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Ricardo Montalban
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Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino (November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Hispanic/Latin American actor. He had a career spanning seven decades (motion pictures from 1943 to 2006) across radio, television, theatre, and film. During the mid-1970s, Montalbán was most notable as the spokesman in automobile advertisements for the Chrysler Cordoba, in which he famously extolled the "soft Corinthian leather" used for its interior. He also advertised the Chrysler New Yorker. From 1977 to 1984, he became famous as Mr. Roarke the main star in the television series Fantasy Island. He played Khan Noonien Singh in both the 1967 episode "Space Seed" of the first season of the original Star Trek series, and the 1982 film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. He won an Emmy Award in 1978 for his role in the mini series How the West Was Won and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 1993. Into his 80s, he continued to perform, often providing voices for animated films and commercials, and appearing in several Spy Kids films as Grandfather Valentin.
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Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino (November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Hispanic/Latin American actor. He had a career spanning seven decades (motion pictures from 1943 to 2006) across radio, television, theatre, and film. During the mid-1970s, Montalbán was most notable as the spokesman in automobile advertisements for the Chrysler Cordoba, in which he famously extolled the "soft Corinthian leather" used for its interior. He also advertised the Chrysler New Yorker. From 1977 to 1984, he became famous as Mr. Roarke the main star in the television series Fantasy Island. He played Khan Noonien Singh in both the 1967 episode "Space Seed" of the first season of the original Star Trek series, and the 1982 film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. He won an Emmy Award in 1978 for his role in the mini series How the West Was Won and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 1993. Into his 80s, he continued to perform, often providing voices for animated films and commercials, and appearing in several Spy Kids films as Grandfather Valentin.
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The Merv Griffin Show
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hawaii Five-O
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Climax!
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Dr. Kildare
What's My Line?
Gunsmoke
Ironside
Wonder Woman
American Dad!
Chicago Hope
Murder, She Wrote
Bonanza
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Police Story
Daniel Boone
Switch
General Electric Theater
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Mission: Impossible
The Name of the Game
Dynasty
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Wild Wild West
Cain's Hundred
The High Chaparral
Dream On
The Carol Burnett Show
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Family Guy
Riverboat
Columbo
B. J. and the Bear
Kim Possible
Star Trek: Short Treks
The Lieutenant
The Dick Powell Show
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
The Golden Palace
The Defenders
The Magic of David Copperfield
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Star Trek
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
Titans
The Wonderful World of Disney
Checkmate
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Nichols
The Rogues
Bracken's World
Cannonball Run II
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
The Ant Bully
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Play of the Week: Rashomon
Fade In
Blue
Wonder Woman
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Letter to Loretta
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Fantasy Island
The Virginian
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