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.

Date d’anniversaire : 13/07/1955