Carlos Rivas (actor)

Carlos Rivas

Born Oscar Weber
(1925-02-16)February 16, 1925
El Paso, Texas
Died June 16, 2003(2003-06-16) (aged 78)
Los Angeles, California
Cause of death Prostate cancer
Occupation Actor
Years active 1945  – 2000
Known for The King and I
True Grit
Spouse(s) Sylvia

Carlos Rivas (born, Oscar Weber, February 16, 1925  – June 16, 2003) 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). Rivas was born in El Paso, Texas, to a German father and Mexican mother. English was his first language. [1]

Career

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.[1]

His American debut was in The King and I, (1956) opposite Rita Moreno. After this career highlight, he was quickly reduced to supporting roles.[2] Rivas had co  – starring roles in two science fiction films, The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956), and The Black Scorpion (1957).[2]

Riva played Chingachgook in The Deerslayer (1957), with Lex Barker, Forrest Tucker, and Rita Moreno.

In 1969, Rivas co-founded, with Ricardo Montalban and Henry Darrow, Nostroso, a Los Angeles based organization devoted to improving the way Hispanics are depicted in entertainmsent. [3]

Partial filmography

References

  1. 1 2 Carlos Rivas interview
  2. 1 2 Carlos Rivas at Hollywood.com
  3. ↑ Oscar Carlos Rivas Weber at Find a Grave.


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