Manuel Padilla Jr.
About the person
Career:
Acting
Date of birth:1955-07-13
Place of birth:Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender:Male
Popularity:1
Date of death2008-01-29
52Biography
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.
Filmography
Rating by year
- ScarfaceKid #21983-12-098.213,123
- More American GraffitiCarlos1979-08-035.2108
- Cotton CandyJulio Sanchez1978-10-264.98
- American GraffitiCarlos1973-08-117.01,593
- Tarzan and the Perils of Charity JonesJai1971-10-049.01
- The Great White HopePaco1970-10-116.336
- Tarzan's Deadly SilenceJai1970-07-035.03
- A Man Called HorseLeaping Buck1970-05-016.4235
- Cutter's TrailPaco Avila1970-02-108.03
- Then Came BronsonMike Wade1969-09-175.25
- The Mountains of the MoonJai1967-11-240.00
- Tarzan's Jungle RebellionJai1967-09-066.33
- Tarzan and the Great RiverPepe1967-09-014.79
- TarzanJai1966-09-086.924
- Tarzan and the Valley of GoldRamel1966-07-015.513
- Taffy and the Jungle HunterBeau1965-03-3110.01
- SylviaPancho Guzman (uncredited)1965-02-106.39
- Robin and the 7 HoodsOrphan Boy1964-06-246.275
- The Young and the BraveHan1963-08-016.310
- Dime with a HaloRafael1963-01-015.84
- GunsmokePaco Avila1955-09-106.7112