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The Ant Bully |
(2006) |
| [ Nicolas Cage ][ Paul Giamatti ][ Bruce Campbell ][ Frank Welker ][ Allison Mack ] |
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Animal Attraction |
(2003) |
| [ Nestor Carbonell ][ Stephen Root ] |
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Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over |
(2003) |
| [ Antonio Banderas ][ Steve Buscemi ][ George Clooney ][ Alan Cumming ][ Bill Paxton ] |
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The New Ron |
(2002) |
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Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams |
(2002) |
| [ Antonio Banderas ][ Steve Buscemi ][ Alan Cumming ][ Bill Paxton ][ Tony Shalhoub ] |
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! |
(1988) |
| [ George Kennedy ][ Leslie Nielsen ][ David Zucker ][ 'Weird Al' Yankovic ][ O.J. Simpson ] |
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The Dead End |
(1987) |
| [ Maxwell Caulfield ][ Charlton Heston ] |
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Souvenirs |
(1986) |
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Bid for Freedom |
(1986) |
| [ Maxwell Caulfield ][ Charlton Heston ] |
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And Baby Makes Four |
(1986) |
| [ Maxwell Caulfield ][ Charlton Heston ] |
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Deceptions |
(1986) |
| [ Maxwell Caulfield ][ Charlton Heston ] |
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Mermaid and the Matchmaker/The Obsolete Man |
(1984) |
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Cannonball Run II |
(1984) |
| [ Jackie Chan ][ Tony Danza ][ Fred Dryer ][ Doug McClure ][ Burt Reynolds ] |
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Bojangles and the Dancer/Deuces Are Wild |
(1984) |
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Don Juan's Last Affair/Final Adieu |
(1984) |
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Lost and Found/Dick Turpin's Last Ride |
(1984) |
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Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan |
(1982) |
| [ Leonard Nimoy ][ William Shatner ][ George Takei ][ James Doohan ][ DeForest Kelley ] |
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Asalto al castillo de la Moncloa, El |
(1978) |
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Return to Fantasy Island |
(1978) |
| [ George Chakiris ][ George Maharis ][ Joseph Cotten ][ Aaron Spelling ][ Hervé Villechaize ] |
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Captains Courageous |
(1977) |
| [ Fred Gwynne ][ Karl Malden ] |
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Mission to Glory: A True Story |
(1977) |
| [ Aldo Ray ][ Richard Egan ][ Cesar Romero ][ Keenan Wynn ] |
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Re: Passionate Journey |
(1977) |
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Re: The Rules of Seduction |
(1977) |
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Re: The Woman Inside |
(1977) |
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Re: Kin Less Than Kind |
(1977) |
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Fantasy Island |
(1977) |
| [ Bill Bixby ][ Aaron Spelling ][ Hervé Villechaize ][ Ian Abercrombie ] |
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Joe Panther |
(1976) |
| [ Brian Keith ][ A Martinez ] |
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Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood |
(1976) |
| [ Bruce Dern ][ Tab Hunter ][ Guy Madison ][ Victor Mature ][ Aldo Ray ] |
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McNaughton's Daughter |
(1976) |
| [ Mike Farrell ][ Ralph Bellamy ] |
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Columbo: A Matter of Honor |
(1976) |
| [ A Martinez ] |
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Wonder Woman |
(1974) |
| [ Andrew Prine ] |
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The Mark of Zorro |
(1974) |
| [ Frank Langella ] |
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The Train Robbers |
(1973) |
| [ John Wayne ][ Rod Taylor ][ Ben Johnson ] |
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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes |
(1972) |
| [ Don Murray ][ Roddy McDowall ] |
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Fireball Forward |
(1972) |
| [ Edward Albert ][ Eddie Albert ][ Ben Gazzara ][ Dana Elcar ] |
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The Face of Fear |
(1971) |
| [ Jack Warden ] |
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes |
(1971) |
| [ Roddy McDowall ][ M. Emmet Walsh ][ Sal Mineo ] |
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The Deserter |
(1971) |
| [ Bekim Fehmiu ][ John Huston ][ Richard Crenna ][ Chuck Connors ][ Slim Pickens ] |
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Sarge |
(1971) |
| [ George Kennedy ][ Dana Elcar ] |
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The Aquarians |
(1970) |
| [ Chris Robinson ][ Leslie Nielsen ] |
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Black Water Gold |
(1970) |
| [ Aron Kincaid ][ Keir Dullea ] |
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The Pigeon |
(1969) |
| [ Aaron Spelling ][ Sammy Davis Jr. ] |
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Sweet Charity |
(1969) |
| [ Federico Fellini ][ Bud Cort ][ Sammy Davis Jr. ][ Ben Vereen ] |
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The Sweet Smell of Failure |
(1969) |
| [ Tom Selleck ] |
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A Wrath of Angels |
(1969) |
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The Desperate Mission |
(1969) |
| [ Slim Pickens ] |
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Samurai |
(1968) |
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Tiger by the Tail |
(1968) |
| [ Sal Mineo ] |
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The Thingamabob Heist |
(1968) |
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Blue |
(1968) |
| [ Terence Stamp ][ Karl Malden ] |
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Sol Madrid |
(1968) |
| [ Rip Torn ][ Telly Savalas ][ Pat Hingle ] |
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The Wind of Outrage |
(1968) |
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A Blueprint for Dying |
(1967) |
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The Longest Hundred Miles |
(1967) |
| [ Doug McClure ] |
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Code Name: Heraclitus |
(1967) |
| [ Leslie Nielsen ][ John Williams ] |
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A Few Hearts, a Few Flowers |
(1966) |
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Alice Through the Looking Glass |
(1966) |
| [ Jack Palance ] |
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Madame X |
(1966) |
| [ Burgess Meredith ][ Keir Dullea ] |
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The Singing Nun |
(1966) |
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I Can Hear the Ice Melting |
(1966) |
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Some Tales for Halloween |
(1966) |
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The Money Trap |
(1965) |
| [ Joseph Cotten ][ Glenn Ford ] |
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In Any Language |
(1965) |
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Who Killed the Richest Man in the World? |
(1964) |
| [ George Hamilton ] |
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Buenas noches, año nuevo |
(1964) |
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Cheyenne Autumn |
(1964) |
| [ Jack Lord ][ James Stewart ][ Richard Widmark ][ Ben Johnson ][ Karl Malden ] |
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The Dove Affair |
(1964) |
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The Massacre at Wounded Knee |
(1963) |
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The Death of Sitting Bull |
(1963) |
| [ Claude Akins ][ Joseph Cotten ] |
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Love Is a Ball |
(1963) |
| [ Telly Savalas ][ Glenn Ford ] |
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The Reluctant Saint |
(1962) |
| [ Maximilian Schell ] |
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Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man |
(1962) |
| [ Ernest Hemingway ][ Paul Newman ][ Eli Wallach ][ Michael J. Pollard ] |
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The Big Deal |
(1962) |
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Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark |
(1961) |
| [ Maximilian Schell ] |
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Gordon, il pirata nero |
(1961) |
| [ Vincent Price ] |
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Women of the Bible |
(1960) |
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Rashomon |
(1960) |
| [ Sidney Lumet ] |
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Let No Man Write My Epitaph |
(1960) |
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No Margin for Error |
(1960) |
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At the Edge of the Desert |
(1960) |
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The Hired Hand |
(1960) |
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Each Man's Island |
(1959) |
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Child of Trouble |
(1957) |
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Sayonara |
(1957) |
| [ Marlon Brando ][ James Garner ][ Dennis Hopper ][ Irving Berlin ][ Red Buttons ] |
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Broken Arrow |
(1956) |
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Operation Cicero |
(1956) |
| [ Peter Lorre ] |
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Three for Jamie Dawn |
(1956) |
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Amanti del deserto, Gli |
(1956) |
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The Mojave Kid |
(1955) |
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Cardboard Casanova |
(1955) |
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Cortigiana di Babilonia |
(1955) |
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A Life in the Balance |
(1955) |
| [ Lee Marvin ] |
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Sombra verde |
(1954) |
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The Saracen Blade |
(1954) |
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Sombrero |
(1953) |
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Latin Lovers |
(1953) |
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My Man and I |
(1952) |
| [ Jack Elam ][ Dabbs Greer ] |
