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Carlos Montalbán

Acting Born Jun 5, 1903 Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico 21 credits

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

The Philco Television Playhouse

as Saguro
Film

Ikiru

as Frank Baker

The F.B.I.

as Gen. Rafael Romero

The F.B.I.

1965

Coronet Blue

1967
Film

Bananas

as General Emilio M. Vargas
Film

The Out-of-Towners

as Manuel Vargas

Water Rats

as Don Julian

Full filmography

  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
  • The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) as Saguro
  • Naked City (1958) as Frank Baker
  • Studio One (1948) as Ramos
  • The F.B.I. (1965) as Gen. Rafael Romero
  • The F.B.I. (1965)
  • Coronet Blue (1967)
  • The Harder They Fall (1956) as Luís Agrandi
  • Bananas (1971) as General Emilio M. Vargas
  • The Out-of-Towners (1970) as Manuel Vargas
  • Pepe (1960) as Rodriguez
  • Love Has Many Faces (1965) as Don Julian
  • Beyond All Limits (1959) as Nacho
  • Crowded Paradise (1956)
  • The Lost Apple (1962) as Narrator
  • The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936) as Rurale Captain
  • El carnaval del diablo (1936)
  • El espejo (1943)
  • A Step Away (1980) as Spanish Narrator
  • The Crime at Midnight (1936) as Johnny
  • Backstage (1957)