Person
Manuel Padilla Jr.
Born 13 July 1955 Died 29 January 2008, aged 52 Los Angeles, California, USA TMDB ↗
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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The numbers
0age in their first credit on record (1955)
28years on screen and counting
4credits in 1970, their busiest year
21dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 28 Scarface
1983as Kid #2
Age: 24 More American Graffiti
1979as Carlos
Age: 23 Cotton Candy
1978as Julio Sanchez
Age: 18 American Graffiti
1973as Carlos
Age: 16 Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
1971as Jai
Age: 15 The Great White Hope
1970as Paco
Age: 14 Tarzan's Deadly Silence
1970as Jai
Age: 14 A Man Called Horse
1970as Leaping Buck
Age: 14 Cutter's Trail
1970as Paco Avila
Age: 12 The Mountains of the Moon
1967as Jai
Age: 12 Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
1967as Jai
Age: 12 Tarzan and the Great River
1967as Pepe
Age: 10 Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
1966as Ramel
Age: 9 Taffy and the Jungle Hunter
1965as Beau
Age: 9 Sylvia
1965as Pancho Guzman (uncredited)
Age: 8 Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964as Orphan Boy
Age: 8 The Young and the Brave
1963as Han
Age: 7 Dime with a Halo
1963as Rafael
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