People
Carlos Montalbán
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
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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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 |