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Manuel Padilla Jr.
Acting
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.
BODY OF WORK
Manuel Padilla Jr.'s Filmography
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Scarface
as Kid #2
More American Graffiti
as Carlos
Cotton Candy
as Julio Sanchez
American Graffiti
as Carlos
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
as Jai
The Great White Hope
as Paco
Tarzan's Deadly Silence
as Jai
A Man Called Horse
as Leaping Buck
Cutter's Trail
as Paco Avila
The Mountains of the Moon
as Jai
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
as Jai
Tarzan and the Great River
as Pepe
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
as Ramel
Taffy and the Jungle Hunter
as Beau
Sylvia
as Pancho Guzman (uncredited)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Orphan Boy (uncredited)
The Young and the Brave
as Han
Dime with a Halo
as Rafael