Name
Carlos Rivas
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1925-02-16
Deathday
2003-06-16 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
El Paso, Texas, USA
Biography
Carlos Rivas (born Oscar Weber) was a Native Hispanic/Latino-American actor, best remembered as Lun Tha in The King and I (1956), Dirty Bob in True Grit (1969), and Hernandez in Topaz (1969). Carlos Rivas was discovered in a bar in Mexico. He began his career in Latin-American westerns, though his Argentinian films were actually filmed in Mexico.
His American debut was in The King and I (1956) opposite Rita Moreno. After this career highlight, he was quickly reduced to supporting roles. That same year of 1956 he appeared as Johnny Bravo in the TV western Cheyenne in the episode titled "Johnny Bravo." Rivas had co-starring roles in two science fiction films, The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956) and The Black Scorpion (1957). Rivas played Chingachgook in The Deerslayer (1957) with Lex Barker, Forrest Tucker, and Rita Moreno.
In 1970, Rivas joined Ricardo Montalban, Henry Darrow, and other Hispanic/Latin American actors in co-founding the Nosotros ("We") Foundation, a Los Angeles based organization devoted to improving the way Hispanic/Latin Americans are depicted in entertainment and advocating for Hispanic/Latin Americans in the movie and television industry.
Known For
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Widowed Welsh mother Anna Leonowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and...
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The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved ad...
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After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James L...
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Nora, a single mother raising two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, waits tables at a tr...
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Two Indigenous Latina bestfriends, Mousie and Sad Girl live in a contemporary Los Angeles ...
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Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countr...
- 1960 The Unforgiven as Lost Bird
- 1948 Los secretos del buzón
- 1957 The Black Scorpion as Artur Ramos
- 1956 The King and I as Lun Tha
- 1992 Gas Food Lodging as Padre
- 1990 Discriminación Maldita
- 1969 The Undefeated as Diaz
- 1960 Pepe as Carlos
- 1958 Machete as Carlos
- 1963 The Madmen of Mandoras as Camino Padua / Teo Padua
- 1957 The Deerslayer as Chingachgook
- 1956 The Beast of Hollow Mountain as Felipe Sanchez
- 1959 Sonatas as Juan Guzmán
- 1966 Tarzan and the Valley of Gold as Romulo
- 1959 The Miracle as Carlitos
- 1968 They Saved Hitler's Brain as Camino Padua / Teo Padua
- 1955 De carne somos as Mario Vidal
- 1970 The Phantom Gunslinger as Sam
- 1958 Where Are Our Children Going?
- 1971 The Gatling Gun as Two-Knife
- 1960 The Dalton That Got Away as Grey Wolf
- 1994 Mi Vida Loca
- 1957 Panama Sal as Manuel Ortego
- 1968 The Chinese Room as Nicolás Vidal
- 1990 Gypsy as Marcos
- 1957 La ciudad de los niños
- 1989 Young Rebels as Mr. Vincenzo
- 1962 La máscara roja
- 1975 Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze as Kulkan
- 1964 Los viciosos
- 1969 True Grit as "Dirty Bob"
- 1969 Hang Your Hat on the Wind as Tall Bandit
- 1969 Topaz as Hernández
- 1955 Love in Four Parts as Antonio del Río
- 1960 ¡Yo sabia demasiado! as Ricardo
- 1955 La vida tiene tres días as José
- 1955 Fury in Paradise
- 1963 The Getaway Face
- 1998 Love Without Frontiers
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Alfredo Gomez
- 1983 The A-Team ( 1 episode ) as Police Officer
- 1964 The Addams Family ( 1 episode ) as Señor Cardona
- 1982 Hotel ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Cruz
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Trail
