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Ricardo Montalbán was born Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino in Mexico City in 1920. He was a Mexican actor whose career spanned seven decades. His two most famous performances were playing Mr. Roarke on the television series Fantasy Island from 1977 to 1984, and Khan Noonien Singh in both the original Star Trek series (1967) and the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982).
His IMDb page shows 172 acting credits from 1942-2009. This page will rank 33 Ricardo Montalbán movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings. This page goes from a request by Bandaras fan and a “seconded” by Flora.
Ricardo Montalbán Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Ricardo Montalbán Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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Movie (Year)
UMR Co-Star Links
Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil)
Review
Oscar Nom / Win
UMR Score
R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) B.O. Rank by Year Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score S
1
Sayonara (1957)
AA Best Picture NomMarlon Brando &
James Garner24.60
548.5
819.70
3
83
10 / 04
99.6
2
Battleground (1949)
AA Best Picture NomJames Whitmore &
Van Johnson13.10
381.3
506.20
4
80
06 / 02
99.0
3
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Leslie Nielsen &
O.J. Simpson78.80
239.5
239.50
8
83
00 / 00
97.7
3
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
William Shatner &
Leonard Nimoy78.90
335.5
412.50
6
82
00 / 00
97.6
6
Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
Clark Gable
8.00
199.2
328.60
17
76
00 / 00
96.1
5
Neptune's Daughter (1949)
Esther Williams &
Red Skelton9.70
280.8
466.20
9
65
01 / 01
93.6
9
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
Antonio Banderas &
Bill Paxton85.80
185.0
258.00
30
66
00 / 00
91.2
7
On an Island with You (1948)
Esther Williams &
Peter Lawford8.20
254.9
426.90
19
59
00 / 00
90.7
8
Fiesta (1947)
Esther Williams &
Cyd Charisse6.90
232.5
514.50
38
55
01 / 00
89.7
10
Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003)
Sylvester Stallone &
George Clooney111.80
231.7
408.40
19
50
00 / 00
87.5
11
Two Weeks with Love (1950)
Debbie Reynolds &
Jane Powell4.80
126.1
208.00
58
73
00 / 00
87.3
12
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Roddy McDowall &
Planet of the Apes Movies12.40
94.1
94.10
26
73
00 / 00
83.3
13
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
James Stewart &
Directed by John Ford8.80
116.8
297.30
30
64
01 / 00
83.1
14
The Singing Nun (1966)
Debbie Reynolds &
Greer Garson9.50
108.0
108.00
33
65
01 / 00
81.8
16
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
Roddy McDowall &
Don Murray13.60
100.3
100.30
27
53
00 / 00
71.6
15
Border Incident (1949)
George Murphy
1.60
46.8
73.30
156
70
00 / 00
71.0
16
Madame X (1966)
Lana Turner
2.50
28.4
28.40
84
74
00 / 00
69.1
20
The Train Robbers (1973)
John Wayne &
Ann-Margret9.40
66.3
137.00
36
61
00 / 00
67.8
17
Sweet Charity (1969)
Shirley MacLaine &
Directed by Bob Fosse3.10
27.7
27.70
69
69
03 / 00
66.4
21
The Ant Bully (2006)
Meryl Streep &
Nicolas Cage28.10
53.5
104.80
97
63
00 / 00
66.2
18
Mystery Street (1950)
Elsa Lanchester &
Directed by John Sturges1.20
31.9
57.70
175
69
01 / 00
66.0
22
Latin Lovers (1953)
Lana Turner
4.50
94.7
94.70
74
47
00 / 00
61.3
23
Kissing Bandit The (1948)
Frank Sinatra &
Kathryn Grayson2.60
79.7
113.60
120
50
00 / 00
58.8
22
Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
Shelley Winters &
Burl Ives1.10
19.4
19.40
125
67
00 / 00
56.3
25
Sombrero (1953)
Cyd Charisse
3.20
67.6
155.30
118
52
00 / 00
55.9
27
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
Maximilian Schell
0.70
11.2
11.20
127
68
00 / 00
53.5
26
The Devil's Backbone/The Deserter (1970)
John Huston &
Richard Crenna1.50
12.2
12.20
123
68
00 / 00
53.1
27
The Mark of the Renegade (1951)
Cyd Charisse
1.30
33.0
33.00
181
61
00 / 00
52.4
27
Joseph Desa (1962)
Maximilian Schell
0.10
2.3
2.30
142
70
00 / 00
51.8
30
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
Paul Newman &
Diane Baker2.70
45.2
45.20
88
56
00 / 00
50.2
29
Love Is a Ball (1963)
Glenn Ford &
Charles Boyer1.90
28.0
28.00
92
60
00 / 00
48.4
31
The Money Trap (1965)
Glenn Ford &
Rita Hayworth2.30
28.2
28.20
100
60
00 / 00
47.6
33
Right Cross (1950)
Dick Powell &
Lionel Barrymore2.70
71.1
96.90
114
44
00 / 00
43.1
32
Three for Jamie Dawn (1956)
Laraine Day
0.10
3.1
3.10
209
63
00 / 00
37.6
35
Cannonball Run II (1984)
Burt Reynolds &
Dean Martin28.10
104.5
104.50
34
30
00 / 00
36.0
37
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
Victor Mature &
Walter Pidgeon3.60
21.3
21.30
94
51
00 / 00
24.6
35
Sol Madrid (1968)
Telly Salavas
1.50
13.2
13.20
141
53
00 / 00
24.2
36
Blue (1968)
Terrence Stamp
0.20
1.4
1.40
179
54
00 / 00
19.4
37
My Man And I (1952)
Shelley Winters
1.30
29.6
29.60
184
41
00 / 00
13.4
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For comments….all you need is a name and a comment….please ignore the rest.
I think I have seen 14 Ricardo Montalbán movies, but I must admit that I never can remember which Esther Williams movies I have seen, since I often find them interchangeable. Favorites are Mystery Street, Sayonara and Madame X, where he was properly sinister. To a lesser extent, I like Let no Man write my Epitaph and The Money Trap, with a good performance by Rita Hayworth. Ricardo was never a favorite, but he was a good actor and, as Flora has pointed out, a good dancer, too. He had a long career, although in later years mostly in supporting parts…but does it matter when one of those supporting parts was Khan???
(By the way, never been a fan of Fantasy Island, and have only caught very few episodes in some re-runs).
HI FLORA
Thanks very much for replying to my request for information about any Kelly/Astaire association. What you had to say not only interested me but also pleased me because I like them both and am therefore delighted they got on well together.
Unless one has first-hand information such as you had about Gene/Fred one can never be sure that even two big stars of the same genre and era have ever really had much to do with one and other
For example Fred and Judy Garland worked close to each other on a few occasions over the years [for example in Ziegfeld Follies that you mention] but apparently had seen each other only from a distance and when they came to do Easter Parade together Judy was reportedly very nervous about her first close-up introductory meeting with Fred.
Luckily their lack of previous acquaintance didn’t matter in the end as their chemistry in Easter Parade was such that it has now become one of the all-time great musical classics and as Bruce’s tables on the Astaire and Garland pages show it is in the top 10 financially most successful films that either Fred or Judy ever made.
Anyway great chatting with you and I hope all is well with you
BOB