Comments | fabricdragon: RIP Ricardo Montalban

fabricdragon

RIP Ricardo Montalban

Jan 15, 2009 09:29

Ricardo Montalban died yesterday at the age of 88.

He was a prolific actor, best known among us geeky sorts for his role as Khan Noonian Singh (forgive any spelling errors) on Star Trek, original series and movie. He played all sorts of roles, in various classic Tv and movies. from the sublime to the ridiculous (i will never forget him playing a ( Read more... )

ricardo montalban, rip

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greene_man January 15 2009, 15:36:50 UTC

Ricardo Montalban will be missed. IMO Khan was his best role, and I did see that Hawaii 5-0 episode.

fabricdragon January 15 2009, 17:41:57 UTC

i thought Khan was one of his better roles.. although SOME of the episodes of Fantasy Island were right up there...(mind you some of them were so horrible they were funny, so it balanced out)

i remember him as a bullfighter.. oh lord.. Columbo?? it was a murder mystery.. he played a bullfighter.

crawfordwraith January 15 2009, 15:38:08 UTC

Indeed. Rest in peace, sir. You will be missed.

pat_barron January 15 2009, 16:27:22 UTC

A shame. And Patrick McGoohan died yesterday, too. Not a good day for the world of entertainment.

fabricdragon January 15 2009, 17:42:14 UTC

no.... not at all

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fabricdragon January 15 2009, 17:43:12 UTC

he managed to make almost any role, no matter how bad, or tacky, or unbeliveable.. work.. at least while you were watching him.. even if after words you went "i DONT f ing believe that!"

tchipakkan January 15 2009, 17:44:59 UTC

You didn't even mention Fantasy Island- after they started developing Rourke's character (just what WAS he?) it was even more fun to watch. I can hardly wait for it to show up on Netflix.