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Ricardo Montalban Biography (1920-)

Born November 25, 1920, in Mexico City, Mexico; immigrated to the United States, 1936; son of Jenaro (a store manager) and Ricarda Montalban; brother of Carlos Montalban (an actor and dancer); brother-in-law of Loretta Young (an actress), Elizabeth Jane Young (an actress as Sally Blane), and Polly Ann Young(an actress); married Georgiana Young (an actress), October 26, 1944; children: Mark, Victor, Laura, Anita. Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 South El Camino Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

Mexican

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

November 25, 1920

Mexico City, Mexico

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• He's a Latin from Staten Island, 1941
• Cinco fueron escogidos (also known as Five Were Chosen), 1942
• El verdugo de Sevilla, 1942
• Announcer, La razon de la culpa, 1943
• Santa, 1943
• Fantasia ranchera, 1943
• La fuga, 1944
• La casa de la zorra (also known as The House of the Fox), 1945
• Nosotros, 1945
• Cadetes de naval, 1945
• La hora de la verdad, 1945
• Pepita Jimenez, 1946
• Mario Morales, Fiesta, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1947
• Ricardo Montez, On an Island with You, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1948
• Specialty dancer, The Kissing Bandit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1948
• Jose O'Rourke, Neptune's Daughter, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949
• Pablo Rodriguez, Border Incident, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949
• Private Johnny Rodriguez, Battleground, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949
• Lieutenant Peter Morales, Mystery Street (also known as Murderat Harvard), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1950
• Johnny Monterez, Right Cross, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1950
• Demi Armendez, Two Weeks with Love, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1950
• Call Me Mister, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951
• Marcos, Mark of the Renegade, Universal, 1951
• Ironshirt, Blackfoot War Chief, Across the Wide Missouri, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951
• Chu Chu Ramirez, My Man and I, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952
• (Uncredited) The Million Dollar Nickel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952
• Pepe Gonzales, Sombrero, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
• Roberto Santos, Latin Lovers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
• Pietro, The Saracen Blade, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1954
• Sombra verde (also known as Untouched), 1954, Excelsior, 1956
• Antonio Gomez, A Life in the Balance, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1955
• George Lorenz, Three for Jamie Dawn, Allied Artists, 1956
• Amak, The Queen of Babylon (also known as The Courtesans of Babylon and Cortigiana di Babilonia), 1956
• Prince Said, Desert Warrior (also known as Gli amanti del deserto, La figlia dello sceicco, and Los amantes del desierto),1956
• Nakamura, Sayonara, Warner Bros., 1957
• Louie Ramponi, Let No Man Write My Epitaph, Columbia, 1960
• Gordon (title role), The Black Buccaneer (also known as Black Pirate, Pirate Warrior, Rage of the Buccaneers, and Gordon, il pirata nero), Colorama, 1962
• Major Padula, Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (also known asAdventures of a Young Man), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1962
• Don Raspi, The Reluctant Saint (also known as Cronachi di un converto and Joseph Desa), Davis-Royal Films International, 1962
• Gaspard, Love Is a Ball (also known as All This and Money Too), United Artists, 1963
• Little Wolf, Cheyenne Autumn, Warner Bros., 1964
• Buenos noches, ano nuevo, 1964
• Pete Delanos, The Money Trap, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
• Phil Benton, Madame X, Universal, 1966
• Father Clementi, The Singing Nun, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
• Jalisco, Sol Madrid (also known as The Heroin Gang), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
• Ortega, Blue, Paramount, 1968
• Iron Cowboy (also known as Fade-In), 1968
• Vittorio Vidal, Sweet Charity (also known as Sweet Charity: TheAdventures of a Girl Who Wanted to Be Loved), Universal, 1969
• Spanish-speaking narrator, Sentinels of Silence (short documentaryfilm; also known as Centinelas del silencio), Paramount, 1971
• Natachai, The Deserter (also known as The Devil's Backbone, Ride to Glory, Djavolja kicma, and La spina dorsale del diavolo), Paramount, 1971
• Armando, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1971
• Armando, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972
• Pinkerton man, The Train Robbers, Warner Bros., 1973
• Fantasy, 1976
• Turtle George, Joe Panther, Artists Creation, 1976
• Silent film star, Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (also known as Won Ton Ton), Paramount, 1976
• El asalto al castillo de la Moncloa, 1978
• Mission to Glory (also known as Father Kino, Padre on Horseback and The Father Kino Story), 1980
• Narrator, Space for Women, William Greaves Productions/National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1981
• Khan Noonien Singh, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (also known as Star Trek II: The Vengeance of Khan and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), Paramount, 1982
• King, Cannonball Run II, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
• Narrator, Fatima, St. Gabriel Media, 1984
• (In archive footage) That's Dancing!, 1985
• Vincent Ludwig, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (also known as The Naked Gun), Paramount, 1988
• Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Dimension Films/Troublemaker Studios, 2002
• Narrator of the film Walls of Fire.
• Television Appearances
• Series
• District Attorney Charles Quintero, McNaughton's Daughter, NBC, 1976
• Executive Suite, CBS, 1976-1977
• Mr. Roarke, Fantasy Island, ABC, 1978-1984
• Zachary Powers, The Colbys (also known as Dynasty II: The Colbys), ABC, 1985-1987
• Mr. Shepard, Heaven Help Us, syndicated, 1994
• Movies
• "Rashomon," Play of the Week, syndicated, 1960
• Ramon Castillo, "Zorro: Auld Acquaintance," Walt Disney Presents,ABC, 1961
• Father Sanchez, The Longest Hundred Miles (also known as Escapefrom Bataan), NBC, 1967
• Janacek, Code Name: Heraclitus, 1967
• John Stambler/Kane, The Pigeon, ABC, 1969
• Alejandro Zayas, Black Water Gold, ABC, 1970
• Dr. Luis Delgado, The Aquarians (also known as Deep Lab), NBC, 1970
• Al Matteo, Sarge: The Badge or the Cross (also known as The Badge or the Cross and Sarge), NBC, 1971
• Sergeant Frank Ortega, The Face of Fear, CBS, 1971
• Joaquin Murietta, Desperate Mission (also known as Joaquin Murietta), NBC, 1971
• Jean Duval, Fireball Forward, ABC, 1972
• "Mustang War," The Wonderful World of Disney, NBC, 1973
• Abner Smith, Wonder Woman, ABC, 1974
• Captain Esteban, The Mark of Zorro, ABC, 1974
• Luis Montoya, Columbo: A Matter of Honor, NBC, 1976
• Manuel, Captains Courageous, ABC, 1977
• Mr. Roarke, Return to Fantasy Island (also known as Fantasy Island II), ABC, 1978
• Victor Constanza, "High Rise" (also known as "B. L. Stryker"), The ABCSaturday Mystery, ABC, 1990
• Miniseries
• Satangkai, How the West Was Won, Part II, ABC, 1978
• Episodic
• "The Mojave Kid," Climax, CBS, 1955
• "Cardboard Casanova," Ford Theater (also known as The Ford Television Theater), NBC, 1955
• "Gina," The Loretta Young Show (also known as A Letter to Loretta), NBC, 1955
• "Operation Cicero," The 20th Century-Fox Hour, CBS, 1955
• "Estaban's Legacy," General Electric Theater (also known as G.E. Theater), CBS, 1956
• "The Lady in His Life," Ford Theater (also known as The Ford Television Theater), NBC, 1956
• "The Cardinal's Secret," The Loretta Young Show (also known as A Letter to Loretta), NBC, 1956
• "Broken Arrow," The 20th Century-Fox Hour, CBS, 1956
• "Island in the City," Climax, CBS, 1956
• "Rhubarb in Apartment 7-A," The Loretta Young Show (also known asA Letter to Loretta), NBC, 1956
• Hollywood Summer Theatre, CBS, 1956
• "The Man on Top," The Loretta Young Show (also known as A Letter to Loretta), NBC, 1957
• "Child of Trouble," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1957
• Title role, "The Jean LeBec Story," Wagon Train, NBC, 1957
• "Hour of Truth," Don Ameche Theater, syndicated, 1958
• "Each Man's Island," The Loretta Young Show (also known as A Letter to Loretta), NBC, 1959
