Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1955-07-13
Day of Death
2008-01-29
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Manuel Padilla Jr.
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.
Filmography (18)
Scarface
1983
More American Graffiti
1979
Cotton Candy
1978
American Graffiti
1973
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
1971
The Great White Hope
1970
Tarzan's Deadly Silence
1970
A Man Called Horse
1970
Cutter's Trail
1970
The Mountains of the Moon
1967
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
1967
Tarzan and the Great River
1967
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
1966
Taffy and the Jungle Hunter
1965
