Manuel Padilla Jr.
Birthday
1955/07/13
Day of death
2008/01/29 (52 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also know as
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Biography
In the 1960s, Padilla was a popular child actor, usually playing the Mexican or Indian boy in TV westerns such as "Rawhide," "Bonanza" and "Gunsmoke". He was a regular in the 1960s TV series "Tarzan", with actor Ron Ely, in dozens of episodes as native boy 'Jai', and as also a semi-regular in the TV series, "The Flying Nun", with actress Sally Field. In featured films, as an adult, Padilla made appearances in the films, "The Great White Hope", "American Graffiti", "A Man Called Horse", and "Scar...Read more
Acting
(1973) American Graffiti
as Carlos
(1967) Tarzan and the Great River
as Pepe
(1978) Cotton Candy
as Julio Sanchez
(1979) More American Graffiti
as Carlos
(1966) Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
as Ramel
(1967) The Mountains of the Moon
as Jai
(1964) Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Orphan Boy
(1965) Taffy and the Jungle Hunter
as Beau
(1970) The Great White Hope
as Paco
(1983) Scarface
as Kid #2
(1963) The Young and the Brave
as Han
(1970) Tarzan's Deadly Silence
as Jai
(1971) Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
as Jai
(1963) Dime with a Halo
as Rafael
(1970) A Man Called Horse
as Leaping Buck
(1965) Sylvia
as Pancho Guzman (uncredited)
(1967) Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
as Jai
(1970) Cutter's Trail
as Paco Avila
(1966) Tarzan
as Jai
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Paco Avila
(1969) Then Came Bronson
as Mike Wade