• "Target for Three," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1959
• "Tonight in Havana," Colgate Theater, NBC, 1959
• "A Night at Trapper's Landing," Riverboat, NBC, 1959
• "The Derelict," Adventures in Paradise, ABC, 1959
• "The Hired Hand," The Loretta Young Show (also known as A Letter to Loretta), NBC, 1960
• "Jeff McCleod, the Last Reb," Ford Star Time, NBC, 1960
• "At the Edge of the Desert," The Loretta Young Show (also known asA Letter to Loretta), NBC, 1960
• Matsou, "Day of Reckoning," Bonanza, NBC, 1960
• "Margin for Error," The Loretta Young Show (also known as A Letter to Loretta), NBC, 1960
• Pepe Lorca, "Outlaw in Town," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, NBC, 1960
• "Eagle in the Rocks," Death Valley Days, syndicated, 1960
• "The Man Who Couldn't Smile," The Loretta Young Show (also known as A Letter to Loretta), NBC, 1961
• Frank Mecouris, "Stranglehold," The Untouchables, ABC, 1961
• Joe Martinez, "Hot Winter in a Cold Town," Checkmate, CBS, 1961
• "A Creature Lurks in Ambush," Cain's Hundred, NBC, 1962
• Enrique Cuellar, "The Big Deal," The Virginian, NBC, 1962
• "War Songs," The Lloyd Bridges Show, CBS, 1962
• "The Glass Palace," Alcoa Premiere, ABC, 1963
• "Epilogue," The Dick Powell Show, NBC, 1963
• "The Death of Sitting Bull," The Great Adventure, CBS, 1963
• "The Massacre at Wounded Knee," The Great Adventure, CBS, 1963
• Henry Davis, "Six Impossible Things before Breakfast," Ben Casey,ABC, 1963
• "The Hanging Man," The Greatest Show on Earth, ABC, 1963
• "Tour of Duty," The Lieutenant, NBC, 1964
• "The Pirate and the Patriots," The Great Adventure, CBS, 1964
• "What Became of the White Tortilla?" Slattery's People, CBS, 1964
• "Who Killed the Richest Man in the World?" Burke's Law, ABC, 1964
• "Whitewash," The Defenders, CBS, 1964
• Satine, "The Dove Affair," The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NBC, 1964
• "Hugger-Mugger by the Sea," The Rogues, NBC, 1964
• "In Any Language," Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater, NBC, 1965
• "Who Killed Cop Robin?" Burke's Law, ABC, 1965
• "Trial by Fire," Insight, syndicated, 1966
• "A Few Hearts, a Few Flowers," Dr. Kildare, NBC, 1966
• "Some Tales from Halloween," Dr. Kildare, NBC, 1966
• "Dance to the Tango of Love," Dr. Kildare, NBC, 1966
• "You Got to Walk That Lonesome Valley," Dr. Kildare, NBC, 1966
• "The King of Diamonds Affair," The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NBC, 1966
• "The Man with Two Faces," The Long Hot Summer, ABC, 1966
• Colonel Noel Bartley Vautrain/Abu the Magnificent, "The Night of the Lordof Limbo," The Wild, Wild West, CBS, 1966
• "The Symbol," Daniel Boone, NBC, 1966
• "Gadjo," Combat!, ABC, 1967
• Khan Noonien Singh, "A Fashion for Dying," Star Trek, NBC, 1967
• Khan Noonien Singh, "Space Seed," Star Trek, NBC, 1967
• Gerard Sefra, "Snowball in Hell," Mission: Impossible, CBS, 1967
• "Magic Mirror," I Spy, NBC, 1967
• "Blueprint for Dying," Felony Squad, ABC, 1967
• "To Sleep, Perchance to Scream," Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater, NBC, 1967
• "One for My Baby," The Danny Thomas Hour, NBC, 1968
• El Tigre, "Tiger by the Tail," High Chaparral, NBC, 1968
• "A Fashion for Dying," Felony Squad, ABC, 1968
• Sergeant Al Cervantes, "The Sacrifice," Ironside, NBC, 1968
• "The Wind of Outrage," The Virginian, NBC, 1968
• Nick Grobbo, "The Thingamabob Heist," It Takes a Thief, ABC, 1968
• Tokura/S. Yamashito, "Samurai," Hawaii Five-O, CBS, 1968
• Nick Grobbo, "The Galloping Skin Game," It Takes a Thief, ABC, 1968
• Padre Sanchez, "Our Lady of Guadalupe," High Chaparral, NBC, 1968
• "Wrath of Angels," The Name of the Game, NBC, 1969
• "The Sweet Smell of Failure," Bracken's World, NBC, 1969
• "Echo of a Nightmare," The Name of the Game, NBC, 1970
• Chato, "Chato," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1970
• "The Concrete Corral," McCloud, NBC, 1970
• "Hey Gringo--Hey, Pocho," Bracken's World, NBC, 1970
• "The Labyrinth," Marcus Welby, M.D., ABC, 1970
• Sosentes, "Last of the Comancheros," Men from Shiloh (some sourcescite The Virginian), NBC, 1970
• Guest panelist, The Hollywood Squares, 1970
• "Billy's First Date," The Doris Day Show, CBS, 1971
• "The Siege," Nichols, NBC, 1971
• "Operation: Lady Luck," O'Hara, U.S. Treasury, CBS, 1972
• Alex Pareno, "Death Wish on Tantalus Mountain," Hawaii Five-O, CBS, 1972
