Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

Carlos Montalbán

 
Actor: Carlos Montalban
  • Born: 1903
  • Died: 1991
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '30s, '50s-'60s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Bananas, The Mysterians, Pepe
  • First Major Screen Credit: Producers' Showcase: Yellow Jack (1955)

Biography

Mexican actor Carlos Montalban played character roles on stage, screen, and television commercials (he hawked Columbian coffee as "El Exigente," or "the Demanding One" for many years). In 1980, he published his autobiography, Reflections: A Life in Two Worlds. He is the elder brother of the more famous Ricardo Montalban. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Search unanswered questions...
Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics
Wikipedia: Carlos Montalbán
Top
Carlos Montalbán
Born June 5, 1903(1903-06-05)
Mexico City, Distrito Federal
Died March 28, 1991 (aged 87)
New York City, New York

Carlos Montalbán (June 5, 1903 - March 28, 1991) was a Mexican character actor.

Montalbán was born in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, the son of Ricarda (née Merino) and Jenaro Montalbán, a store manager.[1]

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 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.

Filmography

  • El Crimen De Media Noche (1936)
  • Rosa De Francia (1936)
  • A Message to Garcia (1936) with Barbara Stanwyck
  • When You're in Love (1937) with Grace Moore and Cary Grant
  • Cuando Canta La Ley (1939)
  • La Guerra La Gano Yo (1939)
  • Producers Showcase "Yellow Jack" (1955) with Lorne Greene
  • Crowded Paradise (1956) with Mario Alcalde and Nancy Kelly
  • The Harder They Fall (1956) with Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger
  • The Mysterians (1957)
  • Flor De Mayo (1957) with Jack Palance
  • Pepe (1960) with Shirley Jones and Bing Crosby
  • Love Has Two Faces (1965) with Lana Turner, Cliff Robertson, and Stephanie Powers
  • The FBI "The Exiles" (1965)
  • The Out-of-Towners (1970) with Jack Lemmon
  • Bananas (1971) with Woody Allen

References

External links



 
 

 

Copyrights:

Actor. Copyright © 2009 All Media Guide, LLC. All rights reserved.  Read more
Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Carlos Montalbán" Read more