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Ricardo Montalban

Birth Name:
Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino
Birth Place:
Mexico City, Mexico
Profession
Actor

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Hollywood Idols
American Dad!
Family Guy

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Fantasy Island Is Also Being Rebooted with a Female Lead

Another day, another reboot

Mon, Oct 12, 2015

Exclusive: Malcolm McDowell to Guest-Star on The Mentalist

We see a serious bad guy in Patrick Jane's future: Malcolm McDowell will guest-star on an upcoming episode of The Mentalist, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.McDowell, best known for playing nihilist Alex in A Clockwork Orange, will play the leader of a twisted religious cult in which Jane (Simon Baker) gets entangled. Series creator Bruno Heller describes the character as a "great heavy.""He seems to have his sinister tentacles in every pie, which is really mixing horrible metaphors, but he's that kind of guy," Heller tells TVGuide.com with a laugh. "We're very lucky to get someone as great as Malcolm McDowell to play that."McDowell, who recently starred in Rob Zombie's two Halloween reboots, recurred on Heroes as the mysterious Linderman during the first three seasons and on Entourage as Ari Gold's former mentor/nemesis Terrence. Fun fact: He played the Ricardo Montalban role in the short-lived 1998 Fantasy Island reboot.Also look for McDowell on the March 1 episode of CSI: Miami, which was directed by Zombie...

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

Mark Burnett Reviving Fantasy Island as Reality Series

Welcome to Fantasy Island — the reality version.Mark Burnett and Sony are teaming up to turn the classic series into a reality show, in which contestants will compete to become a real-life Mr. or Ms. Roarke, Variety reports.The ABC original, which aired from 1978 to '84, featured Mr. Roarke — played by the late Ricardo Montalban — in his iconic white suit, who welcomed guests to his private island and made ...

Tue, Oct 6, 2009

Star Trek II's Khan, Fantasy Island Star Ricardo Montalban, Is Dead at 88

Ricardo Montalban, a Mexican-born actor who starred in MGM films, and later in ABC's Fantasy Island, has died. He was 88, and no cause of death was released, the Associated Press reports. Montalban arrived in the U.S. in 1946, making a transition from Mexican cinema to Hollywood. His first stateside role was in Fiesta, opposite Esther Williams. He appeared with her again in On an Island with You in 1948 and Neptune's Daughter a year later. It was in 1978, however, when Montalban became known as Island's magnanimous Mr. Rourke...

Thu, Jan 15, 2009

Is Ricardo Montalban the ...

Question: Is Ricardo Montalban the one who calls Grissom and Sara on their feelings? Answer: As I said before, it's no one of any significance…. Oh, I see what you're doing there. Fantasy Island, fantasy fulfillment. Good one.

Wed, Apr 5, 2006

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Fiesta
2:27
Fiesta (Maria Fights The Bull)
1:34
Spy Kids 2: The Island Of Lost Dreams
1:22
The Singing Nun
2:39
Aquarians
1:47
On An Island With You
2:30

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