Carlos Rivas

Known for ActingBorn 1925-02-16Died 2003-06-16El Paso, Texas, USA

Carlos Rivas (born Oscar Weber) was a Native Hispanic/Latino-American actor, best remembered as Lun Tha in The King and I (1956), Dirty Bob in True Grit (1969), and Hernandez in Topaz (1969). Carlos Rivas was discovered in a bar in Mexico. He began his career in Latin-American westerns, though his Argentinian films were actually filmed in Mexico. His American debut was in The King and I (1956) opposite Rita Moreno. After this career highlight, he was quickly reduced to supporting roles. That same year of 1956 he appeared as Johnny Bravo in the TV western Cheyenne in the episode titled "Johnny Bravo." Rivas had co-starring roles in two science fiction films, The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956) and The Black Scorpion (1957). Rivas played Chingachgook in The Deerslayer (1957) with Lex Barker, Forrest Tucker, and Rita Moreno. In 1970, Rivas joined Ricardo Montalban, Henry Darrow, and other Hispanic/Latin American actors in co-founding the Nosotros ("We") Foundation, a Los Angeles based organization devoted to improving the way Hispanic/Latin Americans are depicted in entertainment and advocating for Hispanic/Latin Americans in the movie and television industry.Read more

Movies & web series

Los viciosos

Los secretos del buzón

The Addams Family

Panama Sal

The A-Team

Perry Mason

Hang Your Hat on the Wind

True Grit

The King and I

Hotel

Discriminación Maldita

Mi Vida Loca

The Getaway Face

Machete

The Miracle

Fury in Paradise

Gas Food Lodging

The Undefeated

La ciudad de los niños

Pepe

De carne somos

La máscara roja

The Unforgiven

Love in Four Parts

Topaz

The Chinese Room

The Deerslayer

The Dalton That Got Away

Where Are Our Children Going?

La vida tiene tres días

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold

The Gatling Gun

Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze

The Black Scorpion

Sonatas

¡Yo sabia demasiado!

The Phantom Gunslinger

The Beast of Hollow Mountain

Young Rebels

The Madmen of Mandoras

They Saved Hitler's Brain

Gypsy

Love Without Frontiers