Manuel Padilla Jr.

Actor

Born: July 13, 1955
Died: January 29, 2008 (age 52)
From: 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 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…

Filmography (18)

Scarface (1983)
Kid #2
More American Graffiti (1979)
Carlos
Cotton Candy (1978)
Julio Sanchez
American Graffiti (1973)
Carlos
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones (1971)
Jai
The Great White Hope (1970)
Paco
Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970)
Jai
A Man Called Horse (1970)
Leaping Buck
Cutter's Trail (1970)
Paco Avila
The Mountains of the Moon (1967)
Jai
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion (1967)
Jai
Tarzan and the Great River (1967)
Pepe
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)
Ramel
Taffy and the Jungle Hunter (1965)
Beau
Sylvia (1965)
Pancho Guzman (uncredited)
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Orphan Boy
The Young and the Brave (1963)
Han
Dime with a Halo (1963)
Rafael