caption movement death_date death_place birth_name birth_place imagesize training nationality birth_date image article_title name occupation
still '' '' a lazy summer afternoon '' '' by john shot heys of mario montez from the short film pop art 26 september 2013 key west , florida rené rivera ponce , puerto rico 260px self-taught puerto rican 20 july 1935 mario montez.jpg mario montez
 mario montez film actor
mario montez

rené rivera , -lrb- july 20 , 1935 -- september 26 , 2013 -rrb- , 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 . ''