• Prince Phillip Gregory Hennepin of Montalbania, "Lucy and Her Prince Charming," Here's Lucy, CBS, 1972
• "Countdown to Terror," Griff, ABC, 1973
• Jean-Paul, "Kiss of Death," Switch, CBS, 1975
• Sergio Flores, "Hard Rock Brown," Police Story, NBC, 1977
• "Gabriel Navarete," An American Portrait, CBS, 1985
• Zachary Powers, "Souvenirs," Dynasty, ABC, 1986
• A Conversation with Dinah, The Nashville Network, 1989
• Vaaclav Maryska, "Murder in F Sharp," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1990
• Alejandro Goldman, "The Second Greatest Story Ever Told," Dream On, HBO, 1990
• Interviewee, Debbie Reynolds' Movie Memories, American Movie Classics, 1991
• Hearts Are Wild, CBS, 1992
• "Senor Stinky Learns Absolutely Nothing about Life," The Golden Palace, 1993
• Voice, "Sleeping Beauty," Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales For Every Child (animated), HBO, 1995
• Voice of Armando Guitierrez, Steven Spielberg Presents Freakazoid!(animated; also known as Freakazoid!), The WB, 1995
• Voice, Adventures from the Book of Virtues (animated), PBS, 1996
• Colonel Martin Reeves, "Colonel of Truth," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1996
• "Barbara Stanwyck: Straight down the Line," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1997
• Manuel Kaire, "Getting to Know You," The Love Boat: The Next Wave,UPN, 1998
• Voice of Vartkes, "Lone Wolf," Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, TheDisney Channel, 2000
• Also appeared in The Carol Burnett Show, CBS.
• Specials
• "The Fantasticks," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1964
• The white king, Alice through the Looking Glass, NBC, 1966
• Guest star, The Magic of David Copperfield VI: Floating over the GrandCanyon, 1984
• Dom DeLuise and Friends, Part III, ABC, 1985
• Host, Placido Domingo Sings Zarzuela!, PBS, 1986
• Welcome Home, HBO, 1987
• National AIDS Awareness Test: What Do You Know about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome?, syndicated, 1987
• Christmas with the Stars: An International Earthquake Benefit, TheDiscovery Channel, 1989
• Host (with Gloria Loring), Thanks for Giving (also known as Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Telethon), USA Network, 1989
• Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous (also known as Spy TV: How to Be Famous), NBC, 1990
• Narrator, El Matador, PBS, 1990
• Himself, Burt Reynolds' Conversations with ... , CBS, 1991
• Himself, Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special, 1991
• MGM: When the Lion Roars (also known as The MGM Story), TNT, 1992
• Host, All-Star Fiesta at Ford's, ABC, 1992
• Latin Nights: An All-Star Celebration, ABC, 1995
• Interviewee, "Lena Horne: In Her Own Voice," American Masters (documentary), PBS, 1996
• Himself, Behind the Planet of the Apes, American Movie Classics, 1998
• (In archive footage) Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments,UPN, 1999
• Himself, Herve Villechaize: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1999
• Awards Presentations
• Host, The Golden Eagle Awards, 1987
• The 4th Annual Desi Awards, 1992
• Honoree, 1995 National Council of La Raza Bravo Awards, 1995
• Pilots
• District Attorney Charles Quintero, McNaughton's Daughter (also known as Try to Catch a Saint), NBC, 1976
• Mr. Roarke, Fantasy Island, ABC, 1977
• Television Director
• Episodic
• Fantasy Island, ABC, between 1978 and 1884
• Stage Appearances
• Her Cardboard Lover, Broadway production, 1940
• Seventh Heaven (musical), Broadway production, 1955
• Jamaica, Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1957
• Don Juan in Hell, Broadway production, 1972
• Also appeared in The King and I, Our Betters, and Private Affair.
• RECORDINGS
• Videos
• Himself, Oscar's Greatest Moments: 1971-1991, 1992
• WRITINGS
• Memoirs
• (With Bob Thomas) Reflections: A Life in Two Worlds (memoir), Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1980

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Dictionary of Hispanic Biography, Gale, 1996
• Montalban, Ricardo, and Bob Thomas, Reflections: A Life in Two Worlds, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1980

Periodicals

• Entertainment Weekly, August 26, 1994, p. 97; August 22, 1997, p.146
• Star Trek Communicator, May, 1997, pp. 62-64