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Ricardo Montalban

Born on November 25, 1920 in Mexico City, Mexico

Though perhaps best remembered for playing the suave, mysterious Mr. Roarke on the popular television series Fantasy Island (1978-1984), and for his car commercials in which he seductively exhorted the pleasures of the upholstery ("Rich, Corinthian ... Read Full Biography

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