Carlos Rivas
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 16, 1925
- Died
- June 16, 2003 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- 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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Filmography
Love Without Frontiers
Movie
Mi Vida Loca
Movie
Gas Food Lodging
Movie · as Padre
Discriminación Maldita
Movie
Gypsy
Movie · as Marcos
Young Rebels
Movie · as Mr. Vincenzo
Relampago
Movie
The A-Team
TV · as Police Officer · 1 ep
Hotel
TV · as Mr. Cruz · 1 ep
The Illegal
Movie
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
Movie · as Kulkan
The Gatling Gun
Movie · as Two-Knife
The Phantom Gunslinger
Movie · as Sam
The Undefeated
Movie · as Diaz
True Grit
Movie · as "Dirty Bob"
Hang Your Hat on the Wind
Movie · as Tall Bandit
Topaz
Movie · as Hernández
They Saved Hitler's Brain
Movie · as Camino Padua / Teo Padua
The Chinese Room
Movie · as Nicolás Vidal
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
Movie · as Romulo
Duelo de pistoleros
Movie · as El Yaqui
Los viciosos
Movie
The Addams Family
TV · as Señor Cardona · 1 ep
The Madmen of Mandoras
Movie · as Camino Padua / Teo Padua
The Getaway Face
Movie
Matar o morir
Movie · as Sebastián
La máscara roja
Movie
Mi guitarra y mi caballo
Movie
The Unforgiven
Movie · as Lost Bird
Pepe
Movie · as Carlos
The Dalton That Got Away
Movie · as Grey Wolf
¡Yo sabia demasiado!
Movie · as Ricardo
¡Viva la soldadera!
Movie · as Gorgonio
Sonatas
Movie · as Juan Guzmán
The Miracle
Movie · as Carlitos
Pueblo en armas
Movie · as Gorgonio Sebastián
Machete
Movie · as Carlos
Where Are Our Children Going?
Movie
The Black Scorpion
Movie · as Artur Ramos
The Deerslayer
Movie · as Chingachgook
Panama Sal
Movie · as Manuel Ortego
La ciudad de los niños
Movie
Perry Mason
TV · as Alfredo Gomez · 1 ep
The King and I
Movie · as Lun Tha
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
Movie · as Felipe Sanchez
De carne somos
Movie · as Mario Vidal
Love in Four Parts
Movie · as Antonio del Río
La vida tiene tres días
Movie · as José
Fury in Paradise
Movie
A Life in the Balance
Movie · as Police officer
Gunsmoke
TV · as Trail · 1 ep
Los secretos del buzón
Movie