# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mario-montez
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:06:37.849Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mario-montez"
name: "Mario Montez"
slug: "mario-montez"
description: "René Rivera, known professionally as Mario Montez, was one of the Warhol superstars, appearing in thirteen of Andy Warhol's underground films from 1964 to 1966. He took his name as a male homage to the actress Maria Montez, an important gay icon in the 1950s and 1960s. Before appearing in Warhol's films, he appeared in Jack Smith's underground films Flaming Creatures and Normal Love. Montez also stars in the Ron Rice film Chumlum, made in 1964. Mario Montez, was \"a staple in the New York underground scene of the 1960s and '70s.\""
tagline: "Puerto Rican actor (1935-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mario_Montez.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1935-07-20"
deathDate: "2013-09-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.52
  momentum:             1.829608938547486
  historical:           5.963825333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0599689/"
    handle:    "nm0599689"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/530440"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "ماريو مونتيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DB%86_%D9%85%DB%86%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B2"
    title: "ماریۆ مۆنتیز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Montez"
    title: "Mario Montez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Montez"
    title: "Mario Montez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Montez"
    title: "Mario Montez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Montez"
    title: "Mario Montez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1898936"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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