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Julian Rivero

Julian Rivero (July 25, 1890 – February 24, 1976) was an American actor whose career spanned seven decades. He made his film debut in the 1923 silent melodrama, The Bright Shawl, which starred Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Gish, William Powell, Mary Astor, and Edward G. Robinson.[1] Over the next 50 years, Rivero would appear in well over 200 films and television shows.[2][3]

Julian Rivero
Rivero in Death Rides the Range (1939)
Born(1890-07-25)July 25, 1890
San Francisco, California U.S.
DiedFebruary 24, 1976(1976-02-24) (aged 85)
Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting placeSan Fernando Mission Cemetery
OccupationActor
Years active1923–1973
Spouse(s)Isobel Thomas
(m. 19??; d 1948)

He only made a handful of appearances in silent films. With the advent of sound films, he would appear in both English language films, as well as Spanish language versions of English films, such as Así es la vida, which was the Spanish version of the 1930 film, What a Man.[4][5]

Life and career

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Born on July 25, 1890, in San Francisco, California, Rivero did not enter the film industry until he was in his 30s. Before making his start in films, Rivero studied to become a Shakespearean actor with the famous stage actor Robert B. Mantell.[6]

His first appearance was in a small role in the 1923 film, The Bright Shawl, which was produced by Inspiration Pictures, and the East Coast Film Company, and was shot in Cuba.[7] His first featured role was in the 1924 western, Fast and Fearless, which starred Jay Wilsey (known by his stage name "Buffalo Bill, Jr.") and Jean Arthur.[8] He entered sound films in 1930 with the Spanish language films Así es la vida and El presidio (the Spanish version of The Big House).[9]

During the early 1930s, while Hollywood was still making versions of films in different languages, Rivero continued to be cast in Spanish language films, his final one being 1934's Nada más que una mujer, the Spanish version of Pursued.[10] His first sound film in English was God's Country and the Man (1931), written and directed by J.P. McCarthy.[11] During the 1930s and 1940s many of his roles were in westerns. Some of his more notable films during those decades include: the 1932 drama, Winner Take All, starring James Cagney;[12] a small role in the 1935 biopic Diamond Jim, starring Edward Arnold and Jean Arthur;[13] the role of Santa Anna in the 1937 historical drama Heroes of the Alamo;[14] he had a small role in Betty Grable's first starring vehicle, Down Argentine Way (1940);[15] he appeared in the bullfighting film, Blood and Sand (1941), starring Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell;[16] he had another small role in the 1942 remake of Rio Rita, starring Abbott and Costello;[17] he played one of the Spanish officials in the Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn comedic film, Woman of the Year (1942);[18] he played a monk in The Song of Bernadette, starring Jennifer Jones;[19] he played a waiter in the final Laurel and Hardy film, The Bullfighters (1945);[20] he played a government clerk in Anna and the King of Siam, starring Irene Dunne and Rex Harrison;[21] as a manservant in the Bob Hope-Bing Crosby road picture, Road to Rio (1947);[22] and the barber in John Huston's classic western, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).[23]

In the 1950s, he continued appearing in small roles in films, while also acting in numerous television programs. His appearances in more notable films during that decade include: Broken Arrow (1950), starring James Stewart and Jeff Chandler;[24][25] the Humphrey Bogart film noir, Sirocco (1951);[26] Elia Kazan's classic East of Eden (1955), starring James Dean, Julie Harris and Jo Van Fleet;[27] Giant (1956), James Dean's final film, also starring Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor;[28] the 1957 comedy Don't Go Near the Water, starring Glenn Ford, in which Rivero had a featured role;[29] and Houseboat, a romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Sophia Loren.[30]

Rivero began appearing in television shows during the 1950s. His many roles during the decade include guest appearances on The Adventures of Kit Carson, Adventures of Superman, The Lone Ranger, Broken Arrow, and Rawhide.[3] Rivero took a break from acting from 1960 through 1964, returning to his career in 1965. During the remainder of the 1960s and into the 1970s, Rivero worked almost exclusively on the small screen. His only appearance on the big screen during his final years was in the 1965 western, The Reward.[31] He continued to be quite active in television, appearing on The Fugitive, I Spy, Family Affair, The Flying Nun, Mannix, and Medical Center.[3] His final performance would be as "Gitano" in the 1973 television movie, The Red Pony, starring Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara.[32]

Rivero died on February 24, 1976, in Hollywood, California, aged 85. He was buried next to his wife, Isobel, in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery, located in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles.[33] Isobel had been a Bathing Beauty for Mack Sennett prior to her marriage to Rivero.[6]

Filmography

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(Per AFI database)[2]

References

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  1. ^ "The Bright Shawl". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on June 24, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Julian Rivero". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Julian Rivero". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on June 24, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  4. ^ "Así es la vida". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  5. ^ "What a Man". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  6. ^ a b Erickson, Hal. "Julian Rivero: Biography". AllMovie. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  7. ^ "The Bright Shawl". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 2, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  8. ^ "Fast and Fearless". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 4, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  9. ^ "El presidio". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  10. ^ "Nada más que una mujer". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  11. ^ "God's Country and the Man". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  12. ^ "Winner Take All". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  13. ^ "Diamond Jim". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  14. ^ "Heroes of the Alamo". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 16, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  15. ^ "Down Argentine Way". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on November 3, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  16. ^ "Blood and Sand". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  17. ^ "Rio Rita". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  18. ^ "Woman of the Year". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  19. ^ "The Song of Bernadette". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  20. ^ "The Bullfighters". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  21. ^ "Anna and the King of Siam". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  22. ^ "Road to Rio". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  23. ^ "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  24. ^ Angela Aleiss, "Hollywood's Ideal of Postwar Assimilation: Indian/White Attitudes in Broken Arrow", MFA Thesis, Columbia University, 1985, pp. 9–22, 25–43. Available through University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, MI.
  25. ^ "Broken Arrow". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  26. ^ "Sirocco". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  27. ^ "East of Eden". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  28. ^ "Giant". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  29. ^ "Don't Go Near the Water". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  30. ^ "Houseboat". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  31. ^ "The Reward". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 3, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  32. ^ "The Red Pony". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  33. ^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
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