Mario Montez

René Rivera, (July 20, 1935 – September 26, 2013), known professionally as Mario Montez, was one of the Warhol superstars, appearing in thirteen of Andy Warhol's underground films from 1964 to 1966. He took his name as a male homage to the actress Maria Montez, an important gay icon in the fifties and sixties. Before appearing in Warhol's films, he appeared in Jack Smith's important underground films Flaming Creatures and Normal Love. Montez also stars in the Ron Rice film, Chumlum, made in 1964. Mario Montez, was "a staple in the New York underground scene of the 1960s and ’70s."

Known For: Acting

Born: Ponce, Puerto Rico, 1935-07-20

Died: 2013-09-26

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1963	Normal Love	Mermaid	70
2	1963	Flaming Creatures	The Spanish Girl	47
3	1963	Chumlum		60
4	1964	Batman Dracula		41
5	1964	Mario Banana I	Mario	38
6	1964	Mario Banana II	Mario	35
7	1965	Harlot	Harlot	0
8	1965	Screen Test #2		100
9	1965	Dirt		80
10	1965	Camp		0
11	1965	Andy Warhol Screen Tests	Self	80
12	1966	More Milk, Yvette	Lana Turner	0
13	1966	Hedy	Hedy Lamarr	0
14	1966	Satisfaction		0
15	1966	Chelsea Girls	Transvestite	57
16	1967	Jungle Island		0
17	1967	Lupe	Lupe Velez	65
18	1968	Flaming Twenties		0
19	1968	The Queen	Self - Singer	64
20	1969	The Gypsy's Ball	wicked gypsy	0
21	1969	No President		53
22	1969	Face	Himself	0
23	1970	Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo		0
24	1987	Reel Six: Charles Ludlam’s Grand Tarot		0
25	2007	Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis	Self	66
26	2013	Diaries, Notes, and Sketches	Self	74
27	2017	Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith	Himself (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1993	The John Larroquette Show	Elsa	67