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Thread #117801   Message #2540406
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
15-Jan-09 - 11:19 AM
Thread Name: Obit: Ricardo Montalban (14 Jan 2009)
Subject: RE: Obit: Ricardo Montalban 1-14-09
His obit could go in the musical portion of this site. He did a lot of song and dance in his early films. It looks like the last overtly musical film he was in was 1969's Sweet Charity, with Shirley MacClaine. I haven't seen that one in years, so I don't remember if he did sing or dance, however.

Looking particularly at his work in the 19540s and 1950s, when he was working only in film, he was often cast as a Latin heart throb, and one who could sing. One of those films most likely to appear these days on Turner Classic Movies is Neptune's Daughter, with Ester Williams. It looks like he moved into television in 1956, and then the range of typecasting he experienced was wider (though he did manage to break free of it on many occasions).

SRS