Carlos Montalbán
{{short description|Mexican actor}}
{{family name hatnote|Montalbán|Merino|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Carlos Montalbán
| image = Cropped_Photo_of_Carlos_Montalbán.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Carlos Montalbán y Merino
| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|6|5}}
| birth_place = Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|3|28|1904|6|5}}
| death_place = {{nowrap|Manhattan, New York City, U.S.}}
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1932–1971
| relations = Ricardo Montalbán (brother)
| spouse = {{marriage|Mary Montalbán|1930}}
}}
Carlos Montalbán y Merino (June 5, 1904{{spaced ndash}}March 28, 1991) was a Mexican character actor.
Early life
Montalbán was born in Torreón in Coahuila, Mexico, the son of Ricarda Merino Jiménez and Genaro Balbino Montalbán Busano, a store manager.{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/29/Ricardo-Montalban.html|title=Ricardo Montalban Biography (1920-)|website=www.filmreference.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7QFM-333Z|title=New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946|via=FamilySearch}} His parents were Spanish.
Career
Montalbán was the older brother of actor Ricardo Montalbán and is remembered for portraying two different characters named "Vargas" in well-remembered films; The Out-of-Towners (1970) starring Jack Lemmon, and Woody Allen's Bananas (1971). His best remembered role is likely in the American boxing drama The Harder They Fall (1956), where he plays the sympathetic manager of a heavyweight contender.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/03/obituaries/carlos-montalban-87-actor-and-dancer-dies.html|title=Carlos Montalban, 87; Actor and Dancer Dies|date=April 3, 1991|via=NYTimes.com}}
He appeared as "El Exigente" in a series of coffee advertisements for Savarin Coffee in the 1960s and 1970s. Montalbán was also a renowned voice-over actor and announcer, best known as the official Spanish language voice for Marlboro cigarettes worldwide. He also provided translated Spanish narration for documentaries produced by the US Information Agency in the 1960s.{{Cite book |last=Tomlin |first=Gregory M. |title=Murrow's Cold War: public diplomacy for the Kennedy administration |date=2016 |publisher=Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-1-61234-771-4 |location=Lincoln}}
Death
Montalbán died on March 28, 1991, in his Manhattan home in New York City of cardiovascular disease and was survived by his wife Mary, a New Yorker, two brothers, Pedro and the actor Ricardo Montalbán, and a sister, Carmen, also from Torreon, Mexico.{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800015033/bio |title=Ricardo Montalban Biography – Yahoo! Movies |publisher=Movies.yahoo.com |accessdate=2012-03-29}}
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Flying Down to Rio | ||
| 1934 | La cruz y la espada | Esteban | |
| 1934 | Un capitan de Cosacos | Uncredited | |
| 1934 | Dos más uno dos | Ronald | |
| 1934 | Sadie McKee | Pedro | |
| 1935 | Under the Pampas Moon | Dancer | Uncredited |
| 1935 | Rosa de Francia | Uncredited | |
| 1936 | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell | Rurale Captain | Serial, Uncredited |
| 1936 | El Crimen De Media Noche | Johnny | |
| 1936 | A Message to Garcia | Spanish Gunner | Uncredited with Barbara Stanwyck |
| 1936 | El carnaval del diablo | Uncredited | |
| 1937 | When You're in Love | Minor Role | Uncredited with Grace Moore and Cary Grant |
| 1937 | Love Under Fire | Staff Officer | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Bachelor Father | Esteban | |
| 1939 | El rancho del pinar | José | |
| 1939 | Cuando Canta La Ley | ||
| 1943 | La guerra la gano yo | ||
| 1943 | El espejo | ||
| 1955 | Producers Showcase | Episode: "Yellow Jack" with Lorne Greene | |
| 1956 | The Harder They Fall | Luís Agrandi | with Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger |
| 1956 | Crowded Paradise | with Mario Alcalde and Nancy Kelly | |
| 1957 | The Mysterians | 1959 English version co-director, with Peter Riethof | |
| 1959 | Flor De Mayo | Nacho | with Jack Palance |
| 1960 | Pepe | Rodriguez | with Shirley Jones and Bing Crosby |
| 1961 | Go Naked in the World | Maitre d' | Uncredited |
| 1965 | Love Has Many Faces | Don Julian | with Lana Turner, Cliff Robertson, and Stephanie Powers |
| 1965-1967 | The FBI | Gen. Rafael Romero | 2 episodes |
| 1970 | The Out-of-Towners | Cuban Diplomat | with Jack Lemmon |
| 1971 | Bananas | General Emilio M. Vargas | with Woody Allen (final film role) |
| TBA | The March of Time | Narrator |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0598823}}
- [http://www.fandango.com/carlosmontalban/filmography/p50096 Fandango filmography]
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Category:Mexican emigrants to the United States
Category:Mexican male film actors
Category:Male actors from Coahuila