Carlos Montalbán

Known for ActingBorn 1903-06-05Died 1991-03-28Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Crowded Paradise

The Crime at Midnight

A Step Away

The Harder They Fall

The Out-of-Towners

Bananas

El carnaval del diablo

Coronet Blue

The Philco Television Playhouse

Pepe

El espejo

Robert Montgomery Presents

Naked City

The F.B.I.

Backstage

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

Love Has Many Faces

Studio One

Beyond All Limits

The Lost Apple