Posted on 01/14/2009 3:54:55 PM PST by re_tail20
Ricardo Montalban, the suave leading man who was one of the first Mexican-born actors to make it big in Hollywood and who was best known for his role as Mr. Roarke on ABC's "Fantasy Island," has died. He was 88.
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Years ago when I was living in La-La Land I was driving down Sunset Blvd. late one night. I came to a red light and looked over to my right. There was Ricardo Montalban and a woman whom I assumed was his wife. Your humble correspondent started gesturing furiously for Montalban to roll down his window. At first he was reluctant and tried to look the other way but I made it seem like him rolling down his window was the most important thing in the world. When he finally lowered his window I yelled out: “RRRRRICH CORRRRRINTHIAN LEATHER!!!” with the proper accent. Montalban looked at me with bemusement mixed with absolute disgust. Interesting memory.
“Who’s gonna be the third? “
I thought the third was Tom Cruise’s career.
It seems Montablan was also a conservative. According to the Corner, he was a friend and subscriber of National Review.
Different source and different title, putz. Learn the posting guidelines and quit acting like an a$$.
Godspeed Ricardo. And may they line your coffin with genuine Corinthian Leather.
Keep reading there Aqualung.
Go in peace.
Ricardo has always been a cool dude. RIP
Beat me to it!
Rest in Peace, Ricardo. He was one of the real class acts in Hollywood.
LOL
No doubt.. rumor has it that Ricardo was a great cook also, but rarely showed it off.
I'm pretty sure Ricardo wore a false chest in the second Trek feature film. His physique years earlier in Space Seed was not a creation of the props and makeup department, though.
I was just thinking of him earlier today - that scene in TOS where his anger flared up and he shouted: "We offered the world ORDER!..." I always think of that scene when I read articles about the globalists and their relentless agenda of tearing the United States down.
Rest in peace, Mr. Montalban - you were truly a class act.
I love the scenery in the commercial. Looks like the PCH.
Yep, RIP. He was a joy to watch. I’m glad he lived a full life and didn’t blow his brains out a la Tattoo.
RIP Ricardo.
Bet he hadn’t heard that one before.
xcamel, don’t you have anything better to do than to hide in the bushes and pounce on double posts? I for one appreciate seeing this story posted this evening since I didn’t catch it the first time around.
Virginia Ridgerunner
This comment made my evening, and thank you for standing up.
Freerepublic’s search engine needs work, as I do preliminary searches before I post anything, using key words in the upper right hand corner space above, and neither the words “Ricardo” or “Montalban” brought me the first post
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