
Carlos Montalbán
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.
12
Films
7
TV Shows
Known For
19 Credits
Studio One
as Ramos
1948

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950

The Philco Television Playhouse
as Saguro
1948

The F.B.I.
as Gen. Rafael Romero
1965

The F.B.I.
1965

Naked City
as Frank Baker
1958

Bananas
as General Emilio M. Vargas
1971

Coronet Blue
1967

The Harder They Fall
as Luís Agrandi
1956

Pepe
as Rodriguez
1960

The Out-of-Towners
as Manuel Vargas
1970

Love Has Many Faces
as Don Julian
1965