Goodbye, Mr. Roarke. See you on Fantasy Island. Or Ceti Alpha V.

As the year starts off, yet another actor from my childhood has died. Wednesday, Ricardo Montalban passed away at the age of 88. Mr. Montalban had a long and storied career on stage and screen. He played a couple of great characters on Hawaii 5-0, first as a crooked Japanese businessman, and later as a crazy and narcissistic Spanish race car driver. He also starred in a run of Chrysler commercials back in the 80s, and as the title points out, was the great Mr. Roarke, hosting guests on Fantasy Island. read more »








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