Mario Montez, Puerto Rican-American actor (born 1935)

Mario Montez

Puerto Rican actor

René Rivera, 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 1950s and 1960s. Before…