Ricardo Montalban and the Wrath of Khan

Image via WikipediaI learned today of the death of actor Ricardo Montalban (1920-2009), a Mexican born actor who started his career in Mexican theatre, television, and film. He is most well known for his role as Mr. Roarke in the American television show entitled Fantasy Island.
However, to me, he is best known and remembered as Kahn Noonien Singh in the 1967 Star Trek episode the Space Seed and later in the Star Trek movie, The Wrath of Kahn.
In my opinion, I think that The Wrath of Kahn is some of the best story telling in a Star Trek film involving the original cast. It was pure genius to draw from the episode the Space Seed and expand on that story using the same actors. It is a brilliant look at what happened to the crew of the SS Botany Bay and the consequences of sending them into exile.
I found Star Trek II refreshing after sitting in the theatre being bored to tears by the first Star Trek Motion picture. The Wrath of Kahn was a breath of fresh air in the Star Trek franchise that ended in such a manner as to lead to Star Trek III.
Even Star Trek: Enterprise got in on the success of The Wrath of Kahn years later by incorporating the topic of human engineering that was introduced in the Space Seed , and used as a story arc related to the Augments which then pathed the way(in the Star Trek time line) for the Space Seed.
I loved Ricardo Montalban as Kahn, he was the perfect archrival to William Shatner. They both over acted, acted like hams, but were totally believable as their larger than life characters.
Rip and here is the original trailer to The Wrath of Kahn.