Manuel PadillaFilmography

Alice: Guinness on Tap

Synopsis: Donald O'Connor guest stars in this appropriately dance-themed episode. Aspiring hoofer Vera (Beth Howland) hopes to get her name in the Guinness Book of World Records. And how will she accomplish this feat? Why with her feet, of course--tap-dancing the day (and night) away in an effort to break Read More

More American Graffiti

Actors: Candy Clark, Bo Hopkins, Ron Howard, Scott Glenn, Paul Le Mat, Mackenzie Phillips

Synopsis: Returning from the original American Graffiti are Debbie Dunham, Steve Bolander, John Milner, Carol/Rainbow, Terry the Toad and Laurie Bolander (Candy Clark, Ron Howard, Paul LeMat, Mackenzie Phillips, Charles Martin Smith and Cindy Williams), but Richard Dreyfuss is missing and Harrison Ford Read More

Cotton Candy

Synopsis: In this made-for-television movie, a group of high-school nerds form a band to gain both renown and romance. Directed by Ron Howard, the film was co-scripted by Howard and brother Clint. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

American Graffiti

Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark

Synopsis:
It's the last night of summer 1962, and the teenagers of Modesto, California, want to have some fun before adult responsibilities close in. Among them are Steve (Ron Howard) and Curt (Richard Dreyfuss), college-bound with mixed feelings about leaving home; nerdy Terry "The Toad" (Charles Martin Smith Read More

Bonanza: The Prisoners

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mike Witney, Manuel Padilla

Synopsis: In Sheriff Coffee's absence, Joe Cartwright is called upon to escort prisoner Hank Simmons (Michael Witney) through a particularly rugged patch of terrain. Trouble is, Simmons knows the area far better than Joe. Things get even tougher for the youngest Cartwright as the charismatic Simmons banks Read More

Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion

Synopsis: This jungle adventure is comprised of two episodes from the 1966-69 TV show. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Great White Hope

Actors: James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert, Joel Fluellen, Chester Morris

Synopsis: Although the characters' names were changed, The Great White Hope was a thinly veiled account of the trials and tribulations of boxer Jack Johnson, based on the play by Howard Sackler and directed by Martin Ritt. James Earl Jones stars as boxing great Jack Jefferson, who defeats Frank Bardy Larry Pennell Read More

A Man Called Horse

Actors: Richard Harris, Judith Anderson, Jean Gascon, Manu Tupou, Corinna Tsopei

Synopsis: A Man Called Horse stars Richard Harris as Lord John Morgan, an English peer cast somewhat adrift in the American West. Captured by Sioux Indians, Lord Morgan is at first targeted for quick extinction, but the tribesmen sense that he is worthy of survival. The Englishman passes many of the Read More

Tarzan's Deadly Silence

Actors: Ron Ely, Jock Mahoney, Woody Strode, Manuel Padilla, Gregorio Acosta

Synopsis: Tarzan (Ron Ely) tries to stop a bloodthirsty Colonel (Jock Mahoney) from taking over an African village with his soldiers of fortune. The ape-man has been rendered deaf by an exploding hand grenade, effectively limiting one of his keen senses. Tarzan relies on his telepathic powers to stop a Read More

The Flying Nun: Sister Socko in San Tanco

Synopsis: Sr. Bertrille stages a benefit show at Convent San Tanco, using mostly local talent (including herself). Banking on the appearance of professional magician Marko the Magnificent (Victor Buono), Sr. Bertrille is stunned when he refuses to perform. Our heroine tries to get to the bottom of Marko's Read More

The Flying Nun: The Big Game

Synopsis: Season Three of "The Flying Nun" was ushered in on September 17, 1969 with the episode titled "The Big Game." On this occasion, Sr. Bertrille takes over the coaching duties for the Convent San Tanco baseball team-and the result is a staggering 43-to-1 loss! Former Los Angeles Dodgers stars Willie Read More

The Flying Nun: Marcello's Idol

Synopsis: At the urging of Sr. Bertrille, casino owner Carlos Ramirez agrees to act as surrogate father to convent orphan Marcello (Manuel Padilla). Things take a tricky turn when Marcello, suffering a severe case of hero worship, insists upon being adopted by Carlos-and even offers to pick his own Read More

