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Carlos Montalbán

Carlos Montalbán

Acting

June 5, 1903 — March 28, 1991Torreon, 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.

Known for

Bananas1971

Bananas

General Emilio M. Vargas

The Out-of-Towners1970

The Out-of-Towners

Manuel Vargas

Love Has Many Faces1965

Love Has Many Faces

Don Julian

Pepe1960

Pepe

Rodriguez

Beyond All Limits1959

Beyond All Limits

Nacho

Backstage1957

Backstage

The Harder They Fall1956

The Harder They Fall

Luís Agrandi

Crowded Paradise1956

Crowded Paradise

El espejo1943

El espejo

The Crime at Midnight1936

The Crime at Midnight

Johnny

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell1936

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

Rurale Captain

El carnaval del diablo1936

El carnaval del diablo