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Across the Wide Missouri |
(1951) |
| [ Clark Gable ][ Howard Keel ][ James Whitmore ] |
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Mark of the Renegade |
(1951) |
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Two Weeks with Love |
(1950) |
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Right Cross |
(1950) |
| [ Johnny Crawford ][ Lionel Barrymore ] |
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Mystery Street |
(1950) |
| [ Johnny Crawford ] |
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Battleground |
(1949) |
| [ James Arness ][ Van Johnson ][ James Whitmore ] |
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Border Incident |
(1949) |
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Neptune's Daughter |
(1949) |
| [ Mel Blanc ][ Keenan Wynn ][ Xavier Cugat ] |
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The Kissing Bandit |
(1948) |
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On an Island with You |
(1948) |
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Fiesta |
(1947) |
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Fantasía ranchera |
(1947) |
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Pepita Jiménez |
(1946) |
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Hora de la verdad, La |
(1945) |
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Nosotros |
(1945) |
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Cadetes de la naval |
(1945) |
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Casa de la zorra, La |
(1945) |
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Fuga, La |
(1944) |
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Cinco fueron escogidos |
(1943) |
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Santa |
(1943) |
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Razón de la culpa, La |
(1943) |
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Verdugo de Sevilla, El |
(1942) |
|
Five Were Chosen |
(1942) |
Though perhaps best remembered for playing the suave, mysterious Mr. Roarke on the popular television series Fantasy Island (1978-1984), and for his car commercials in which he seductively exhorted the pleasures of the upholstery ("Rich, Corinthian leather") in his distinctive Spanish accent, Ricardo Montalban once played romantic leads in major features of the '40s and '50s. He also had a successful career on-stage. Born Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalban y Merino in Mexico City, Montalban spent part of his youth in the U.S. The tall, dark, handsome, and curly haired actor first worked as a bit player on Broadway before returning to Mexico in the early '40s and launching a film career there. By 1947, he had returned to the States and signed with MGM. That year, Montalban played his first leading role opposite Cyd Charisse in the romantic musical Fiesta (1947). It would be the first of many roles in which he would play a passionate singing and dancing "Latin Lover." He and Charisse again teamed up as dancers in the Esther Williams musical water extravaganza in On an Island With You (1948). At one point, it was a toss-up between Montalban and fellow MGM "LL" Fernando Lamas as to which was more popular. It would not be until 1949 before Montalban had the opportunity to play a non-romantic role as a border agent who gets revenge upon the killers of his partner in Border Incident. His second serious role in Battleground (1949) ranks among his best performances. By the late '50s, he had become a character actor, often cast in ethnic roles, notably that of a genteel Japanese Kabuki actor in Sayonara (1957). He had occasionally appeared on television since the late '50s, but did not appear regularly until the mid-'70s. In 1976, Montalban earned an Emmy for his portrayal of a Sioux chief in the television miniseries How the West Was Won. In the early '70s he was part of a touring troupe that read dramatic excerpts from Shaw's Don Juan in Hell. In 1982, Montalban reprised a role he had made famous on the original Star Trek TV series as the ruthless Khan to star in the second Star Trek feature, The Wrath of Khan. In the '80s, Montalban only sporadically appeared in feature films. His television career also slowed, though he occasionally appeared on series such as The Colbys (1985-1987) and Heaven Help Us! (1994). Montalban has written an autobiography, Reflections: A Life in Two Worlds (1980). Confined to a wheelchair after a 1993 spinal operation left him paralyzed from the waist down, Montalban remiained in good health despite being in constant pain, and continued to play an active role in promoting Nostros - a non-profit organization founded by Montalban in 1970 and dedicated to improving the image of Latinos within the entertainment industry. In the late 1990s and early 2000s Moltalban's career recieved something of a second wind when he began performing vocal work on such animated television series' as Freakazoid!, Dora the Explorer, and Kim Possible, with a role as the kindly grandfather in Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over even giving the wheelchair-bound actor an opportunity to triumphantly rise once again thanks to the magic of special effects. Additional vocal work in the 2006 animated family adventure The Ant Bully continued to keep Montalban busy despite his physical limitations. His late brother, Carlos Montalban, was also an actor.
