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Carlos Montalbán

Carlos Montalbán

Known For Acting
Birthday Jun 05, 1903
Died Mar 28, 1991 (87)
Birthplace Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
Popularity 0.6 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carlos Montalbán, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Bananas

Bananas

1971

as General Emilio M. Vargas

The Out-of-Towners

The Out-of-Towners

1970

as Manuel Vargas

Love Has Many Faces

Love Has Many Faces

1965

as Don Julian

Pepe

Pepe

1960

as Rodriguez

The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall

1956

as Luís Agrandi

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

1936

as Rurale Captain

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

The F.B.I.

as Gen. Rafael Romero

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

Naked City

as Frank Baker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1958

Studio One

as Ramos

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

The Philco Television Playhouse

as Saguro

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1948

Robert Montgomery Presents

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 30, 1950

Coronet Blue

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 29, 1967

The F.B.I.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

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