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R.I.P.: Ricardo Montalban

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.
Beginning in the 1940s, Montalban starred in dozens of films with some of the greatest names in movies, including Clark Gable and Lana Turner. When major film roles dried up for him in the 1970s, he turned to stage and eventually TV, where he became familiar to millions as the mysterious host whose signature line, “Welcome to Fantasy Island,” opened the hit show that ran from 1978 to 1984.
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January 14, 2009 Posted by | clark gable, fantasy island, lana turner, ricardo montalban | Leave a comment