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Carlos Montalbán

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.


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Born:
Jun 5, 1903 In Mexico City, Distrito Federal
Movie/TV Credits:
20
First Appeared:
In the movie The Adventures of Frank Merriwell 1936-01-13
Latest Project:
Movie A Step Away 1980-01-02
Known For
Poster of A Step Away
Poster of Beyond All Limits
Poster of Backstage
Poster of El espejo
Filmography
Movie A Step Away Spanish Narrator 1980-01-02
Movie Bananas General Emilio M. Vargas 1971-04-28
Movie The Out-of-Towners Manuel Vargas 1970-05-28
Series Coronet Blue Unknown 1967-05-29
Movie Love Has Many Faces Don Julian 1965-02-24
Series The F.B.I. Unknown 1965-09-19
Movie Pepe Rodriguez 1960-12-21
Movie Beyond All Limits Nacho 1959-07-08
Series Naked City Unknown 1958-09-30
Movie Backstage 1957-05-02
Movie The Harder They Fall Luís Agrandi 1956-05-08
Movie Crowded Paradise 1956-06-21
Series Robert Montgomery Presents Unknown 1950-01-30
Series Suspense Unknown 1949-01-06
Series The Philco Television Playhouse Unknown 1948-10-03
Series Studio One Unknown 1948-11-07
Movie El espejo 1943-06-16
Movie The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Rurale Captain 1936-01-13
Movie El carnaval del diablo 1936-12-01
Movie The Crime at Midnight Johnny 1936-02-22