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Carlos Montalbán

Carlos Montalbán
  • Name: Carlos Montalbán
  • Birthday: 1903-06-05
  • Also known as: Carlos Montalbán y Merino
  • Place of birth: Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
  • Popularity: 2.881
Biography: 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... Read More

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Title Release date
A Step Away   as  Spanish Narrator 1980-01-02
Bananas   as  General Emilio M. Vargas 1971-04-28
The Out-of-Towners   as  Manuel Vargas 1970-05-28
Love Has Many Faces   as  Don Julian 1965-02-24
Pepe   as  Rodriguez 1960-12-21
Beyond All Limits   as  Nacho 1959-07-08
Backstage 1957-05-02
Crowded Paradise 1956-06-21
The Harder They Fall   as  Luís Agrandi 1956-05-08
El espejo 1943-06-16
El carnaval del diablo 1936-12-01
The Crime at Midnight   as  Johnny 1936-02-22
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell   as  Rurale Captain 1936-01-13