Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 16, 1925
Died
Jun 16, 2003
Place of Birth
El Paso, Texas, USA
Credits
43 titles
Carlos Rivas
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
Filmography
Love Without Frontiers
Mi Vida Loca
Gas Food Lodging
Padre
Gypsy
Marcos
Discriminación Maldita
Young Rebels
Mr. Vincenzo
The A-Team
Police Officer
Hotel
Mr. Cruz
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
Kulkan
The Gatling Gun
Two-Knife
The Phantom Gunslinger
Sam
Topaz
Hernández
The Undefeated
Diaz
True Grit
"Dirty Bob"
Hang Your Hat on the Wind
Tall Bandit
The Chinese Room
Nicolás Vidal
They Saved Hitler's Brain
Camino Padua / Teo Padua
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
Romulo
The Addams Family
Señor Cardona
Los viciosos
The Madmen of Mandoras
Camino Padua / Teo Padua
The Getaway Face
La máscara roja
Pepe
Carlos
The Dalton That Got Away
Grey Wolf
¡Yo sabia demasiado!
Ricardo
The Unforgiven
Lost Bird
The Miracle
Carlitos
Sonatas
Juan Guzmán
Machete
Carlos
Where Are Our Children Going?
Panama Sal
Manuel Ortego
The Black Scorpion
Artur Ramos
Perry Mason
Alfredo Gomez
The Deerslayer
Chingachgook
La ciudad de los niños
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
Felipe Sanchez
The King and I
Lun Tha
De carne somos
Mario Vidal
Fury in Paradise
La vida tiene tres días
José
Love in Four Parts
Antonio del Río
Los secretos del buzón