalbán
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | A Step Away | Spanish Narrator |
| 1971 | Bananas | General Emilio M. Vargas |
| 1970 | The Out-of-Towners | Manuel Vargas |
| 1965 | Love Has Many Faces | Don Julian |
| 1960 | Pepe | Rodriguez |
| 1959 | Beyond All Limits | Nacho |
| 1957 | Backstage | |
| 1956 | The Harder They Fall | Luís Agrandi |
| 1956 | Crowded Paradise | |
| 1943 | El espejo | |
| 1936 | The Crime at Midnight | Johnny |
| 1936 | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell | Rurale Captain |
| 1936 | El carnaval del diablo |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Coronet Blue | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Gen. Rafael Romero |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | |
| 1958 | Naked City | Frank Baker |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Ramos |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Saguro |