Mario Montez

Birthday:: 07/20/1935
Place of birth:: Ponce, Puerto Rico:
Biography:: 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."

Credits

	Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith (2017) as Himself (archive footage)
	America Is Not Ready for This (2012) as Self
	Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2007) as Self
	Rollo seis: El Grand Tarot de Charles Ludlam (1987) as
	Agrippina é Roma - Manhattan (1972) as Herself
	Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo (1970) as
	Face (1969) as Himself
	No President (1969) as
	The Gypsy's Ball (1969) as wicked gypsy
	The Queen (1968) as Self - Singer
	Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968) as Self
	Flaming Twenties (1968) as
	Lupe (1967) as Lupe Velez
	Jungle Island (1967) as
	Chelsea Girls (1966) as Transvestite
	The John (1966) as
	Ari and Mario (1966) as self
	Satisfaction (1966) as
	Hedy (1966) as Hedy Lamarr
	More Milk, Yvette (1966) as Lana Turner
	Andy Warhol Screen Tests (1965) as Self
	Camp (1965) as
	Normal Love (1965) as Mermaid
	Dirt (1965) as
	Screen Test #2 (1965) as
	Harlot (1965) as Harlot
	Mario Banana II (1964) as Mario
	Mario Banana I (1964) as Mario
	Batman Dracula (1964) as
	Chumlum (1963) as
	Flaming Creatures (1963) as The Spanish Girl