Carlos Montalbán

Carlos Montalbán

Birthday: 1903-06-05

Deathday: 1991-03-28

Place of birth: Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico

Also known as: Carlos Montalbán y Merino

imdb_id: nm0598823

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.

Played in movies:

The Harder They Fall

Score: 7.1

The Out-of-Towners

Score: 6.7

Bananas

Score: 6.7

El espejo

Score: 6.3

Pepe

Score: 6.2

Beyond All Limits

Score: 5.2

Backstage

Score: 5.0

Love Has Many Faces

Score: 4.7

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

Score: 4.0

Crowded Paradise

Score: 0.0

El carnaval del diablo

Score: 0.0

A Step Away

Score: 0.0

The Crime at Midnight

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Philco Television Playhouse

Score: 6.3

Robert Montgomery Presents

Score: 5.6

Coronet Blue

Score: 5.5

Naked City

Score: 5.5

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.5

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.5

Studio One

Score: 5.0