Manuel Padilla Jr.

Manuel Padilla Jr.

Birthday: 1955-07-13

Deathday: 2008-01-29

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0655693

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 "Scarface", among others. Padilla died unexpectedly at age 52, just after making a public appearance at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, California, in January 2008.

Played in movies:

Scarface

Score: 8.2

Cutter's Trail

Score: 7.5

American Graffiti

Score: 7.0

A Man Called Horse

Score: 6.5

Sylvia

Score: 6.2

The Great White Hope

Score: 6.2

Robin and the 7 Hoods

Score: 6.1

The Young and the Brave

Score: 5.9

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold

Score: 5.2

More American Graffiti

Score: 5.1

Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion

Score: 5.0

Dime with a Halo

Score: 5.0

Cotton Candy

Score: 4.5

Tarzan and the Great River

Score: 4.1

Tarzan's Deadly Silence

Score: 4.0

Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones

Score: 0.0

Taffy and the Jungle Hunter

Score: 0.0

The Mountains of the Moon

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Tarzan

Score: 6.7

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Then Came Bronson

Score: 4.8