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.
Pepe
Film 1967
Julio Sanchez
Film 1978
Ramel
Film 1966
Jai
Film 1967
Beau
Film 1965
Paco
Film 1970
Han
Film 1963
Jai
Film 1970
Jai
Film 1971
Rafael
Film 1963
Pancho Guzman (uncredited)
Film 1965
Jai
Film 1967
Paco Avila
Film 1970
Paco Avila
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