Danny Bravo

Danny Bravo (born January 29, 1948) is an American former child actor, best known as the voice of Hadji in the TV series Jonny Quest.[1][2][3][4][5]

Danny Bravo
Born
Daniel Zaldivar

(1948-01-29) January 29, 1948
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1959–1969

Early life

He was born Daniel Zaldivar in Los Angeles, California.[6] His surname Zaldivar is of Basque origin.[7]

Career

After a handful of minor film appearances, he played the title role of an Indian boy training a race horse, to win money to build a shrine for his village, in the 1960 film For the Love of Mike (credited as "Danny Zaidivar"). The same year he had a minor role in the classic Western film The Magnificent Seven. In 1962 he played the title character "Ramon", a Latino boy featured prominently in an episode of 87th Precinct. He provided the voice of the character Hadji, the Calcutta-raised foster brother of the title character in the well-remembered animated television series Jonny Quest (1964–1965). He continued acting and doing voice work for a few years after its cancellation.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1959 Holiday for Lovers Young Boy Uncredited
1960 For the Love of Mike Michael Littlebear Credited as Danny Zaldivar
1960 The Magnificent Seven Boy with O'Reilly
1966 For Pete's Sake!

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1959 General Electric Theater Chico Episode: "Beyond the Mountains"; credited as Danny Zaidivar
1960–1961 One Step Beyond Jorge / Juanito 2 episodes; credited as Danny Zaldivar
1961 Adventures in Paradise Pea Episode: "The Fires of Kanua"
1962 87th Precinct Ramon Morales Episode: "Ramon"
1962 The Lloyd Bridges Show Tasso Episode: "Wheresoever I Enter..."
1963 Wagon Train Felipe Perez Episode: "The Adam MacKenzie Story"
1963 The Richard Boone Show Episode: "Captain Al Sanchez"
1963 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters Kiwa Episode: "The Day of the Pawnees: Part 1"
1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre Juan Episode: "A Truce to Terror"
1964–1965 Jonny Quest Hadji (voice) 25 episodes
1966–1967 Run for Your Life Lorenzo Romero / Paco 2 episodes
1968 Off to See the Wizard Kim 2 episodes
1969 The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Prince / Chaboonu (voice) 2 episodes; uncredited, final role

References
  1. Fischer, Stuart (2014-06-10). Kids' TV: The First Twenty-Five Years. Open Road Media. ISBN 978-1-4976-3390-2.
  2. Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2009-06-24). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-48320-1.
  3. Weatherly, Reese (2020-01-08). "Adapting Jonny Quest's Race Problem". Medium. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  4. Eury, Michael (2019-12-04). RetroFan #7. TwoMorrows Publishing.
  5. Paulsen, Rob (2019-10-08). Voice Lessons: How a Couple of Ninja Turtles, Pinky, and an Animaniac Saved My Life. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-63228-122-7.
  6. "Danny Bravo". www.listal.com.
  7. "Zaldivar Name Meaning & Zaldivar Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com.


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