Julian Rivero

Julian Rivero was an American actor who began in silent films and went on to more than 200 film and television credits. Born in San Francisco, he trained with Shakespearean actor Robert B. Mantell before entering films in his thirties. He made his debut in the 1923 melodrama The Bright Shawl and had his first featured role in the 1924 western Fast and Fearless. When sound arrived, he acted in Spanish-language versions of English films, including Así es la vida and El presidio (both 1930), then made his English-language sound debut in God's Country and the Man (1931). He was often cast in westerns and dramas, with notable parts in Heroes of the Alamo (1937) as Santa Anna and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). He later worked mostly in television, guest-starring on The Lone Ranger, Rawhide, The Fugitive, and Mannix. His final performance was in the 1973 television movie The Red Pony. He died in 1976.