MJ
Manuel Padilla Jr.
Actor
Died January 29, 2008 (52 years)
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.
Filmography
| 1983 | Scarface · as Kid #2 |
| 1979 | More American Graffiti · as Carlos |
| 1978 | Cotton Candy · as Julio Sanchez |
| 1978 | The White Shadow (TV Series) · as Aztec |
| 1976 | Alice (TV Series) · as Man #2 |
| 1974 | Happy Days (TV Series) · as Squirt |
| 1973 | American Graffiti · as Carlos |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) · as Armando |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | A Man Called Horse · as Leaping Buck |
| 1970 | Tarzan's Deadly Silence · as Jai |
| 1968 | The Outcasts (TV Series) · as Mexican Boy |
| 1967 | Tarzan and the Great River · as Pepe |
| 1967 | Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion · as Jai |
| 1967 | The Flying Nun (TV Series) · as Marcello |
| 1966 | Tarzan (1966) (TV Series) · as Jai |
| 1965 | Sylvia · as Pancho Guzman (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Black Spurs · as Manuel Reese |
| 1964 | Robin and the 7 Hoods · as Orphan Boy |
| 1963 | 4 for Texas · as Boy with Pea Shooter |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Pepe |
| 1959 | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Paco Avila |