Carlos Montalbán


Biography

Carlos Montalban was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Montalban started off his career in film with roles in the drama "Crowded Paradise" (1956) with Hume Cronyn and the drama "The Harder They Fall" (1956) with Humphrey Bogart. Montalban then began to rack up a number of film credits, including roles in "Pepe" (1960) with Cantinflas, "Love Has Many Faces" (1965) and...

Biography

Carlos Montalban was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Montalban started off his career in film with roles in the drama "Crowded Paradise" (1956) with Hume Cronyn and the drama "The Harder They Fall" (1956) with Humphrey Bogart. Montalban then began to rack up a number of film credits, including roles in "Pepe" (1960) with Cantinflas, "Love Has Many Faces" (1965) and the Jack Lemmon comedic adaptation "The Out-of-Towners" (1970). Later in his career, Montalban acted in the comedy "Bananas" (1971) with Woody Allen. Montalban passed away in March 1991 at the age of 88.

Life Events

Videos

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Bananas (1971) -- (Movie Clip) I Love Leprosy Bumbling New York nobody Fielding Mellish (writer-director Woody Allen) thinks he's finally getting somewhere with his political-activist yoga-nut college-student girlfriend Nancy (Louise Lasser, Allen's wife at the time), but meeting in Central Park, she has bad news, a famous bit from Bananas, 1971.
Bananas (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Dinner With The President Arrived in San Marcos where he's traveled to win back his girlfriend with his political commitment, professional product tester Fielding Mellish (director and co-writer Woody Allen) is unaware that the dictator Vargas (Carlos Montalban) and his crew (Rene Enriquez, Jack Axelrod) plan to frame him, in Bananas, 1971.
Harder They Fall, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) I Think He's Ready Opening from The Harder They Fall, 1956, features Toro (Mike Lane) arriving in Manhattan, Rod Steiger and goons in transit and Humphrey Bogart, in his last film, popping out of an apartment in Peter Cooper Village, written and produced by Philip Yordan, from the Budd Schulberg novel.
Bananas (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Wide World Of Sports The audacious opening, from the screenplay by director Woody Allen and Mickey Rose, broadcasters Don Dunphy and Howard Cosell largely improvising their commentary, Carlos Montalbàn as General Vargas, from Bananas, 1971.
Harder They Fall, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Nobody Gets Hurt Crooked promoter Benko (Rod Steiger) tries to sell ex-boxing columnist Eddie (Humphrey Bogart) on being press agent for his incompetent new property Toro (Mike Lane), Carlos Montalban his coach, former heavyweight champ Jersey Joe Walcott sparring, in The Harder They Fall, 1956.

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