Carlos Rivas (actor)

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Oscar Carlos Rivas Weber , born Oscar Weber (born February 16, 1925 in El Paso , † June 16, 2003 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor . He had a German father and a Mexican mother. He died of prostate cancer in Los Angeles, California . His wife Sylvia died the same day.

biography

Born in Texas in 1925, the actor's real name was Oscar Weber. Father German, mother Mexican, Carlos grew up in the southern United States as well as in Mexico. He adopted the stage name, which is his mother's maiden name, when he began filming, which began in 1945. After a number of productions in Mexico, including alongside María Félix and Dolores Del Rio , the actor made his breakthrough in Hollywood and appeared in over 40 films. He got his most famous roles in "The King And I" (1956), where he played alongside Yul Brynner Lun Tha, the lover of Rita Moreno , in the wildslayer film adaptation with Lex Barker and in horror science Fiction film "The Black Scorpion" (1957) as the Mexican geologist Arturo Ramos.

Rivas was seen on television with guest roles in Bonanza , Tarzan , Zorro and other well-known series, and he was occasionally on stage. Despite illness, Rivas remained active into old age. Carlos Rivas stood up for the concerns of Latinos in the US entertainment industry. As a founding member of Nosotros , an organization in Los Angeles that works to improve the image and professional conditions of filmmakers from Latin America, his work was honored with the Golden Eagle . Carlos Rivas made his last film in 2000 and died three years later of complications from cancer.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Oscar Weber (Carlos Rivas) in the Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
  2. ↑ Carlos Rivas on deathfigures.com
personal data
SURNAME Rivas, Carlos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rivas Weber, Oscar Carlos (full name); From Weber, Oscar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH El Paso . Texas
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 2003
Place of death Los Angeles , California