Born in Los Angeles, California, USA — Jul 13 1955• Died Jan 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 "Scarface", among others. Padilla died unexpectedly at age 52, j…
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Paco Avila

Jai

Kid #2

Mike Wade

Carlos

Orphan Boy

Carlos

Pancho Guzman (uncredited)

Leaping Buck

Paco

Pepe

Paco Avila

Jai

Julio Sanchez

Han

Jai

Beau

Ramel

Jai

Jai

Rafael