Ricardo Montalban, Patrick McGoohan die

[ariadne1880]

Two TV icons: Ricardo Montalban (88) and Patrick McGoohan (80) died today. Both were also famous villains on the great "Columbo" tv series.

 

RIP

[GloriousGodfrey]

>Two TV icons: Ricardo Montalban (88) and Patrick McGoohan

>(80) died today. Both were also famous villains on the great

>"Columbo" tv series.

>

>RIP

 

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KAHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!

 

Rest in Peace Ricardo and think kindly of us now and then.

[pegasian]

>>Two TV icons: Ricardo Montalban (88) and Patrick

>McGoohan

>>(80) died today. Both were also famous villains on the

>great

>>"Columbo" tv series.

>>

>>RIP

>

>http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/thumb/4/4c/Khan!!!.jpg/400px-Khan!!!.jpg

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>KAHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!

>

>Rest in Peace Ricardo and think kindly of us now and then.

 

 

It has been annoying me that the news reports ONLY mention FANTASY ISLAND

[+ deej]

NBC Nightly News opened this story with the immortal words "Rich Corinthian Leather", and the suggestion that people of A Certain Age will most certainly place it.

 

We do.

 

damn keyboards!

[orbital sander]

Fantasy Island was what made him a household name, that and the Chrysler Cordoba Adverts. I remember when my dad bought ours, I was just a little kid, but I remember it was the plushest car we had ever had.... but what a piece of junk...like most Chrysler products were at that time! The Star Trek movie came along some years later.

[Bart]

As I drink my first cup of coffee, his other famous commercial was "Rich smelling Columbian coffee" Maxwell House or Folgers I think, but it always had the picture of the lady riding a mule.

[ariadne1880]

Star Trek is for geeks. Really sad geeks.

[lookin4hotties]

Patrick McGoohan was awesome. Loved "The Prisoner".

 

who is #1?

[Guest Wetnwildbear]

Ricardo Montalban Dies

The Wrath Of Khan star was 88

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

 

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Following the sad news of the death of The Prisoner star Patrick McGoohan comes word that Ricardo Montalban – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan’s titular villain – has passed away at the age of 88.

 

The Mexican-born actor’s cause of death has not yet been announced.

 

Born in Mexico City in 1920, Montalban was one of the first Hispanic actors to make a name for himself in Hollywood – despite this, and a string of Latin lover roles in the 40s and 50s, he also played a number of Japanese-born characters in his early career, including Nakamura in the Oscar-winning Sayonara.

 

A smooth-talking, handsome man with a penchant for singing and dancing, Montalban wound up in a number of musicals in the 1950s and 1960s, including The Singing Nun, alongside Debbie Reynolds.

 

The 60s also saw him create the role of the villainous, would-be despot Khan Noonien Singh in an episode of Star Trek named Space Seed, which ended with Khan being banished to a planet called Ceti Alpha V.

 

Montalban must have thought that was the end of that, but in 1982 he found himself, incredibly, reprising the role of Khan for the second Star Trek film, in which he escapes from Ceti Alpha V and wreaks havoc on Captain Kirk and the Enterprise crew. Montalban, helped by a striking blond wig and impressive muscles for a guy who was then in his Sixties, turned in an instantly iconic performance and his Khan remains one of the greatest villains in sci-fi history.

 

It wasn’t the only villain in Montalban’s storied career – in 1988, he somehow managed to keep a straight face while playing the evil Vincent Ludwig in the brilliant The Naked Gun – but for the most part, Montalban was drawn to heroes, such as the kindly Mr. Roarke in the long-running TV show, Fantasy Island.

 

In 1993, a long-gestating spinal injury flared up irrevocably, forcing Montalban into a wheelchair. Despite this, he continued to work, showing up in the final two chapters of Robert Rodriguez’ Spy Kids trilogy as the Cortez family’s Grandfather. His last movie role was as the voice of the Head Of Council in 2006’s animation, The Ant Bully.

 

Montalban – who was named a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory The Great by the Vatican in 1998 – is survived by four children. His wife, Georgiana Young de Montalban, died in 2007 after 63 years of marriage.

 

 

Chris Hewitt

[Guest ReturnOfS]

>>Two TV icons: Ricardo Montalban (88) and Patrick

>McGoohan

>>(80) died today. Both were also famous villains on the

>great

>>"Columbo" tv series.

>>

>>RIP

>

>http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/thumb/4/4c/Khan!!!.jpg/400px-Khan!!!.jpg

>

>KAHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!

>

>Rest in Peace Ricardo and think kindly of us now and then.

 

You took the words out of my mouth.

 

KAHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!! :+

 

Among other things Ricardo Montalban is responsible for what is arguably still the best Star Trek movie ever.

 

I'm glad that he lived to a ripe old age.

 

Rest in peace

 

 

PS:

 

I wish that I had an accent that cool.

[pegasian]

Ricardo was also HOT in his MGM Days