
Manuel Padilla Jr.
Known for: Acting
Born: July 13, 1955
Died: January 29, 2008
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 "Scar…
Known for

Tarzan's Deadly Silence
1970

Cutter's Trail
1970

Tarzan and the Great River
1967

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
1966

Dime with a Halo
1963

The Mountains of the Moon
1967

Taffy and the Jungle Hunter
1965

Cotton Candy
1978

Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
1971

Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
1967

The Young and the Brave
1963

American Graffiti
1973

The Great White Hope
1970

More American Graffiti
1979

A Man Called Horse
1970

Tarzan
1966

Gunsmoke
1955

Then Came Bronson
1969

Sylvia
1965

Scarface
1983

Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964