Cutter's Trail

Synopsis: John Gavin stars as Santa Fe marshal Ben Cutter, whose homecoming is blighted when he finds his town has been taken over by a Mexican bandit gang. Accompanied by two of the less frightened townsfolk--a small boy (Manuel Padila Jr.) and the boy's mother (Marisa Pavan)--Cutter sets out to rid the Read More

The Flying Nun: Season 03

Actors: Sally Field, Marge Redmond, Madeleine Sherwood, Alejandro Rey, Shelley Morrison

Synopsis: Sister Bertrille (Sally Field), ebullient American novice at Convent San Tanco in Puerto Rico, continues in her efforts to bring happiness and spiritual contentment to those around her -- and to avoid using her ability to fly through the air when the trade winds are strong, unless absolutely Read More

The Flying Nun: A Ticket for Bertrille

Synopsis: This time out, Sr. Bertrille is outraged over a parking ticket. No, she didn't technically receive the ticket, but her inbred sense of justice and equality dictates that nuns should not be granted special privileges. Insisting upon being arrested and locked up in jail, the militant nun causes a Read More

Tarzan and the Great River

Actors: Mike Henry, Jan Murray, Manuel Padilla, Diana Millay, Rafer Johnson

Synopsis: A joint U.S.-Swiss production in the waning days of the 35-year-old Tarzan series, this film stars Mike Henry in the second of his three film appearances as the jungle king. The film is set in South America, where one of Tarzan's friends is murdered at Tarzan's favorite zoo. The culprits are the Read More

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold

Synopsis: In this jungle adventure, Tarzan is first seen wearing a business suit instead of a loincloth, but when he learns that a young boy who supposedly knows the location of a fabulous jungle treasure has been kidnapped by an evil explorer, he sheds his city clothes and hits the trees. Once in the Read More

Taffy and the Jungle Hunter

Synopsis: In this African adventure, a big game hunter's 8-year-old son finds fun and danger with his friends: a chimp and an elephant. The trouble begins when the three adventurers venture too far into the jungle and get lost. Later the boy's governess and others launch an exhaustive search for the lad. Read More

Black Spurs

Actors: Rory Calhoun, Linda Darnell, Scott Brady, Lon Chaney, Jr., Bruce Cabot

Synopsis: In this western, a world-weary bounty hunter begins working for an avaricious crook who wants to destroy the good name of a little town so that the railroad will be built across his land. To enact his plan he brings a notorious gambler to town. He also establishes a brothel in the saloon. The Read More

Sylvia

Actors: Carroll Baker, George Maharis, Joanne Dru, Peter Lawford, Viveca Lindfors

Synopsis: Carroll Baker, the Sharon Stone of the sixties, plays another classy-looking blonde with a sordid background in Sylvia. Millionaire Peter Lawford is about to marry the glamorous but secretive Sylvia (Baker). Before taking the plunge, he hires private eye George Maharis to do a background check on Read More

Robin and the Seven Hoods

Actors: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Falk, Bing Crosby

Synopsis: The Rat Pack packed it in after this sprightly musical comedy that owes more than it should to Damon Runyon's stories and Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows's classic musical Guys and Dolls. Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen's bright and snappy score features such songs as "Style", "Bang-Bang" and the Sinatra Read More

The Young and the Brave

Actors: Rory Calhoun, William Bendix, Richard Jaeckel, John Agar, Manuel Padilla

Synopsis: In this Korean War drama, three POWs escape the North Koreans and try to make it safely across enemy lines. During their flight, the soldiers encounter a young boy and his German Shepherd. The boy hates the communists because they killed his parents for sheltering American soldiers, and he offers Read More

Dime with a Halo

Actors: Barbara Luna, Roger Mobley, Rafael Lopez, Paul Langton

Synopsis: Dime with a Halo was designed in part as a showcase for MGM's new child actor Manuel Padilla, who was featured shortly afterward in the studio's The Young and the Brave (63) and as a regular on the Tarzan TV series. Director Boris Sagal transcends the cold-cash motives of Dime by fashioning a Read More