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Carlos Montalbán

1903-06-05 Mexico City, Distrito Federal

Image of Carlos Montalbán

Biografia

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.

Películas

A un solo paso Spanish Narrator 1980-01-02
Bananas General Emilio M. Vargas 1971-04-28
The Out-of-Towners Manuel Vargas 1970-05-28
Love Has Many Faces Don Julian 1965-02-24
Pepe Rodriguez 1960-12-21
Flor de mayo Nacho 1959-07-08
Bambalinas 1957-05-02
The Harder They Fall Luís Agrandi 1956-05-09
Crowded Paradise 1956-06-21
El espejo 1943-06-16
El Crimen de Media Noche Johnny 1936-02-22
El carnaval del diablo 1936-12-01
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Rurale Captain 1936-01-13