Actor
Manuel Padilla Jr.
Born July 13, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USADied January 29, 200818 films
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.
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Padilla died unexpectedly at age 52, just after making a public appearance at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, California, in January 2008.
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First watchScarface19838.2as Kid #2After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
18 films as actor- 1983ScarfaceKid #2
- 1979More American GraffitiCarlos
- 1978Cotton CandyJulio Sanchez
- 1973American GraffitiCarlos
- 1971Tarzan and the Perils of Charity JonesJai
- 1970The Great White HopePaco
- 1970Tarzan's Deadly SilenceJai
- 1970A Man Called HorseLeaping Buck
- 1970Cutter's TrailPaco Avila
- 1967The Mountains of the MoonJai
- 1967Tarzan's Jungle RebellionJai
- 1967Tarzan and the Great RiverPepe
- 1966Tarzan and the Valley of GoldRamel
- 1965Taffy and the Jungle HunterBeau
- 1965SylviaPancho Guzman (uncredited)
- 1964Robin and the 7 HoodsOrphan Boy (uncredited)
- 1963The Young and the BraveHan
- 1963Dime with a HaloRafael