Ricardo Montalban
Acting
Born November 25, 1920 · Mexico City, Mexico
Biography
Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino (November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Mexican-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 N…
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Family Guy
American Dad!
The Mike Douglas Show
Columbo
Chicago Hope
Star Trek
Murder, She Wrote
Hawaii Five-O
Bonanza
The Merv Griffin Show
Ironside
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
What's My Line?
The Virginian
Mission: Impossible
The Wild Wild West
Fantasy Island
Kim Possible
Dynasty
Climax!
Daniel Boone
The Carol Burnett Show
American Masters
Dr. Kildare
Burke's Law
Combat!
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Gunsmoke
The Defenders
The High Chaparral
The Ed Sullivan Show
Ben Casey
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Here's Lucy
The Name of the Game
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Adventures in Paradise