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Carlos Montalbán
Carlos Montalbán

Carlos Montalbán

ActingBorn June 5, 1903Died March 28, 1991 (age 87)Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico

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.

Filmography

1980
A Step Away

as Spanish Narrator

Movie
1971
Bananas

as General Emilio M. Vargas

Movie
1970
The Out-of-Towners

as Manuel Vargas

Movie
1965
The F.B.I.

as Gen. Rafael Romero

TV
1965
Love Has Many Faces

as Don Julian

Movie
1962
The Lost Apple

as Narrator

Movie
1960
Pepe

as Rodriguez

Movie
1959Movie
1958
Naked City

as Frank Baker

TV
1957Movie
1956
The Harder They Fall

as Luís Agrandi

Movie
1948
Studio One

as Ramos

TV
1943Movie
1936Movie
1936Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 5, 1903
Day of DeathMarch 28, 1991
Place of BirthTorreon, Coahuila, Mexico
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