Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
18
Gender
Male
Birthday
July 13, 1955 ( 53 years old )
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
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
American Graffiti
1973-08-11Tarzan and the Great River
1967-09-01Cotton Candy
1978-10-26More American Graffiti
1979-08-03Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
1966-07-01The Mountains of the Moon
1967-11-24Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964-06-24Taffy and the Jungle Hunter
1965-03-31The Great White Hope
1970-10-11Scarface
1983-12-09