
Ricardo Montalban
Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino (November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Mexican-American actor. He had a career spanning seven decades (motion pictures from 1943 to 2006) across radio, television, theatre, and film. During the mid-1970s, Montalbán was most notable as the spokesman in automobile advertisements for the Chrysler Cordoba, in which he famously extolled the "soft Corinthian leather" used for its interior. He also advertised the Chrysler New Yorker. From 1977 to 1984, he became famous as Mr. Roarke the main star in the television series Fantasy Island. He played Khan Noonien Singh in both the 1967 episode "Space Seed" of the first season of the original Star Trek series, and the 1982 film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. He won an Emmy Award in 1978 for his role in the mini series How the West Was Won and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 1993. Into his 80s, he continued to perform, often providing voices for animated films and commercials, and appearing in several Spy Kids films as Grandfather Valentin.
59 TV shows
TV Shows

Family Guy
FOX

Columbo
ABC

American Dad!
FOX

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
NBC

Murder, She Wrote
CBS

Star Trek
NBC

Bonanza
NBC

The Mike Douglas Show
Network unknown

Dynasty
ABC

Mission: Impossible
CBS

Ironside
NBC

Kim Possible
Disney Channel

Chicago Hope
CBS

Hawaii Five-O
CBS

The Virginian
NBC

Combat!
ABC

The Wild Wild West
CBS

Climax!
CBS

Daniel Boone
NBC

Ben Casey
ABC

The Carol Burnett Show
CBS

Dr. Kildare
NBC

The Merv Griffin Show
CBS

The High Chaparral
NBC

Burke's Law
ABC

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
UPN
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
NBC

Gunsmoke
CBS

The Defenders
CBS

Marcus Welby, M.D.
ABC

Fantasy Island
ABC

Here's Lucy
CBS

The Name of the Game
NBC

Switch
CBS

The Ed Sullivan Show
CBS

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
NBC

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
NBC

The 20th Century Fox Hour
CBS

Checkmate
CBS

American Masters
PBS

Adventures in Paradise
ABC

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
NBC

Felony Squad
ABC

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
HBO

Police Story
NBC

Dream On
HBO

MGM Parade
Network unknown

The Great Adventure
CBS

Cain's Hundred
NBC

Riverboat
NBC

Freakazoid!
The WB

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
NBC

It Takes a Thief
ABC

The Rogues
NBC

B. J. and the Bear
NBC

The Colbys
ABC

Nichols
NBC

The Golden Palace
CBS

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
CBS
Other Credits
Titans, The Dick Powell Show, The Wonderful World of Disney, General Electric Theater, Hallmark Hall of Fame, The Long, Hot Summer, The Greatest Show on Earth, Play of the Week, Love Boat: The Next Wave, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, Slattery's People, Bracken's World, The Lieutenant, The Lloyd Bridges Show, Star Time, The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show, Griff, Alcoa Premiere, Heaven Help Us, Letter to Loretta, The Dick Clark Show, B.L. Stryker, The Magic of David Copperfield, Burt Reynolds' Conversations with..., McNaughton's Daughter, Star Trek: Short Treks, What's My Line?, Dan August, Startime