Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 01-14-2009 11:01 PM
Los Angeles Times reports that Ricardo Montalban, "the suave leading man who was one of the first Mexican-born actors to make it big in Hollywood and who was best known for his role as Mr. Roarke on TV's 'Fantasy Island,' has died."
Montalban died Wednesday morning at his Los Angeles home of complications related to old age, said his son-in-law, Gilbert Smith.
...while making 'Fantasy Island,' Montalban also gave one of his best movie performances -- as Khan Noonien Singh in the 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan' (1982), a follow-up to a beloved 1967 'Star Trek' television episode that also featured Montalban.
Beyond his role in "Star Trek", Montalban didn't have many connections to real space exploration, but in 1981, he narrated "Women in Space", a 27-minute NASA video aimed at high school students examining "nontraditional career opportunities for women" at the space agency.
Mr Meek Member
Posts: 353 From: Chattanooga, TN Registered: Dec 2007
posted 01-14-2009 11:19 PM
Ok, I'll say it, because we're all thinking it.
KHAAAAAAAAANN!! KHAAAAAAAANN!!
By all accounts he was a true gentleman; and, in all seriousness, I'll say: .
LCDR Scott Schneeweis New Member
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posted 01-14-2009 11:59 PM
I understand the cause of death was a Ceti Eel...
cfreeze79 Member
Posts: 455 From: Herndon, VA, USA Registered: Nov 2000
posted 01-15-2009 01:45 AM
Blue skies and tail winds...
Please excuse if considered in poor taste:
mjanovec Member
Posts: 3811 From: Midwest, USA Registered: Jul 2005
posted 01-15-2009 03:44 AM
Another TV legend, Patrick McGoohan, has passed away. While I can't think of any direct connection to the space program, McGoohan's The Prisoner was very representative of the 60s era that also gave birth to the Apollo program.
Be seeing you...
cddfspace Member
Posts: 609 From: Morris County, NJ, USA Registered: Jan 2006
posted 01-15-2009 08:24 AM
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Thanks for the walk down memory lane with the movie clip Robert- nice touch.
NavySpaceFan Member
Posts: 655 From: Norfolk, VA Registered: May 2007
posted 01-15-2009 08:36 AM
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Delta7 Member
Posts: 1505 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007
posted 01-15-2009 09:08 AM
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Henk Boshuijer Member
Posts: 450 From: Netherlands Registered: May 2007
posted 01-15-2009 10:19 AM
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NovaRob Member
Posts: 242 From: Tucson, Arizona, USA Registered: Nov 2008
posted 01-15-2009 12:13 PM
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E2M Lem Man Member
Posts: 846 From: Los Angeles CA. USA Registered: Jan 2005
posted 01-15-2009 03:39 PM
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Direct relationship to space? Kahn launched a sleeper ship in 1995 and secret agent man McGoohan tried to save a recon satellite from "Ice Station Zebra"? Do those count?
J.M. Busby
ea757grrl Member
Posts: 729 From: South Carolina Registered: Jul 2006
posted 01-14-2009 11:01 PM
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