Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, MSG (born Richard Montgomery Ellenbaum; November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was an American radio, television, theatre and film actor. He had a career spanning seven decades (motion pictures from 1943 to 2006) and multiple notable roles, most notably, starring in Fantasy Island, Star Trek, and in any other movie where he could use his fake Mexican accent. The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants who had emmigrated to from Russia to New York City, Montalbán used his roots as an outside to hone his Method acting and play outcasts, foreigners, extraterrestrials, and other freaks in the cinema.