The 'brains' and 'action' heavies who had meaty roles and lots of dialog ... and the players who were fathers, ranch owners, lawman, mayors, judges, lawyers, storekeepers, newspaper editors, wardens, etc.

(Courtesy of Jack Tillmany)

Julian Rivero 1890 or 1891 - 1976

(Courtesy of Ed Tabor) Above clip from a 1932 edition of the Standard Casting Directory.  The Bill and Sabel Dunn Agency also handled Bob Steele.

Julian Rivero was born in San Francisco or Texas, depending on the source.  He started his Hollywood film career doing bit parts and supporting roles in 1920s silent films.  By the 1930s, he was typecast, and often portrayed a 'Mexican bandido' in the low budget sagebrush yarns.

In A grade films, he'd turn up as a peasant, a barber, a diplomat, a Mexican or Spanish soldier, etc.  For example, he was a barber in THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948) with Humphrey Bogart and a servant in CAPTAIN FROM CASTILLE (1947) which starred Tyrone Power.

Rivero has about 20 film credits at Republic Pictures for the period 1935-1956, and most are B westerns.  Additionally, Les Adams ran his trusty database, and Rivero's total sound screen performances number about 130 films of all varieties.  Of that total, about 80 are westerns and a few serials.

As I was writing this (late March, 2000), AMC was running HOUSEBOAT (1958), the romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Sophia Loren.  Who pops up in a small part --- Julian Rivero!

The California Death Records database has a record for Rivero: Julian Rivero, born 7/25/1890 in California, passed away 2/24/1976, and had a Social Security numer of 568-07-3784. There is a corresponding record in the Social Security Death Index (SSDI).

Ed Tabor adds: "I met Julian Rivero about 1967. I was working at a company in Van Nuys, CA and so did his daughter, Yvonne Preble. She arranged for a meeting at her home in Granada Hills, California. Unfortunately, Julian had been in a serious auto accident and was totally deaf, so there was little communication possible. I showed 16mm movies of several westerns in which he had good parts."

(Courtesy of Les Adams) Above, Julian Rivero and Tim McCoy in McCoy's MAN OF ACTION (Columbia, 1933).

  Although some of the data is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) has information on Julian Rivero.  Click HERE.