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Carlos Rivas
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Carlos Rivas (born Oscar Weber) was a Native Hispanic/Latino-American actor, best remembered as Lun Tha in The King and I (1956), Dirty Bob in True Grit (1969), and Hernandez in Topaz (1969). Carlos Rivas was discovered in a bar in Mexico. He began his career in Latin-American westerns, though his Argentinian films were actually filmed in Mexico.
His American debut was in The King and I (1956) opposite Rita Moreno. After this career highlight, he was quickly reduced to supporting roles. That same year of 1956 he appeared as Johnny Bravo in the TV western Cheyenne in the episode titled "Johnny Bravo." Rivas had co-starring roles in two science fiction films, The Beast of Hollow Mountain (19…
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Carlos Rivas (born Oscar Weber) was a Native Hispanic/Latino-American actor, best remembered as Lun Tha in The King and I (1956), Dirty Bob in True Grit (1969), and Hernandez in Topaz (1969). Carlos Rivas was discovered in a bar in Mexico. He began his career in Latin-American westerns, though his Argentinian films were actually filmed in Mexico. His American debut was in The King and I (1956) opposite Rita Moreno. After this career highlight, he was quickly reduced to supporting roles. That same year of 1956 he appeared as Johnny Bravo in the TV western Cheyenne in the episode titled "Johnny Bravo." Rivas had co-starring roles in two science fiction films, The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956) and The Black Scorpion (1957). Rivas played Chingachgook in The Deerslayer (1957) with Lex Barker, Forrest Tucker, and Rita Moreno. In 1970, Rivas joined Ricardo Montalban, Henry Darrow, and other Hispanic/Latin American actors in co-founding the Nosotros ("We") Foundation, a Los Angeles based organization devoted to improving the way Hispanic/Latin Americans are depicted in entertainment and advocating for Hispanic/Latin Americans in the movie and television industry.
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Carlos Rivas's Filmography
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Love Without Frontiers
Mi Vida Loca
Gas Food Lodging
as Padre
Gypsy
as Marcos
Discriminación Maldita
Young Rebels
as Mr. Vincenzo
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
as Kulkan
The Gatling Gun
as Two-Knife
The Phantom Gunslinger
as Sam
Topaz
as Hernández
The Undefeated
as Diaz
True Grit
as "Dirty Bob"
Hang Your Hat on the Wind
as Tall Bandit
The Chinese Room
as Nicolás Vidal
They Saved Hitler's Brain
as Camino Padua / Teo Padua
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
as Romulo
Los viciosos
The Madmen of Mandoras
as Camino Padua / Teo Padua
The Getaway Face
La máscara roja
Pepe
as Carlos
The Dalton That Got Away
as Grey Wolf
¡Yo sabia demasiado!
as Ricardo
The Unforgiven
as Lost Bird
The Miracle
as Carlitos
Sonatas
as Juan Guzmán
Machete
as Carlos
Where Are Our Children Going?
Panama Sal
as Manuel Ortego
The Black Scorpion
as Artur Ramos
The Deerslayer
as Chingachgook
La ciudad de los niños
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
as Felipe Sanchez
The King and I
as Lun Tha
De carne somos
as Mario Vidal
Fury in Paradise
La vida tiene tres días
as José
Love in Four Parts
as Antonio del Río
