Danny Bravo obit

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Daniel Zaldivar died in Los Angeles on October 30, 2025, He was known as "Danny Bravo"was born on January 29, 1948, in Los Angeles, California. He is a former American child actor.

After a few minor film appearances, he played the title role—an Indian boy training a racehorse to earn money to build a shrine for his village—in the 1960 film “For the Love of Mike” (credited as "Danny Zaidivar"). That same year, he had a small role in the classic Western “The Magnificent Seven”. In 1962, he played the title character "Ramon," a Latino boy who featured prominently in an episode of “87th Precinct”.

For Hanna-Barbera, Danny Bravo provided the voice of Hadji—the adopted, Calcutta-raised brother of the title character—in the animated television series “Jonny Quest” (1964–1965).

BRAVO, Danny (Daniel Zaldivar)

Born: 1/29/1948, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Died: 10/30/2025, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

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.

 

Actor

Sitting with It

(uncredited)

ReleasedTV Series

2022

1 episode

 

Ted Cassidy, Lu Ann Haslam, Kevin Schultz, and Michael Shea in The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968)

The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

7.3

TV Series

PrinceChaboonu (voice)

1969

2 episodes

 

Off to See the Wizard (1967)

Off to See the Wizard

6.7

TV Series

Kim

1968

2 episodes

 

Ben Gazzara in Run for Your Life (1965)

Run for Your Life

7.6

TV Series

PacoLorenzo Romero

1966–1967

2 episodes

 

Robert Sampson and Pippa Scott in For Pete's Sake! (1966)

For Pete's Sake!

6.4

1966

 

Jonny Quest (1964)

Jonny Quest

7.9

TV Series

Hadji (voice)

1964–1965

25 episodes

 

Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)

Kraft Suspense Theatre

7.7

TV Series

Juan

1964

1 episode

 

"The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters" Kurt Russell, Jean Engstrom 1963 MGM

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

7.5

TV Series

Kiwa

1963

1 episode

 

The Richard Boone Show (1963)

The Richard Boone Show

8.4

TV Series

1963

1 episode

 

John McIntire in Wagon Train (1957)

Wagon Train

7.6

TV Series

Felipe Perez

1963

1 episode

 

The Cadillac

5.7

Short

1962

 

The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962)

The Lloyd Bridges Show

6.5

TV Series

Tasso

1962

1 episode

 

87th Precinct (1961)

87th Precinct

8.0

TV Series

Ramon Morales

1962

1 episode

 

Gardner McKay in Adventures in Paradise (1959)

Adventures in Paradise

8.1

TV Series

Pea

1961

1 episode

 

One Step Beyond (1959)

One Step Beyond

7.8

TV Series

JuanitoJorge

1960–1961

2 episodes

 

Steve McQueen, Yul Brynner, and Eli Wallach in The Magnificent Seven (1960)

The Magnificent Seven

7.7

Boy with O'Reilly

1960

 

Richard Basehart, Danny Bravo, and Stuart Erwin in For the Love of Mike (1960)

For the Love of Mike

6.1

Michael Littlebear (as Danny Zaidivar)

1960

 

Holiday for Lovers (1959)

Holiday for Lovers

5.6

Young Boy (uncredited)

1959

 

Ronald Reagan in General Electric Theater (1953)

General Electric Theater

6.8

TV Series

Chico (as Danny Zaidivar)

1959

1 episode