KHAN!

Sadly, we must bid a fond bon voyage to inimitable Ricardo Montalbán. I did not realize he was Mexican, but I should have been tipped off by his name. He always played men of class, from the pitchman for Corinthian leather to Khan Noonien Singh. His class also shows in the fact that he was married to the same woman for 63 years.
I always aspired to be Mr. Rourke, and possibly the dream of hosting a lush tropical island could be the early inspiration for my love of thing Tiki.
It's nice to see he was respected, as demonstrated by his knighthood in the Order of St Gregory the Great, as granted by the Vatican.

I really like this quote of his, where in several interviews and public speeches, Montalbán described "the five stages of the actor" as follows:

Who is Ricardo Montalbán?
Get me Ricardo Montalbán.
Get me a Ricardo Montalbán type.
Get me a young Ricardo Montalbán.
Who is Ricardo Montalbán?