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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.4264 |
| Birthday | 1903-06-05 |
| Place of Birth | Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico |
| Also Known As | Carlos Montalbán y Merino, |
1970
The Out-of-Towners
6.799/142
A trip to New York for a job interview turns into a trip to hell for a small town couple.
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The Out-of-Towners
1971
Bananas
6.686/819
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebelli...
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Bananas
1956
The Harder They Fall
7.159/151
Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Tor...
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The Harder They Fall
1965
Love Has Many Faces
5.222/9
A woman lives in Acapulco with moochers and a husband who married her for her money.
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Love Has Many Faces
1936
The Crime at Midnight
8/1
A newly hired police chief vows to clean up a notoriously corrupt police department. When he is murdered, investigators find that there is no shortage...
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The Crime at Midnight
1936
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
5.667/3
A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a mysteriou...
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The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1980
A Step Away
7/1
Focuses on the performance of various elite athletes during the PanAmerican Games held in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1979. Athletes showcased in the doc...
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A Step Away
1960
Pepe
6.27/50
Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss....
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Pepe
1936
El carnaval del diablo
7/1
Spanish-language version of The Devil on Horseback (1936).
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El carnaval del diablo
1959
Beyond All Limits
4.875/8
This typical Mexican melodrama is set in a coastal fishing village where a wealthy fisherman lives with his wife and young son. Their lives are turned...
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Beyond All Limits
1943
El espejo
6.375/8
Faced with her own reflection, a woman traces the events that led her to renounce love, and the sacrifices she has made for her mother and sister.
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El espejo
1957
Backstage
5.667/3
The story of a famous singer who reaches the highest position in the world of varieties, but is forced to cede her throne to the young star of the mom...
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Backstage
1956
Crowded Paradise
8/1
A Puerto Rican immigrant anxiously awaits his wedding day, but his fiancé's racist landlord intervenes.
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Crowded Paradise
1962
The Lost Apple
0/0
An anti-Communist propaganda film produced by the United States Information Agency for the indoctrination of the children separated by Operation Peter...
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