Carlos Rivas (actor)

Carlos Rivas
In The Black Scorpion (1957)
Born	Oscar Weber (1925-02-16)February 16, 1925 El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Died	June 16, 2003(2003-06-16) (aged 78) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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).

Early life[]

Rivas was born in El Paso, Texas, to a German father and Mexican mother. English was his first language and he was also known as Oscar von Weber and Karl Weber.^[1][2]

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.

His American debut was in The King and I (1956) opposite Rita Moreno. After this career highlight, he was quickly reduced to supporting roles.^[3] 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).^[3] 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 Latino actors in co-founding the Nosotros ("We") Foundation, a Los Angeles based organization devoted to improving the way Hispanics are depicted in entertainment and to advocating for Latinos in the movie and television industry.^{[citation needed]}

Partial filmography[]

References[]

External links[]

• Carlos Rivas at IMDb