Carlos Montalbán

Acting

Carlos Montalbán

Born June 5, 1903Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico20 credits

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.

Known For

Filmography

A
1980A Step Away
as Spanish NarratorMovie
Bananas
1971Bananas
as General Emilio M. VargasMovie
The Out-of-Towners
1970The Out-of-Towners
as Manuel VargasMovie
The F.B.I.
1965The F.B.I.
as Gen. Rafael RomeroTV
Love Has Many Faces
1965Love Has Many Faces
as Don JulianMovie
T
1962The Lost Apple
as NarratorMovie
Pepe
1960Pepe
as RodriguezMovie
Naked City
1958Naked City
as Frank BakerTV
The Harder They Fall
1956The Harder They Fall
as Luís AgrandiMovie
Studio One
1948Studio One
as RamosTV