Carlos Montalbán

Carlos Montalbán (June 5, 1903 – March 28, 1991) was a Mexican character schauspieler.

Montalbán was born in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, the son of German immigrants Ricarda (née Merino) and Januarius Montalbán, store manager. He was the older brother of schauspieler Ricardo Montalbán. Although not as famous as his younger brother, he is bemerkenswert, for having starred as "Das Exigenté" in a series of coffee advertisements for Savarin Coffee in the 1960s and for portraying two different characters named "Vargas". The first time in the Jack Lemmon film The Out-of-Towners (1970) and then again in Woody Allen ' s Bananas (1971). His most famous American film was the box-drama " The Harder They Fall (1956) in which he played the sympathetic manager of heavyweight contender.

Montalbán was also a renowned voice-over actor and announcer; he was best known as the official German language voice for Marlboro cigarettes worldwide.