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Carlos Montalbán

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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  • BIRTH 05/06/1903
  • DEATH 28/03/1991
  • Country Mexico
  • SHOW 1
  • MOVIES 5

Show

The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
Gen. Rafael Romero

Movies (5)

Bananas
Bananas
General Emilio M. Vargas
The Out-of-Towners
The Out-of-Towners
Manuel Vargas
Pepe
Pepe
Rodriguez
A un solo paso
A un solo paso
Spanish Narrator
The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall
Luís Agrandi