# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/manuel-padilla-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:25:26.187Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/manuel-padilla-jr"
name: "Manuel Padilla, Jr."
slug: "manuel-padilla-jr"
description: "Manuel Padilla Jr. was an American child actor who began appearing in films at age 8. He is best remembered for playing Jai on the 1960s Tarzan television series starring Ron Ely. He also co-starred with Mike Henry in two mid-1960's \"Tarzan\" feature films. As a young adult, he appeared in American Graffiti (1973) as well as its 1979 sequel. He also appeared in episodes of Rawhide, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Happy Days and The Flying Nun. His last role was a small part in Brian De Palma's 1983 film Scarface."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Manuel_Padilla_Jr._PBS_1971.jpg/330px-Manuel_Padilla_Jr._PBS_1971.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1956-05-13"
deathDate: "2008-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.51
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.02482
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0655693/"
    handle:    "nm0655693"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%84_%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A6%D8%B1"
    title: "مینوئل پیڈیلا جونیئر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Padilla_jr."
    title: "Manuel Padilla jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "مانويل پاديلا (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Padilla%2C_Jr."
    title: "Manuel Padilla, Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Padilla_Jr."
    title: "Manuel Padilla Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Padilla_Jr."
    title: "Manuel Padilla Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Padilla"
    title: "Manuel Padilla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6752782"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12411"
    title: "Manuel Padilla Jr."
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump