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Home/People/Carlos Montalbán
Carlos Montalbán profile photo
Born
Jun 5, 1903Died: Mar 28, 1991
Lived 87 years
Place of Birth
Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

14
Movies
7
TV Shows
Also Known As
Carlos Montalbán y Merino
IMDb Profile

Carlos Montalbán

Acting

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carlos Montalbán, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
A Step Away poster

A Step Away

as Spanish Narrator
1980
Bananas poster

Bananas

as General Emilio M. Vargas
1971
The Out-of-Towners poster

The Out-of-Towners

as Manuel Vargas
1970
Love Has Many Faces poster

Love Has Many Faces

as Don Julian
1965
The Lost Apple poster

The Lost Apple

as Narrator
1962
Pepe poster

Pepe

as Rodriguez
1960
Beyond All Limits poster

Beyond All Limits

as Nacho
1959
Backstage poster

Backstage

Cast
1957
Crowded Paradise poster

Crowded Paradise

Cast
1956
The Harder They Fall poster

The Harder They Fall

as Luís Agrandi
1956
El espejo poster

El espejo

Cast
1943
El carnaval del diablo poster

El carnaval del diablo

Cast
1936
The Crime at Midnight poster

The Crime at Midnight

as Johnny
1936
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell poster

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

as Rurale Captain
1936