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.
as Khan (voice) (archive footage)(1 ep)
as Head of Council (voice)
as General Juanito Pequeño (voice)(1 ep)
as Grandfather
as Grandfather
as Señor Senior Sr. (voice)(6 eps)
as Vartkes (voice)(1 ep)
as The Cow (voice)(1 ep)
as Manuel Kaire(1 ep)
as Armondo Guitierrez (voice)(5 eps)
as King Carlos (voice)(1 ep)
as Martin Nieves(1 ep)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Lawrence Gentry(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Alejandro Goldman(2 eps)
as Vincent Ludwig
as Self(1 ep)
as Zach Powers(49 eps)
as Vaclav Maryska(1 ep)
as King
as Self - Host
as Khan Noonien Singh
as Self - Narrator
as Zachary 'Zach' Powers(1 ep)
as Narrator
as Felipe (archive footage)
as Mr. Roarke(152 eps)
as Mr. Roarke
as Manuel
as Mr. Roarke
as General Lafuente
as Turtle George
as Silent Film Star
as Dist. Atty. Charles Quintero(3 eps)
as Jean-Paul(1 ep)
as Captain Esteban
as Abner Smith
as Himself
as Narrator (voice)
as The Pinkerton Man
as (Self) Narrator
as Armando
as Narrator
as Jean Duval
as Sergeant Frank Ortega
as Colonel Diego Alcazar(1 ep)
as Luis Montoya(1 ep)
as Armando
as Al Matteo
as Self - Narrator
as Natachai
as Dr. Luis Delgado
as Alejandro Zayas
as Joaquin Murieta
as John Stambler / Kane
as Rick Rivera(1 ep)
as Tokura(1 ep)
as Alex Pareno(1 ep)
as Vittorio
as Prince Phillip Gregory(1 ep)
as Bernard Torres(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Ortega
as Jalisco
as Self(1 ep)
as Self (uncredited)(2 eps)
as Nick Grobbo(2 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as El Tigre(1 ep)
as Padre Eduardo Sanchez(1 ep)
as Khan
as Father Sanchez
as Janacek
as The White King
as Gerard Sefra(1 ep)
as Khan Noonien Singh(1 ep)
as Father Clementi
as Phil Benton
as Pete Delanos
as Fernando
as El Gallo
as Little Wolf
as Count Alfonso De Borba(1 ep)
as Satine(2 eps)
as Philip Crow(2 eps)
as Jean Lafitte(1 ep)
as Nicholas Amenor(1 ep)
as Armand Dubovier(1 ep)
as Duke Gaspard Ducluzeau
as Don Raspi
as Barbu(1 ep)
as Self(3 eps)
as Self(2 eps)
as Enrique Cuellar(1 ep)
as Louis Boissevain(1 ep)
as Francisco Sosentes(1 ep)
as Major Padula
as Captain Gordon, the Black Buccaneer
as Self - Co-Host(2 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Damon West(4 eps)
as Stephen Baird(1 ep)
as Vincent Pavanne(1 ep)
as 'Spanish John' Espejo(1 ep)
as Bandit Tasmoro
as Louie Ramponi
as Turk(1 ep)
as Captain Henri Privaux(1 ep)
as Lt. Devereaux(1 ep)
as Matsou(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Nakamura
as Prince Said
as Teddy Green
as Self(2 eps)
as George Lorenz
as Cochise(1 ep)
as Tony Lorca(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Chato(1 ep)
as Antonio Gómez
as Amal
as Federico Vascon
as Pete McLean(1 ep)
as Joe Bermudes(1 ep)
as Pietro Donati
as Self - Guest Host / Gino(1 ep)
as Joe Martinez(1 ep)
as Angelo Pelligrini(1 ep)
as Nemo Rustin(1 ep)
as Frank(1 ep)
as Father Garcia(1 ep)
as Tony Santos(1 ep)
as Frank Montclair(1 ep)
as Father William Gomez(1 ep)
as Roberto Santos
as Pepe Gonzales
as Esteban Espinosa(1 ep)
as Chu Chu Ramirez
as Self
as El Gallo(1 ep)
as Ironshirt
as Pietro(1 ep)
as Marcos Zappa
as Demi Armendez
as Johnny Monterez
as Peter Moralas
as Self(1 ep)
as Roderigues
as Pablo Rodriguez
as Jose O'Rourke
as Fiesta Specialty Dancer
as Self(1 ep)
as Ricardo Montez
as Mario Morales
as Luis Vargas
as Armando Suárez
as Teniente
as Jarameño
as Anunciador en barco
as Jacobito
as (uncredited)