Manuel Padilla Jr.

Known for ActingBorn 1955-07-13Died 2008-01-29Los Angeles, California, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Taffy and the Jungle Hunter

Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones

Scarface

Cutter's Trail

American Graffiti

Tarzan

Gunsmoke

A Man Called Horse

Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion

Sylvia

The Great White Hope

The Young and the Brave

Robin and the 7 Hoods

Dime with a Halo

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold

More American Graffiti

Then Came Bronson

Cotton Candy

Tarzan's Deadly Silence

Tarzan and the Great River

The Mountains of the Moon