- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 20, 1935
- Place of Birth
- Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Died
- September 26, 2013
Mario Montez
René Rivera, (July 20, 1935 – September 26, 2013), known professionally as Mario Montez, was one of the Warhol superstars, appearing in thirteen of Andy Warhol's underground films from 1964 to 1966. He took his name as a male homage to the actress Maria Montez, an important gay icon in the fifties and sixties. Before appearing in Warhol's films, he appeared in Jack Smith's important underground films Flaming Creatures and Normal Love. Montez also stars in the Ron Rice film, Chumlum, made in 1964. Mario Montez, was "a staple in the New York underground scene of the 1960s and ’70s."
Filmography
movieEscape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
2017 · Himself (archive footage)
movieAmerica Is Not Ready for This
2012 · Self
movieJack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007 · Self
tvThe John Larroquette Show
1993 · Elsa
movieReel Six: Charles Ludlam’s Grand Tarot
1987
movieAgrippina é Roma - Manhattan
1972 · Herself
movieOcchio privato sul nuovo mondo
1970
movieFace
1969 · Himself
movieNo President
1969
The Gypsy's Ball
movieThe Gypsy's Ball
1969 · wicked gypsy
movieThe Queen
1968 · Self - Singer
movieDiaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968 · Self
Flaming Twenties
movieFlaming Twenties
1968
movieLupe
1967 · Lupe Velez
movieJungle Island
1967
movieChelsea Girls
1966 · Transvestite
The John
movieThe John
1966
movieAri and Mario
1966 · self
Satisfaction
movieSatisfaction
1966
Hedy
movieHedy
1966 · Hedy Lamarr
movieMore Milk, Yvette
1966 · Lana Turner
movieAndy Warhol Screen Tests
1965 · Self
movieCamp
1965
movieNormal Love
1965 · Mermaid
Dirt
movieDirt
1965
movieScreen Test #2
1965
movieHarlot
1965 · Harlot
movieMario Banana I
1964 · Mario
Mario Banana II
movieMario Banana II
1964 · Mario
movieBatman Dracula
1964
movieChumlum
1963
movieFlaming Creatures
1963 · The Spanish Girl