Skip to content
Carlos Montalbán

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedJun 5, 1903 (Died at 88)
Zodiac Sign♊Gemini
Place of BirthTorreon, Coahuila, Mexico
Career Span1936 – 1991
Known Credits18 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 0.9

Carlos Montalbán

Also known as:Carlos Montalbán y Merino
Total Works

18

12 movies • 6 shows

Avg Rating

6.5 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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 (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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Bananas
6.7
Bananas
1971•movie
as General Emilio M. Vargas
The Harder They Fall
7.2
as Luís Agrandi
The Out-of-Towners
6.8
The Out-of-Towners
1970•movie
as Manuel Vargas
Pepe
6.4
Pepe
1960•movie
as Rodriguez

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 18 titles featuring Carlos Montalbán

Bananas
6.7
Bananas
1971•movie

as General Emilio M. Vargas

The Harder They Fall
7.2

as Luís Agrandi

The Out-of-Towners
6.8
The Out-of-Towners
1970•movie

as Manuel Vargas

Pepe
6.4
Pepe
1960•movie

as Rodriguez

The F.B.I.
5.6
1 eps
The F.B.I.
1965•series

as Gen. Rafael Romero

Naked City
5.7
1 eps
Naked City
1958•series

as Frank Baker

Studio One
5.4
1 eps
Studio One
1948•series

as Ramos

Love Has Many Faces
5.2

as Don Julian

Beyond All Limits
4.9
Beyond All Limits
1959•movie

as Nacho

El espejo
6.4
El espejo
1943•movie
The Philco Television Playhouse
6.6
1 eps

as Saguro

Robert Montgomery Presents
6.0
2 eps
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
5.7

as Rurale Captain

Backstage
5.7
Backstage
1957•movie
Coronet Blue
6.7
1 eps
Coronet Blue
1967•series
The Crime at Midnight
8.0

as Johnny

El carnaval del diablo
7.0
Crowded Paradise
8.0
Crowded Paradise
1956•movie