Julian Rivero (July 25, 1890 – February 24, 1976) was an American actor whose career spanned seven decades.

He made his film debut in the 1923 silent melodrama, The Bright Shawl, which starred Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Gish, William Powell, Mary Astor, and Edward G.

[7] His first featured role was in the 1924 western, Fast and Fearless, which starred Jay Wilsey (known by his stage name "Buffalo Bill, Jr.") and Jean Arthur.

Some of his more notable films during those decades include: the 1932 drama, Winner Take All, starring James Cagney;[12] a small role in the 1935 biopic Diamond Jim, starring Edward Arnold and Jean Arthur;[13] the role of Santa Anna in the 1937 historical drama Heroes of the Alamo;[14] he had a small role in Betty Grable's first starring vehicle, Down Argentine Way (1940);[15] he appeared in the bullfighting film, Blood and Sand (1941), starring Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell;[16] he had another small role in the 1942 remake of Rio Rita, starring Abbott and Costello;[17] he played one of the Spanish officials in the Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn comedic film, Woman of the Year (1942);[18] he played a monk in The Song of Bernadette, starring Jennifer Jones;[19] he played a waiter in the final Laurel and Hardy film, The Bullfighters (1945);[20] he played a government clerk in Anna and the King of Siam, starring Irene Dunne and Rex Harrison;[21] as a manservant in the Bob Hope-Bing Crosby road picture, Road to Rio (1947);[22] and the barber in John Huston's classic western, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).

[31] He continued to be quite active in television, appearing on The Fugitive, I Spy, Family Affair, The Flying Nun, Mannix, and Medical Center.

[3] His final performance would be as "Gitano" in the 1973 television movie, The Red Pony, starring Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara.