Ricardo Montalban
Ricardo Montalban, who co-starred in several 1940s MGM musicals and later played the mysterious host in the long-running 1970s TV series Fantasy Island, died this morning at his Los Angeles home. The cause of death hasn’t been announced. Montalban was 88.
Though never a major box-office attraction, in the ’40s and early ’50s Ricardo Montalban (born in Mexico City on Nov. 25, 1920) played opposite some big names in lightweight fare such as Fiesta, On an Island with You, and Neptune’s Daughter, all starring Esther Williams (right); the charming Two Weeks with Love, with Jane Powell; Sombrero, with Pier Angeli; and the laughable Latin Lovers, in which the Mexican Montalban plays a Spanish-accented Brazilian wooing Lana Turner.
Additionally, Montalban’s fiery dancing [...]
by Andre Soares | January 14, 2009
| Subscribe / Syndicate
Tags: Classic Movies, Esther Williams, Fantasy Island, Georgiana Young, Herve Villechaize, Mystery Street, Ricardo Montalban
