Mario Montez
July 20, 1935 (89 years old) in Ponce, Puerto Rico
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."
Known For
Credits
- 2017 · Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith as Himself (archive footage)
- 2013 · Diaries, Notes, and Sketches as Self
- 2007 · Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis as Self
- 1993 · The John Larroquette Show as Elsa
- 1987 · Reel Six: Charles Ludlam’s Grand Tarot as
- 1970 · Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo as
- 1969 · Face as Himself
- 1969 · No President as
- 1969 · The Gypsy's Ball as wicked gypsy
- 1968 · The Queen as Self - Singer
- 1968 · Flaming Twenties as
- 1967 · Lupe as Lupe Velez
- 1967 · Jungle Island as
- 1966 · Chelsea Girls as Transvestite
- 1966 · Satisfaction as
- 1966 · Hedy as Hedy Lamarr
- 1966 · More Milk, Yvette as Lana Turner
- 1965 · Andy Warhol Screen Tests as Self
- 1965 · Camp as
- 1965 · Dirt as
- 1965 · Screen Test #2 as
- 1965 · Harlot as Harlot
- 1964 · Mario Banana II as Mario
- 1964 · Mario Banana I as Mario
- 1964 · Batman Dracula as
- 1963 · Chumlum as
- 1963 · Flaming Creatures as The Spanish Girl
- 1963 · Normal Love as Mermaid