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Carlos Montalbán

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Carlos Montalbán
Born
Carlos Montalbán y Merino

(1904-06-05)June 5, 1904
DiedMarch 28, 1991(1991-03-28) (aged 86)
OccupationActor
Years active1932–1971
Spouse
Mary Montalbán
(m. 1930)
RelativesRicardo Montalbán (brother)

Carlos Montalbán y Merino (June 5, 1904 – March 28, 1991) was a Mexican character actor.

Early life

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Montalbán was born in Torreón in Coahuila, Mexico, the son of Ricarda Merino Jiménez and Genaro Balbino Montalbán Busano, a store manager.[1][2] His parents were Spanish.

Career

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Montalbán was the older brother of actor Ricardo Montalbán and is remembered for portraying two different characters named "Vargas" in well-remembered films; The Out-of-Towners (1970) starring Jack Lemmon, and Woody Allen's Bananas (1971). His best remembered role is likely in the American boxing drama The Harder They Fall (1956), where he plays the sympathetic manager of a heavyweight contender.[3]

He appeared as "El Exigente" in a series of coffee advertisements for Savarin Coffee in the 1960s and 1970s. Montalbán was also a renowned voice-over actor and announcer, best known as the official Spanish language voice for Marlboro cigarettes worldwide. He also provided translated Spanish narration for documentaries produced by the US Information Agency in the 1960s.[4]

Death

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Montalbán died on March 28, 1991, in his Manhattan home in New York City of cardiovascular disease and was survived by his wife Mary, a New Yorker,[2] two brothers, Pedro and the actor Ricardo Montalbán, and a sister, Carmen, also from Torreon, Mexico.[3][5]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1933 Flying Down to Rio
1934 La cruz y la espada Esteban
1934 Un capitan de Cosacos Uncredited
1934 Dos más uno dos Ronald
1934 Sadie McKee Pedro
1935 Under the Pampas Moon Dancer Uncredited
1935 Rosa de Francia Uncredited
1936 The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Rurale Captain Serial, Uncredited
1936 El Crimen De Media Noche Johnny
1936 A Message to Garcia Spanish Gunner Uncredited
with Barbara Stanwyck
1936 El carnaval del diablo Uncredited
1937 When You're in Love Minor Role Uncredited
with Grace Moore and Cary Grant
1937 Love Under Fire Staff Officer Uncredited
1939 Bachelor Father Esteban
1939 El rancho del pinar José
1939 Cuando Canta La Ley
1943 La guerra la gano yo
1943 El espejo
1955 Producers Showcase Episode: "Yellow Jack"
with Lorne Greene
1956 The Harder They Fall Luís Agrandi with Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger
1956 Crowded Paradise with Mario Alcalde and Nancy Kelly
1957 The Mysterians 1959 English version co-director, with Peter Riethof
1959 Flor De Mayo Nacho with Jack Palance
1960 Pepe Rodriguez with Shirley Jones and Bing Crosby
1961 Go Naked in the World Maitre d' Uncredited
1965 Love Has Many Faces Don Julian with Lana Turner, Cliff Robertson, and Stephanie Powers
1965-1967 The FBI Gen. Rafael Romero 2 episodes
1970 The Out-of-Towners Cuban Diplomat with Jack Lemmon
1971 Bananas General Emilio M. Vargas with Woody Allen
(final film role)
TBA The March of Time Narrator

References

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  1. ^ "Ricardo Montalban Biography (1920-)". www.filmreference.com.
  2. ^ a b "New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946" – via FamilySearch.
  3. ^ a b "Carlos Montalban, 87; Actor and Dancer Dies". April 3, 1991 – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ Tomlin, Gregory M. (2016). Murrow's Cold War: public diplomacy for the Kennedy administration. Lincoln: Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1-61234-771-4.
  5. ^ "Ricardo Montalban Biography – Yahoo! Movies". Movies.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
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