R. I. P. Ricardo Montalban

[The Hitman]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479941,00.html

A sad goodbye Mr. Roarke, Khan from Star Trek, Freakazoid!'s arch-nemesis, and a fine actor. He will be greatly missed.

[herodad1]

10-4 !its sad to see the passing of great figures of the past.he was an awsome khan!

[chuckles]

  What a shame, he was an awesome actor.

[GogglesPizanno]

Him and Patrick Mcgoohan within a day??
Sad.

[yell0w_lantern]

Let me be the first to say,
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

[Podmark]

Let me be the first to say,
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

I was so going to say that. He'll be missed.

[BWPS]

That's too bad. An amazing performer who helped make the only good original crew Star Trek movie be one of the best scifi movies ever.

[thanoson]

So, this year is sucking so far. Bob Wilkens from Creature Features, Andy Martinez from the Necromantiks, my friend Taylor last week and now these two? Damn!

[Glitch Girl]

Him and Patrick Mcgoohan within a day??
Sad.

Indeed.  Both shall be missed.

[cmdrkoenig67]

..And last week, John Scott-Martin (Dalek ops supreme)...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scott_Martin

RIP to all of these fine gentlemen.

Dana

[Glitch Girl]

Oh man...

A sci-fi trifecta here.

[thanoson]

Star Trek - Khan
Ricardo Montalban played Khan Noonien Singh in the original Star Trek series, a villain which was later revived in one of the best damn sci-fi movies ever: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Genetically engineered to be an uber-human, Khan ruled part of the Earth for a while in the 1990s and was driving force in the Eugenics Wars. Eventually overthrown, Khan took over a sleeper ship (christened SS Botany Bay) and remained in suspended animation until reaching the Kirk Era. Well, you should know the rest.

Did you know that Ricardo Montalban never met William Shatner for a single scene in Wrath of Khan? He actually filmed all his scenes weeks before the cast made it to the set. Ricardo: "I had to do my lines with the script girl, who, as you might imagine, sounded nothing like Bill [Shatner]." Here's another interesting note: Executive producer Harve Bennett accidentally approved the initial designs of the USS Reliant upside down, which they ended up sticking with; hence it has that unique look that differentiates it from the Enterprise. Good stuff.