Carlos Montalbán

Carlos Montalbán

Personal information

Known for
Acting
Known credits
20
Gender
Male
Born
June 5, 1903
Died
March 28, 1991
Place of birth
Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
Also known as
Carlos Montalbán y Merino

Biography

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.

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Bananas
Movie
1971

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1956

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1970

The Out-of-Towners

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Pepe
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1960

Pepe

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The F.B.I.
Show
1965

The F.B.I.

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Naked City
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1958

Naked City

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