Ricardo Montez (born Levy Isaac Attias; 20 September 1923 – 26 October 2010)[1] was a Gibraltarian actor.
He was best known for his role as the Spanish bartender Juan Cervantes, a student in Jeremy Brown's EFL class in the ITV comedy series Mind Your Language and one of four students (along with Giovanni Capello, Anna Schmidt, and Ranjeet Singh) to appear in all four series.
Born Levy Isaac Attias on 23 September 1923 in Gibraltar to Jewish parents, he and his family were evacuated to England during World War II.
He appeared primarily in television programmes, including The Saint, The Avengers, Doctor at Sea and Don't Drink the Water, in which he usually played Spanish characters, before being cast in his best known role as Juan Cervantes, the Spanish bartender in a class of mature English language students, in the situation comedy series Mind Your Language from 1977 and 1979, reprising his role in a revival of the series in 1986.
In his later years, Montez continued to appear on television in programmes including Sharpe's Honour and Casualty, as well as in commercials.