1983Winner
Best Performance
Scarface
Manuel Padilla Jr.
Actor
Los Angeles, California, USA
July 13, 1955
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. Padilla died unexpectedly at age 52, just after making a public appearance at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, California, in January 2008.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1973Nominee
Best Performance
American Graffiti
1964Nominee
Best Performance
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Career Highlights
1970Highlight
Best Performance
A Man Called Horse
1979Highlight
Best Performance
More American Graffiti
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Scarface
American Graffiti
Robin and the 7 Hoods