Gay, I've always had great success using short-grain rice (like Valencia) for creaminess.
I'm still searching for rice pudding made with evaporated milk like they used to serve in our local restaurant back our little town near Pittsburgh. This would have been back in the late 60's. It was Greek-owned and they used to make it restaurant size roasting trays...the kind that can sit over a steamer. But it was chilled.