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
American Graffiti
⭐ 7Tarzan and the Great River
⭐ 4.1Cotton Candy
⭐ 4.5More American Graffiti
⭐ 5.1Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
⭐ 5.2The Mountains of the Moon
⭐ 0Robin and the 7 Hoods
⭐ 6Taffy and the Jungle Hunter
⭐ 0The Great White Hope
⭐ 6.1Scarface
⭐ 8.161The Young and the Brave
⭐ 5.9Tarzan's Deadly Silence
⭐ 4Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
⭐ 0Dime with a Halo
⭐ 5A Man Called Horse
⭐ 6.5Sylvia
⭐ 6.2Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
⭐ 5Cutter's Trail
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