History Creator / RicardoMontalban

Dividing his time between America and Mexico in TheForties, he became a major film star in Mexico, and found steady work in Hollywood, usually playing LatinLover roles, as well as providing an English dub for various foreign films. In later years he was a familiar face as a prolific character actor, then finally achieved stardom in America in the 1970s alongside Creator/HerveVillechaize, when ''Series/FantasyIsland'' became a hit. He was also known as one of the best villains to ever grace the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise, [[Characters/StarTrekTheOriginalSeriesKhanNoonienSingh Khan Noonien Singh]], from the original episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed Space Seed]]" and his reprisal of the role in what's widely considered the finest of the original series films (if no finest ''Star Trek'' film overall), ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan The Wrath of Khan]]''. He also had a key role in another science fiction franchise of the day, ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'', playing the kindly circus manager Armando in ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes'' and ''Film/ConquestOfThePlanetOfTheApes''.

Dividing his time between America and Mexico in TheForties, he became a major film star in Mexico, and found steady work in Hollywood, usually playing LatinLover roles, as well as providing an English dub for various foreign films. In later years he was a familiar face as a prolific character actor, then finally achieved stardom in America in the 1970s alongside Creator/HerveVillechaize, when ''Series/FantasyIsland'' became a hit. He was also known as one of the best villains to ever grace the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise, [[Characters/StarTrekTheOriginalSeriesKhanNoonienSingh Khan Noonien Singh]], from the original episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed Space Seed]]" and his reprisal of the role in what's widely considered the finest of the original series films (if no finest ''Star Trek'' film overall), ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan The Wrath of Khan]]''. He also had a key role in another science fiction franchise of the day, ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'', playing the kindly circus manager Armando in ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes'' and ''Film/ConquestOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. Younger tropers are most likely to remember him as Grandfather Valentin in ''Film/SpyKids2IslandOfLostDreams'' and ''Film/SpyKids3DGameOver'', or as the voice of recurring ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' villains Armondo Guitierrez and Señor Senior Sr., respectively.

Dividing his time between America and Mexico in TheForties, he became a major film star in Mexico, and found steady work in Hollywood, usually playing LatinLover roles, as well as providing an English dub for various foreign films. In later years he was a familiar face as a prolific character actor, then finally achieved stardom in America in the 1970s alongside Creator/HerveVillechaize, when ''Series/FantasyIsland'' became a hit. He was also known as one of the best villains to ever grace the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise, [[Characters/StarTrekTheOriginalSeriesKhanNoonienSingh Khan Noonien Singh]], from the original episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed Space Seed]]" and his reprisal of the role in what's widely considered the finest of the original series films, ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''. He also had a key role in another science fiction franchise of the day, ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'', playing the kindly circus manager Armando in ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes'' and ''Film/ConquestOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. Younger tropers are most likely to remember him as Grandfather Valentin in ''Film/SpyKids2IslandOfLostDreams'' and ''Film/SpyKids3DGameOver'', or as the voice of recurring ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' villains Armondo Guitierrez and Señor Senior Sr., respectively.

Dividing his time between America and Mexico in TheForties, he became a major film star in Mexico, and found steady work in Hollywood, usually playing LatinLover roles. In later years he was a familiar face as a prolific character actor, then finally achieved stardom in America in the 1970s alongside Creator/HerveVillechaize, when ''Series/FantasyIsland'' became a hit. He was also known as one of the best villains to ever grace the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise, [[Characters/StarTrekTheOriginalSeriesKhanNoonienSingh Khan Noonien Singh]], from the original episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed Space Seed]]" and his reprisal of the role in what's widely considered the finest of the original series films, ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''. He also had a key role in another science fiction franchise of the day, ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'', playing the kindly circus manager Armando in ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes'' and ''Film/ConquestOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. Younger tropers are most likely to remember him as Grandfather Valentin in ''Film/SpyKids2IslandOfLostDreams'' and ''Film/SpyKids3DGameOver'', or as the voice of recurring ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' villains Armondo Guitierrez and Señor Senior Sr., respectively.