# KHAAAAANNN!!! GONNNE? (Ricardo Montalban) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324 "2009-01-14T21:04:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/41 "2009-01-15T02:21:53Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > There’s a [Ricardo Montalban Theatre](http://ricardomontalbantheatre.info/)in Hollywood. I’m not sure whether > > 1- it was named in his honor > 2- he endowed it > 3- it’s named for another Ricardo Montalban > > but assuming 1 or 2, either way it’s a nice legacy. This is what it says on the website: > [@](#): > > Ricardo Montalbán Foundation - Founded in 1999 by Ricardo Montalbán create opportunities for young and diverse talent emerging into the entertainment industry. We are currently engaged in a capital improvement campaign. Please join our fellow members of our community and enrich our foundation with your participation and contributions. ---
**Author:** ![Wheeljack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@Wheeljack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheeljack)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/42 "2009-01-15T03:01:39Z")
Only because no one’s posted it yet… [Youtube: The USS Cordoba](http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=HVELhUyLZGk&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Atomicflea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Atomicflea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomicflea)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/43 "2009-01-15T03:22:47Z")
A real class act and a wonderful role model for our youth to aspire to. _Dios me lo guarde, Sr. Montalban._ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/44 "2009-01-15T05:00:38Z")
And since it comes up from time to time… according to Ricardo himself, Shatner, Nimoy, and others, that was **not** a [prosthetic chest](http://startrekreview.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/ricardomontalban9.jpg) in WRATH OF KHAAAAAAANNN, but he did shave it (and in fact I’m guessing he used his own wardrobe as well). Trivia: his grandson, Victor John Montalban, is a musician who (did not inherit looks and) goes by the stage name “Ritardo” Montalban. ([His Noisy MySpace](http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=390101837)- I wonder if he gave it to himself or just adapted it after the 4009th time he was called that in 3rd grade [as it was a schoolyard taunt even in Alabama before FANTASY ISLAND.) His grandson grew up in Puerto Rico, though Montalban was originally Mexican and had lived in California for almost 70 years. I’ve wondered if the children of people like Montalban (i.e. children of affluent Meso-Americans who have lived in the U.S. for most if not all of their lives) identify as Hispanic. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/45 "2009-01-15T05:08:48Z")
One last one: [his daughter Laura](http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/i/partypictures/04_25_08/hearst/CIMG5377.jpg) (left [at least I hope]) is a successful designer/decorator/executive. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/46 "2009-01-15T05:13:44Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > [Whoa!](http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2009_01_14.html#016521) **That** , ladies and gentlemen, is _class._ As I understand it, he was ever thus. There are few Hollywood actors I admire, but coming up through the ranks and racism as he did, Montalban was one. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/47 "2009-01-15T05:27:51Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > One last one: [his daughter Laura](http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/i/partypictures/04_25_08/hearst/CIMG5377.jpg) (left [at least I hope]) is a successful designer/decorator/executive. Did she design that gentleman’s coat? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/48 "2009-01-15T05:28:11Z")
RIP, Boss. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/49 "2009-01-15T05:58:36Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Hm! I thought I remembered him plugging the [Volare.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Volar%C3%A9) If you meant the man singing in the commercials, no, that was [Sergio Franchi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Volar%C3%A9#Marketing), an Italian tenor who died in 1990. > [@](#): > > …singer Sergio Franchi was the spokesman for the Volaré and sang the song of the same name in TV and radio commercials with altered lyrics. I couldn’t find a video of the commercials, but I did find one of Franchi performing on the [Ed Sullivan Show.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l54MY_TgTYQ) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/50 "2009-01-15T08:57:35Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Did she design that gentleman’s coat? :eek: I think it was specially designed for him when he was keynote speaker at the Play-dough convention. He was on an episode of the late and not particularly lamented HBO show _Dream On_ (this was before HBO was synonymous with must see original shows) in 1990 as a philandering sleazy director attending a function with his wife, played by Yvonne DeCarlo. If you ever saw the show you know that every episode was constantly interspliced with clips from old movies and TV shows, but the cool thing about that particular episode was that scenes of him and Yvonne together were spliced with clips from previous times they’d worked together (a 1953 movie called _Sombrero_ and a couple of TV guest shots in the 60s and 70s) to give flashbacks of a long but unhappy marriage. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/51 "2009-01-15T14:55:48Z")
Is it bad that my second thought upon reading about this was: “Quien es mas muerto? Fernando Lamas o Ricardo Montalban?” (Old SNL sketch) RIP, Mr. Montalban. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/52 "2009-01-15T15:10:28Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > [Whoa!](http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2009_01_14.html#016521) **That** , ladies and gentlemen, is _class._ I am also impressed by the writing in that blog entry. I can practically hear Ricardo Montalban’s voice itself when I read the account of the conversation with him. I take it the blogger is a screenwriter or something, so it makes sense he’d be able to do that kind of thing. I want to learn how to do that. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/53 "2009-01-15T16:00:34Z")
I’ll miss Mr. Roarke and Khan. I was watching “When the Lions Roared” on TMC this week and he was one of the actors interviewed for it. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/54 "2009-01-15T16:43:58Z")
It was really strange to hear that he had died yesterday…my husband and I had just watched ST:TWOK on Tuesday evening and were wondering how Montalban was doing, how old he was now and such. And then on Wednesday morning I was flipping channels and ran across Armando in “Conquest of POA”…then when I turned on the news I heard about his death. Weird. Sad that he is gone, but what a rich and interesting life he led. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/55 "2009-01-15T16:59:54Z")
_Vaya con Dios, Señor Montalban_. Baby, it’s just _that much_ colder outside. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/56 "2009-01-15T17:14:04Z")
So few actors today can take themselves so lightly and yet their professionalism so sincerely. He was, as many have pointed out, truly a class act. No matter what he did, he seemed to always do it to the ultimate of his ability. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/57 "2009-01-15T17:22:32Z")
I keep hearing older actors such as Montalban and Newman being called “class acts” or genuine nice guys and I started to wonder how many of today’s actors would get those labels. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/58 "2009-01-15T17:30:41Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I keep hearing older actors such as Montalban and Newman being called “class acts” or genuine nice guys and I started to wonder how many of today’s actors would get those labels. Anyone? I suspect you’ll hear it about Tom Hanks and probably Michael J. Fox among others. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/59 "2009-01-15T17:54:15Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I keep hearing older actors such as Montalban and Newman being called “class acts” or genuine nice guys and I started to wonder how many of today’s actors would get those labels. Anyone? sounds like a good separate thread from this memorial one 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/60 "2009-01-15T17:59:39Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > sounds like a good separate thread from this memorial one 🙂 Yeah, but I have to get to work. Anyone else is welcome to start it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324.md?page=4)