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.
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
![Scarface](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iQ5ztdjvteGeboxtmRdXEChJOHh.jpg)
Scarface
![More American Graffiti](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dnHmQgxeHqgc1A78hE3AdzhlJsW.jpg)
More American Graffiti
![Cotton Candy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/y58rcwFGZNvtJJYYsNGPPCANb6y.jpg)
Cotton Candy
![American Graffiti](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zjoHTqwbXQkG7eX00Vno8NkvCKc.jpg)
American Graffiti
![The Great White Hope](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/guVIeqNrjeAszhIDe68TDnlY6ik.jpg)
The Great White Hope
![Tarzan's Deadly Silence](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kmz8dfGfuoUiQJyS58YGyW1xRol.jpg)
Tarzan's Deadly Silence
![A Man Called Horse](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gvo0LMk5EWwsypsXl2i25D83ztm.jpg)
A Man Called Horse
![Cutter's Trail](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jJFDWkwcuujvLxszlTybqZwizFf.jpg)
Cutter's Trail
![The Mountains of the Moon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2vwNVVU4wqSZm0tr3pY1715qtpY.jpg)
The Mountains of the Moon
![Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oQlFRTyJILup8eqcM1lph6voeXv.jpg)
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
![Tarzan and the Great River](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nfbJQVdIbvEgj5RLexrzhufRqMf.jpg)
Tarzan and the Great River
![Tarzan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/keL3WMJW45o7rd5aKDPMG3bgf1p.jpg)
Tarzan
![Tarzan and the Valley of Gold](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tCWhUAPiyPMI4hkX8LccD7R5vEx.jpg)
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
![Taffy and the Jungle Hunter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wPzWc1XhLVb0SGqvXJWwkk5VXJw.jpg)
Taffy and the Jungle Hunter
![Sylvia](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hlj82S7ylTRWkblPactEGnyjW8h.jpg)
Sylvia
![Robin and the 7 Hoods](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1jqQdHnuIDaHB3owOb3BcD5xZgX.jpg)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
![The Young and the Brave](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ilmga4o6uUDVoUQoRmkGlsglapF.jpg)
The Young and the Brave
![Dime with a Halo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iQ7BVLZCj0WhrYYh5I9rRtqzTA1.jpg)
Dime with a Halo
![Gunsmoke](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/x7WjYizqcrA64xi9XLqUWCz5DNk.jpg)
Gunsmoke