Manuel Padilla Jr.
Acting Born Jul 13, 1955 Los Angeles, California, USA 21 credits
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.
Ask the Vault
Ask anything about Manuel Padilla Jr..
Full filmography
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Paco Avila
- Scarface (1983) as Kid #2
- Tarzan (1966) as Jai
- Then Came Bronson (1969) as Mike Wade
- American Graffiti (1973) as Carlos
- A Man Called Horse (1970) as Leaping Buck
- Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) as Orphan Boy
- More American Graffiti (1979) as Carlos
- Cotton Candy (1978) as Julio Sanchez
- Sylvia (1965) as Pancho Guzman (uncredited)
- Tarzan and the Great River (1967) as Pepe
- Cutter's Trail (1970) as Paco Avila
- Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion (1967) as Jai
- Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966) as Ramel
- The Great White Hope (1970) as Paco
- Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970) as Jai
- Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones (1971) as Jai
- The Mountains of the Moon (1967) as Jai
- Dime with a Halo (1963) as Rafael
- Taffy and the Jungle Hunter (1965) as Beau
- The Young and the Brave (1963) as Han