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Carlos Rivas
El Paso, Texas, USA
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 T…
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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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1998
Love Without Frontiers
Movie
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1994
Mi Vida Loca
Movie
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1992
Gas Food Lodging
Movie Padre
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1990
Gypsy
Movie Marcos
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1990
Discriminación Maldita
Movie
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1989
Young Rebels
Movie Mr. Vincenzo
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1983
The A-Team
TV show Police Officer
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1982
Hotel
TV show Mr. Cruz
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1975
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
Movie Kulkan
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1971
The Gatling Gun
Movie Two-Knife
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1970
The Phantom Gunslinger
Movie Sam
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1969
Topaz
Movie Hernández
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1969
The Undefeated
Movie Diaz
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1969
True Grit
Movie "Dirty Bob"
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1969
Hang Your Hat on the Wind
Movie Tall Bandit
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1968
The Chinese Room
Movie Nicolás Vidal
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1968
They Saved Hitler's Brain
Movie Camino Padua / Teo Padua
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1966
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
Movie Romulo
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1964
The Addams Family
TV show Señor Cardona
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1964
Los viciosos
Movie
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1963
The Madmen of Mandoras
Movie Camino Padua / Teo Padua
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1963
The Getaway Face
Movie
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1962
La máscara roja
Movie
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1960
Pepe
Movie Carlos
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1960
The Dalton That Got Away
Movie Grey Wolf
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1960
¡Yo sabia demasiado!
Movie Ricardo
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1960
The Unforgiven
Movie Lost Bird
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1959
The Miracle
Movie Carlitos
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1959
Sonatas
Movie Juan Guzmán
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1958
Machete
Movie Carlos
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1957
Panama Sal
Movie Manuel Ortego
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1957
The Black Scorpion
Movie Artur Ramos
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1957
Perry Mason
TV show Alfredo Gomez
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1957
The Deerslayer
Movie Chingachgook
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1957
La ciudad de los niños
Movie
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1956
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
Movie Felipe Sanchez
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1956
The King and I
Movie Lun Tha
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1955
De carne somos
Movie Mario Vidal
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1955
Fury in Paradise
Movie
