I could have sworn I posted this earlier...
He really DID look mahvelous!
And had a splended nephew, David Lindley (largely unsung monster guitarist who started out with The Kaleidoscope, played with Jackson Browne forever and is a fabulous gypsy violinist).
I read this last night too. I had the pleasure as a teenager and then later as an adult to spend many memories where much of Fantasy Island was filmed. He truly was a fyne actor. Blessings.
He was 62 years old when he was in The Wrath of Kahn- amazing. I just watched the pilot of Fantasy Island last night. Such a great voice. RIP Ricardo!
In several interviews and public speeches, Montalbán described "the five stages of the actor" as follows:
Who is Ricardo Montalbán?
Get me Ricardo Montalbán.
Get me a Ricardo Montalbán type.
Get me a young Ricardo Montalbán.
Who is Ricardo Montalbán?
And who can forget the 'soft Corinthian leather' of the Chrysler Cordoba?
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And who can forget the 'soft Corinthian leather' of the Chrysler Cordoba?
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*swoons*