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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 25, 1920
Died
January 14, 2009
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Mexico
Also Known As
- Ricardo Montalbán
- Ricardo Montalvan
- ریکاردو مونتالبان
Ricardo Montalban
1.6 Popularity
Biography
Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino (November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Hispanic/Latin 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 Noonien Singh in both the 1967 episode "Space Seed" of the first season of the original Star Trek series, and the 1982 film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. He won an Emmy Award in 1978 for his role in the mini series How the West Was Won and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 1993. Into his 80s, he continued to perform, often providing voices for animated films and commercials, and appearing in several Spy Kids films as Grandfather Valentin.
Known For
0.0
Self (archive footage)
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
2025
6.3
Khan (voice) (archive footage)
Star Trek: Short Treks
2018
6.6
Perdida
2009
5.8
Head of Council (voice)
The Ant Bully
2006
7.0
General Juanito Pequeño (voice)
American Dad!
2005
5.1
Grandfather
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
5.7
Grandfather
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
7.5
Señor Senior Sr. (voice)
Kim Possible
2002
5.2
Titans
2000
6.6
Vartkes (voice)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
2000
Credits
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
as Self (archive footage)
2025
0.0
Star Trek: Short Treks
as Khan (voice) (archive footage)
2018
6.3
Perdida
2009
6.6
The Ant Bully
as Head of Council (voice)
2006
5.8
American Dad!
as General Juanito Pequeño (voice)
2005
7.0
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
as Grandfather
2003
5.1
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
as Grandfather
2002
5.7
Kim Possible
as Señor Senior Sr. (voice)
2002
7.5
Titans
2000
5.2
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
as Vartkes (voice)
2000
6.6
Laurindo Almeida, Muito Prazer
as Self
1999
0.0
Family Guy
as The Cow (voice)
1999
7.4
Behind the Planet of the Apes
as Self
1998
7.1
Love Boat: The Next Wave
as Manuel Kaire
1998
5.0
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self
1997
7.5
Freakazoid!
as Armondo Guitierrez (voice)
1995
7.8
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as King Carlos (voice)
1995
6.0
Chicago Hope
as Martin Nieves
1994
7.2
🎬
Heaven Help Us
1994
2.0
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
7.0
The Golden Palace
as Lawrence Gentry
1992
6.2
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
1991
5.9
🎬
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
as Self
1991
6.0
Marian Apparitions of the 20th Century: A Message of Urgency
as Narrator
1991
0.0
Dream On
as Alejandro Goldman
1990
6.8
B.L. Stryker
1989
6.0
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
as Vincent Ludwig
1988
7.3
American Masters
as Self
1986
7.4
The Colbys
as Zach Powers
1985
6.1
Murder, She Wrote
as Vaclav Maryska
1984
7.5
Cannonball Run II
as King
1984
5.4
Fatima
as Himself
1984
6.0
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
as Self
1983
6.0
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
as Khan Noonien Singh
1982
7.4
🎬
Space For Women
as Self - Narrator
1981
0.0
Dynasty
1981
6.4
Dynasty
as Zachary 'Zach' Powers
1981
6.4
B. J. and the Bear
1979
5.5
🎬
Where Dreams Come True
as Narrator
1979
0.0
The Magic of David Copperfield
1978
7.0
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
1978
0.0
🎬
El asalto al castillo de la Moncloa
as Felipe (archive footage)
1978
2.0
Fantasy Island
as Mr. Roarke
1978
6.4
Return to Fantasy Island
as Mr. Roarke
1978
4.7
Captains Courageous
as Manuel
1977
6.5
Fantasy Island
as Mr. Roarke
1977
6.8
Mission to Glory: A True Story
as General Lafuente
1977
5.0
🎬
Joe Panther
as Turtle George
1976
5.5
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Silent Film Star
1976
4.1
McNaughton's Daughter
as Dist. Atty. Charles Quintero
1976
3.3
Switch
as Jean-Paul
1975
6.7
The Mark of Zorro
as Captain Esteban
1974
5.9
Wonder Woman
as Abner Smith
1974
5.2
Fade In
as Himself
1973
3.6
Mustang
as Narrator (voice)
1973
7.0
🎬
Griff
1973
5.0
Police Story
1973
6.9
The Train Robbers
as The Pinkerton Man
1973
6.3
🎬
St. Augustine: The Oldest City
as (Self) Narrator
1973
0.0
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
as Armando
1972
6.2
Fireball Forward
as Jean Duval
1972
5.0
🎬
The Face of Fear
as Sergeant Frank Ortega
1971
5.7
Nichols
as Colonel Diego Alcazar
1971
5.0
Columbo
as Luis Montoya
1971
8.1
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
6.5
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
as Armando
1971
6.4
Sentinels of Silence
1971
6.8
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
as Al Matteo
1971
0.0
The Deserter
as Natachai
1970
6.0
The Aquarians
as Dr. Luis Delgado
1970
6.0
Dan August
1970
6.8
Black Water Gold
as Alejandro Zayas
1970
3.9
The Desperate Mission
as Joaquin Murieta
1969
4.0
The Pigeon
as John Stambler / Kane
1969
0.0
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Rick Rivera
1969
6.5
Bracken's World
1969
5.0
Sweet Charity
as Vittorio
1969
6.9
Here's Lucy
as Prince Phillip Gregory
1968
6.7
Hawaii Five-O
as Tokura
1968
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Alex Pareno
1968
7.1
The Name of the Game
1968
6.8
The Name of the Game
as Bernard Torres
1968
6.8
🎬
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
as Self
1968
0.0
Blue
as Ortega
1968
5.4
Sol Madrid
as Jalisco
1968
6.4
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
It Takes a Thief
as Nick Grobbo
1968
7.2
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
1967
7.7
The High Chaparral
as El Tigre
1967
6.6
The High Chaparral
as Padre Eduardo Sanchez
1967
6.6
Ironside
1967
6.8
The Longest Hundred Miles
as Father Sanchez
1967
6.2
Code Name: Heraclitus
as Janacek
1967
0.0
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as The White King
1966
6.0
Mission: Impossible
as Gerard Sefra
1966
7.6
Felony Squad
1966
6.4
Star Trek
as Khan Noonien Singh
1966
8.0
The Singing Nun
as Father Clementi
1966
5.8
Madame X
as Phil Benton
1966
6.4
The Wild Wild West
1965
7.6
🎬
The Long, Hot Summer
1965
5.0
The Money Trap
as Pete Delanos
1965
4.8
¡Buenas noches, año nuevo!
as Fernando
1964
4.0
The Fantasticks
as El Gallo
1964
6.0
Cheyenne Autumn
as Little Wolf
1964
6.7
Daniel Boone
as Count Alfonso De Borba
1964
7.0
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Satine
1964
7.1
Slattery's People
1964
5.0
The Rogues
1964
7.2
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
The Great Adventure
as Philip Crow
1963
0.0
The Great Adventure
as Jean Lafitte
1963
0.0
Burke's Law
as Nicholas Amenor
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Armand Dubovier
1963
6.0
🎬
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
5.0
The Lieutenant
1963
6.0
Love Is a Ball
as Duke Gaspard Ducluzeau
1963
4.6
The Reluctant Saint
as Don Raspi
1962
7.6
Combat!
as Barbu
1962
7.7
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Virginian
as Enrique Cuellar
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Louis Boissevain
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Francisco Sosentes
1962
6.4
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
5.0
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
as Major Padula
1962
5.2
Rage of the Buccaneers
as Captain Gordon, the Black Buccaneer
1961
4.8
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Alcoa Premiere
1961
5.0
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Dr. Kildare
as Damon West
1961
5.5
The Dick Powell Show
as Stephen Baird
1961
5.5
Cain's Hundred
as Vincent Pavanne
1961
4.7
The Defenders
as 'Spanish John' Espejo
1961
5.9
Play of the Week: Rashomon
as Bandit Tasmoro
1960
7.0
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Louie Ramponi
1960
5.6
Checkmate
1960
4.1
Play of the Week
1959
0.0
Adventures in Paradise
as Captain Henri Privaux
1959
5.7
Riverboat
as Lt. Devereaux
1959
6.2
Bonanza
as Matsou
1959
7.5
The Dick Clark Show
as Self
1958
5.5
Sayonara
as Nakamura
1957
6.7
Desert Warrior
as Prince Said
1957
5.0
Child of Trouble
as Teddy Green
1957
0.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
Three for Jamie Dawn
as George Lorenz
1956
5.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
5.4
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Cochise
1955
5.4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Tony Lorca
1955
7.8
Gunsmoke
as Chato
1955
6.6
A Life in the Balance
as Antonio Gómez
1955
5.9
The Queen of Babylon
as Amal
1954
4.5
Untouched
as Federico Vascon
1954
6.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
7.8
Climax!
as Pete McLean
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Joe Bermudes
1954
3.3
The Saracen Blade
as Pietro Donati
1954
4.8
Letter to Loretta
as Self - Guest Host / Gino
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Joe Martinez
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Angelo Pelligrini
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Nemo Rustin
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Frank
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Father Garcia
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Tony Santos
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Frank Montclair
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Father William Gomez
1953
6.5
Latin Lovers
as Roberto Santos
1953
4.3
Sombrero
as Pepe Gonzales
1953
4.0
General Electric Theater
as Esteban Espinosa
1953
6.4
My Man and I
as Chu Chu Ramirez
1952
6.8
The Million Dollar Nickel
as Himself
1952
4.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as El Gallo
1951
8.6
Across the Wide Missouri
as Ironshirt
1951
5.9
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Pietro
1951
7.2
The Mark of the Renegade
as Marcos Zappa
1951
5.2
Two Weeks with Love
as Demi Armendez
1950
6.2
Right Cross
as Johnny Monterez
1950
6.6
🎬
Star Time
as Self
1950
0.0
Mystery Street
as Peter Moralas
1950
6.7
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
Battleground
as Roderigues
1949
6.7
Border Incident
as Pablo Rodriguez
1949
6.9
Neptune's Daughter
as Jose O'Rourke
1949
5.9
The Kissing Bandit
as Fiesta Specialty Dancer
1948
3.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
On an Island with You
as Ricardo Montalban
1948
5.6
Fiesta
as Mario Morales
1947
4.7
Fantasía ranchera
1947
6.0
Pepita Jimenez
as Luis Vargas
1946
5.2
La casa de la zorra
1945
5.5
The Hour of Truth
1945
5.0
Nosotros
as Armando Suárez
1945
5.0
Cadetes de la naval
1945
5.5
La Fuga
as Teniente
1944
5.3
Cinco fueron escogidos
1943
5.0
Santa
as Jarameño
1943
5.6
The Three Musketeers
as (uncredited)
1942
7.4
He's a Latin from Staten Island
1941
0.0