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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 16, 1925
Died
June 16, 2003
Place of Birth
El Paso, Texas, USA
Also Known As
- Oscar Weber (birth name)
- Oscar von Weber
- Karl Weber
Carlos Rivas
0.5 Popularity
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
Credits
Mi Vida Loca
1994
6.6
Gas Food Lodging
as Padre
1992
6.3
Gypsy
as Marcos
1990
2.3
Discriminación Maldita
1990
5.0
Young Rebels
as Mr. Vincenzo
1989
3.7
The A-Team
as Police Officer
1983
7.5
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
as Kulkan
1975
5.0
The Gatling Gun
as Two-Knife
1971
4.6
The Phantom Gunslinger
as Sam
1970
4.0
Topaz
as Hernández
1969
6.0
The Undefeated
as Diaz
1969
6.2
True Grit
as "Dirty Bob"
1969
7.3
Hang Your Hat on the Wind
as Tall Bandit
1969
6.0
The Chinese Room
as Nicolás Vidal
1968
5.0
They Saved Hitler's Brain
as Camino Padua / Teo Padua
1968
2.2
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
as Romulo
1966
5.2
The Addams Family
as Señor Cardona
1964
8.0
Los viciosos
1964
0.0
The Madmen of Mandoras
as Camino Padua / Teo Padua
1963
3.0
La máscara roja
1962
5.0
Pepe
as Carlos
1960
6.3
The Dalton That Got Away
as Grey Wolf
1960
5.0
¡Yo sabia demasiado!
as Ricardo
1960
4.6
The Unforgiven
as Lost Bird
1960
6.2
The Miracle
as Carlitos
1959
6.7
Sonatas
as Juan Guzmán
1959
4.6
Machete
as Carlos
1958
5.9
Where Are Our Children Going?
1958
5.3
Panama Sal
as Manuel Ortego
1957
0.0
The Black Scorpion
as Artur Ramos
1957
5.1
Perry Mason
as Alfredo Gomez
1957
7.7
The Deerslayer
as Chingachgook
1957
6.0
La ciudad de los niños
1957
6.0
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
as Felipe Sanchez
1956
4.2
The King and I
as Lun Tha
1956
7.1
De carne somos
as Mario Vidal
1955
5.6
La vida tiene tres días
as José
1955
5.0
Love in Four Parts
as Antonio del Río
1955
5.7
Gray neighborhood
as Federico
1954
10.0
Los secretos del buzón
1948
0.0