RIP: Ricardo Montalban Created 15 years ago2009-01-15 00:24:02 UTC by Tito

Ricardo Montalban, the 88-year old actor who portrayed Khan Noonien Singh on Star Trek, died today at his home in Los Angeles. AP has just reported that Matalban?s passing was announced by Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti. RadarOnline reports Motlablan died of natural causes.

Montalban began his career in Hollywood in the 40s, after moving to the US from his native Mexico. As an actor he appeared in dozens of films and television series over the last seven decades. Montalban is best known to the general public for his role as the enigmatic Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island in the 70s and 80s.

Trek fans remember Montalban as the genetically engineered Khan Noonien Singh from the Original Series episode "Space Seed," and probably more notably, in the 1982 feature film Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. Montalban?s unforgettable performance has immortalized him as perhaps Star Trek?s greatest villain, helping propel Wrath of Khan to the top of most fan and critic lists as the best of the Star Trek feature films.

R.I.P. Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnn!

My personal note: I will always remember him more than anything else in the role he played on the James Bond movie "The Man With The Golden Gun". He was one of the greatest bad guys ever in any of the 007 movies!

Oh no! That guy was a great actor.
The bond flick was my favorite movie he was in.

He was in a Bond movie?

Christopher Lee was the guy from The Man With the Golden Gun, not Ricardo Montalban D:

But he was great in The Wrath of Khan :3

Christopher Lee was the guy from The Man With the Golden Gun, not Ricardo Montalban

You are right, I stand corrected. Now, correct me if I am wrong, but did he also do a cameo once on the old Batman series of the 1960's as a bad guy too?

http://animated.ytmnd.com/

Damn, that's some wierd page! How the heck you found that, Captain Terror?

I never heard of this man.

..oh Tito, imdb is your friend.

I never heard of this man.

Your kidding, right? That's like saying you never heard of another legend, say......Clint Eastwood.

Never heard of him, either.

Wait wait, lets wait for Tito to criticize me, too.

Never head of him either. Before my time I guess.

Who? D:

Never head of him.

Oh Madcow...Come on

Mmmm, funny what's going here, considering that a lot of the other big entertainment topic boards are on fire because of Ricardo Montalban's passing*, not to mention the TV news. And I just learned that another big shot movie legend of "The Prisoner" fame also died more or less at the same time: Patrick McGoohan.

*A good example out of many of what I am talking about: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=51942
Just Google it for more.....

Well, if most of you here are out of the loop with any of these two guys, I will just chalk it up to targeting the wrong demographics, I do understand there is a big generational gap here. And of course, I will gladly take the blame for this oversight, since I was the one who put this thread up in the first place. But at least it's not a total lost, there are a few of you here that recognize the names.

considering that a lot of the other big entertainment topic boards are on fire because of Ricardo Montalban's passing

See: The definition of TWHL.

Not sure why you used the term "other", but this clearly isn't a "big entertainment topic board".

You have to remember most of the members here are young'ungs and the average age of our members is about 15-20. He was already pretty old so he probably retired back when we were kids.

Huh? Who? Khan Noobian? Star what?

Not sure why you used the term "other", but this clearly isn't a "big entertainment topic board".

Well, the last time I checked, video games are considered part of the entertainment industry, which also includes movies, TV, music, some types of books, and among few other things. And what topic is mostly talked about on TWHL boards? The Half Life games you say? Well I will be damn, that's on the entertainment list of things! So I guess that answers your question about why I used the term "other". But hey, don't take my word for it, go ahead, ask around.......

You have to remember most of the members here are young'ungs and the average age of our members is about 15-20. He was already pretty old so he probably retired back when we were kids.

That pretty much sums up on what I said about the big generational gap going on here, so hlife_hotdog, you hit it right on the nail's head with that one, good job.

Huh? Who? Khan Noobian? Star what?

After going through 2 six-packs of beer, I think I was saying the same thing too.

Feeling cynical, Tito? Still, I don't think he's all that much of a legend, for the simple fact legends are known by all ages; i'm pretty sure most people in the age 15-25 atleast heard of Clint Eastwood. And the fact you thought he played in 007, but actually didn't, shows what a legend he is. But i'm not one to twist with the dead, so R.I.P. Ricardo Montalban.

Who?