Background
Rivas was born in El Paso, Texas, to a German father and Mexican mother.
Rivas was born in El Paso, Texas, to a German father and Mexican mother.
English was his first language. 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. Rivas had co – starring roles in two science fiction films,, and
Riva played in The Deerslayer (1957), with Lex Barker, Forrest Tucker, and Rita Moreno. In 1969, Rivas co-founded, with Ricardo Montalban and Henry Darrow, Nostroso, a Los Angeles based organization devoted to improving the way Hispanics are depicted in entertainmsent.
The Unforgiven.