Born 1903 (age 87) · Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
Appears in 20 titles

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.

Filmography

Bananas
6.7
Bananas
1971
as General Emilio M. Vargas
The Harder They Fall
7.2
The Harder They Fall
1956
as Luís Agrandi
The Out-of-Towners
6.8
The Out-of-Towners
1970
as Manuel Vargas
Pepe
6.3
Pepe
1960
as Rodriguez
Love Has Many Faces
5.2
Love Has Many Faces
1965
as Don Julian
Beyond All Limits
4.9
Beyond All Limits
1959
as Nacho
El espejo
6.4
El espejo
1943
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
5.7
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936
as Rurale Captain
Backstage
5.7
Backstage
1957
The Crime at Midnight
8.0
The Crime at Midnight
1936
as Johnny
7.0
A Step Away
1980
as Spanish Narrator
El carnaval del diablo
Crowded Paradise
8.0
Crowded Paradise
1956
The Lost Apple
1962
as Narrator