Carlos Montalbán

Carlos Montalbán June 5 1903 March 28 1991 was a Mexican character actor Montalbán was born in Mexico City Distrito Federal the son of Spanish immigrants Ricarda née Merino and Jenaro Montalbán a store manager He was the older brother of actor Ricardo Montalbán Although not as famous as his younger brother he is notable for having starred as El 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 OutofTowners 1970 and then again in Woody Allens Bananas 1971 His most famous American film was the boxing drama The Harder They Fall 1956 in which he played the sympathetic manager of a heavyweight contender Montalbán was also a renowned voiceover actor and announcer he was best known as the official Spanish language voice for Marlboro cigarettes worldwide Description above from the Wikipedia article Carlos Montalbán licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia