Actor

Manuel Padilla Jr.

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Movies: 18Series: 3

TMDB ID: 12411

IMDb ID: nm0655693

Known for: Acting

Born: July 13, 1955

Died: January 29, 2008

Age: 52

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1955 - 1983

Years active: 29

Average TMDB rating: 6.55

Wikidata: Q6752782

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Biography

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.