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2	->''"Ask not what the role can do for you; ask what you can do for the role."''
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4	Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino (November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Mexican-American actor.
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6	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]]''. Montalbán himself came to regard the role of Khan as the finest of his career. 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''.
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8	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.
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10	Was a commercial spokesperson for Chrysler in the 1970s and '80s, which is where the ([[MemeticMutation oft-repeated]]) catchphrase "rich Corinthian leather" comes from.
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12	A longtime advocate for the Latino community in Hollywood, he started his own foundation, which purchased and restored the historic Vine Street Theatre in Hollywood (now called the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre).
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15	!!Ricardo Montalbán on TV Tropes:
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17	* ''Film/{{Battleground\|1949}}'' (1949)
18	* ''Film/NeptunesDaughter'' (1949)
19	* ''Film/AcrossTheWideMissouri'' (1951)
20	* ''Film/{{Sayonara}}'' (1957) ([[{{Yellowface}} as a Japanese man]])
21	* ''Film/CheyenneAutumn'' (1964)
22	* ''Film/TheSingingNun'' (1966)
23	* ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'', episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed Space Seed]]" (1967)
24	* ''Film/SweetCharity'' (1969)
25	* ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes'' (1971)
26	* ''Film/ConquestOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' (1972)
27	* ''Series/{{Columbo}}'', episode "[[Recap/ColumboS05E04 A Matter of Honor]]" (1976)
28	* ''Series/FantasyIsland'' (series, 1978-1984)
29	* ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' (1982) (reprising his role from "Space Seed")
30	* ''Film/TheNakedGun'' (1988)
31	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' (1995-1997)(series)(voice)
32	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' (2002-2007)(series)(voice)
33	* ''Film/SpyKids2IslandOfLostDreams'' (2002)
34	* ''Film/SpyKids3DGameOver'' (2003)
35	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAntBully'' (2006)
36	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS6E8McStroke [=McStroke=]]]" (2008)
37	* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', episode "Moon Over Isla Island" (2009; Final Role)

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