Manuel Padilla Jr.

Manuel Padilla Jr.

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Los Angeles, California, USA, 1955-07-13

Died: 2008-01-29

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1963	Dime with a Halo	Rafael	50
2	1963	The Young and the Brave	Han	59
3	1964	Robin and the 7 Hoods	Orphan Boy	61
4	1965	Sylvia	Pancho Guzman (uncredited)	62
5	1965	Taffy and the Jungle Hunter	Beau	0
6	1966	Tarzan and the Valley of Gold	Ramel	52
7	1967	Tarzan and the Great River	Pepe	41
8	1967	Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion	Jai	50
9	1967	The Mountains of the Moon	Jai	0
10	1970	Cutter's Trail	Paco Avila	75
11	1970	A Man Called Horse	Leaping Buck	65
12	1970	Tarzan's Deadly Silence	Jai	40
13	1970	The Great White Hope	Paco	62
14	1971	Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones	Jai	0
15	1973	American Graffiti	Carlos	70
16	1978	Cotton Candy	Julio Sanchez	45
17	1979	More American Graffiti	Carlos	51
18	1983	Scarface	Kid #2	82

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Gunsmoke	Paco Avila	66
2	1966	Tarzan	Jai	67
3	1969	Then Came Bronson	Mike Wade	48

Manuel Padilla Jr.

Film

Television