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Manuel Padilla Jr.
Los Angeles, California, USA
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 1960…
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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.
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1983
Scarface
Movie Kid #2
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1979
More American Graffiti
Movie Carlos
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1978
Cotton Candy
Movie Julio Sanchez
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1973
American Graffiti
Movie Carlos
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1971
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
Movie Jai
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1970
The Great White Hope
Movie Paco
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1970
Tarzan's Deadly Silence
Movie Jai
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1970
A Man Called Horse
Movie Leaping Buck
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1970
Cutter's Trail
Movie Paco Avila
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1969
Then Came Bronson
TV show Mike Wade
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1967
The Mountains of the Moon
Movie Jai
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1967
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
Movie Jai
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1967
Tarzan and the Great River
Movie Pepe
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1966
Tarzan
TV show Jai
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1966
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
Movie Ramel
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1965
Taffy and the Jungle Hunter
Movie Beau
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1965
Sylvia
Movie Pancho Guzman (uncredited)
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1964
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Movie Orphan Boy (uncredited)
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1963
The Young and the Brave
Movie Han
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1963
Dime with a Halo
Movie Rafael
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1955
Gunsmoke
TV show Paco Avila
