Career
He appeared on scores of television shows and in motion pictures. He"s best remembered for playing Jai on Ron Ely"s Tarzan television series of the mid to late 1960s and for appearing in American Graffiti (1973). As a child he also appeared on episodes of Rawhide, Bonanza, Gunsmoke and The Flying Nun.
Padilla died suddenly after attending the Grand National Roadster Show, Pomona California, where he made a public appearance.