Carlos Rivas [50968] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.6539 Birthplace: El Paso, Texas, USA Birthday: 1925-02-16 Deathday: 2003-06-16 Age: 78 years Movies: 37 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: Carlos Rivas (born Oscar Weber) was an 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 Mexican and Argentinian 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 Latino actors in co-founding the Nosotros ("We") Foundation, a Los Angeles based organization devoted to improving the way Hispanics are depicted in entertainment and advocating for Latinos in the movie and television industry. Mi Vida Loca1994-06-08 Gas Food Lodging1992-07-10 Gypsy1990-10-12 Discriminación 1990-01-01 Young Rebels1989-10-31 Doc Savage: The 1975-06-01 The Gatling Gun1971-05-01 The Phantom Guns1970-04-30 Topaz1969-12-17 The Undefeated1969-10-04 Hang Your Hat on1969-06-11 True Grit1969-06-11 The Chinese Room1968-08-29 They Saved Hitle1968-08-18 Tarzan and the V1966-07-01 Los viciosos1964-09-17 The Madmen of Ma1963-11-13 La máscara roja1962-05-10 Pepe1960-12-21 The Dalton That 1960-11-01 ¡Yo sabia demas1960-10-27 The Unforgiven1960-04-06 The Miracle1959-11-12 Sonatas1959-10-12 Machete1958-12-01 Where Are Our Ch1958-06-26 Panama Sal1957-10-18 The Black Scorpi1957-10-11 The Deerslayer1957-09-10 La ciudad de los1957-05-31 The Beast of Hol1956-08-01 The King and I1956-06-29 De carne somos1955-10-05 La vida tiene tr1955-09-01 Love in Four Par1955-08-19 Gray neighborhoo1954-10-27 Los secretos del1948-08-22