
Manuel Padilla Jr.
July 13, 1955Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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.…
Filmography

Taffy and the Jungle Hunter
1965 · 10.0

Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
1971 · 9.0

Scarface
1983 · 8.2

Cutter's Trail
1970 · 8.0

American Graffiti
1973 · 7.1

Tarzan
1966 · 6.9

Gunsmoke
1955 · 6.7

A Man Called Horse
1970 · 6.5

The Great White Hope
1970 · 6.3

Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
1967 · 6.3

Sylvia
1965 · 6.3

The Young and the Brave
1963 · 6.3

Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964 · 6.2

Dime with a Halo
1963 · 5.8

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
1966 · 5.5

Then Came Bronson
1969 · 5.2

More American Graffiti
1979 · 5.2

Tarzan's Deadly Silence
1970 · 5.0

Cotton Candy
1978 · 4.9

Tarzan and the Great River
1967 · 4.7

The Mountains of the Moon
1967 · 0.0