Ricardo Montalban Net Worth

Ricardo Montalban's Quotes

• [upon winning his Emmy Award for How the West Was Won (1976)] I don't know about Mr. Roarke, but this certainly fulfills my fantasy. Thank you very much.
• [In a 1978 interview, analyzing the success of Fantasy Island (1977)] What is appealing is the idea of attaining the unattainable and learning from it. Once you obtain a fantasy, it becomes a reality, and that reality is not as exciting as your fantasy. Through the fantasies, you learn to appreciate your own realities.
• Mexican is not a nice-sounding word and Hollywood is at fault for this because we have been portrayed in this ungodly manner.
• [on his famous role on Fantasy Island (1977)] Mr. Roarke manipulates everything and everyone. In the eye of the fantasizer, Roarke has the power of life and death.
• [on the Nosotros Foundation] I received tremendous support, but there also were some negative repercussions. I was accused of being a militant, and as a result, I lost jobs.

Interesting Facts about Ricardo Montalban

1. Wife Georgiana Young's sister was actress Loretta Young.
2. Attended and graduated from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, California.
3. Had three siblings: Carmen Montalban, Pedro Montalban and Carlos Montalbán.
4. For years, he was a commercial spokesperson for Chrysler Corporation automobiles.
5. Half-brother-in-law of Polly Ann Young, Sally Blane and Loretta Young, half-uncle of Judy Lewis and Christopher Lewis.
6. He was a member of the Good Shepherd Parish and the Catholic Motion Picture Guild in Beverly Hills, California.
7. Was nominated for Broadway's 1958 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for "Jamaica".
8. Is one of two very famous "Star Trek" movie villains to reprise his/her role. He played Khan Noonien Singh in both the television series episode Star Trek: Space Seed (1967) and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982).
9. Had appeared in episodes of three different series with Madlyn Rhue: Bonanza (1959), Star Trek (1966) and Fantasy Island (1977). They played husband and wife in the first two of these series.
10. In 1970, he founded the non-profit organization "Nosotros" whose goal is "to help fulfill the goals of persons of Spanish-speaking origin in the motion picture and television industry".
11. In 1999, he purchased an old Hollywood theater designed by the well-known architect John C. Austin which was built in 1927: "...conceiving a plan to rebuild this theater to benefit the diverse community and to build a state-of-the-art school to compliment this live theater".
12. Had played a Japanese gangster in the television series episode Hawaii Five-O: Samurai (1968). The eye makeup was so binding that Montalban could not blink. As a result, the continuous shots of Montalban are always short. The effect is a little jarring. Most people blink when they move their head to readjust their eyes. Montalban never does when moving his head on camera.
13. Best remembered by the public for his starring role as Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island (1977).
14. Had four children with Georgiana Young. Sons: Victor Montalban (born April 18, 1952) and Mark Montalban (March 13, 1947). Daughters: Laura Montalban, clothing designer (August 12, 1945 - November 17, 2017) and Anita Montalban (March 21, 1949).
15. His friendly "Latin Lover" rivalry with fellow Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer star Fernando Lamas prodded a memorable Saturday Night Live (1975) sketch in later years with Bill Murray titled "Quien es mas macho, Fernando Lamas o Ricardo Montalban?".
16. Made 13 Spanish-language films in Mexico before his American debut in Fiesta (1947).
17. Montalban's dignified demeanor and rich Spanish accent added flair to the small screen on a number of television series. This also established him as a popular pitchman for Maxwell House Coffee and Chrysler Corporation.
18. Replaced his friendly Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer rival Fernando Lamas in the musical comedy Latin Lovers (1953) opposite Lana Turner whose at-that-time, real-life affair with Lamas had reached a tempestuous conclusion.
19. Had appeared with Cyd Charisse in six films: Fiesta (1947), On an Island with You (1948), The Kissing Bandit (1948), The Mark of the Renegade (1951), Sombrero (1953) and Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976).
20. Had played two villains who have a device that induces characters to accept commands to kill someone: Khan Noonien Singh in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), and Vincent Ludwig in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988).