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person_profile-Perry Lopez

Perry Lopez Died at age: 78

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Perry Lopez

Date of Birth:

Jul 22, 1929

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Feb 14, 2008

Biography of

Perry Lopez

    ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  

    Perry Lopez (July 22, 1929 - February 14, 2008) was an American film and television actor. His acting career lasted over 40 years before his death in 2008.

    Lopez was born in New York City. Lopez began his acting career on in theater, based in New York. He was signed to a contract at Warner Bros. Studios in 1955. Lopez appeared in a number of B-movies and Westerns early on in his career, including the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Young Guns and The Lone Ranger.

    Lopez was, perhaps, best known as Lieutenant Lou Escobar in the 1974 film Chinatown, which he starred in opposite Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. He reprised the role sixteen years later (with Escobar promoted to Captain) in The Two Jakes in 1990.

    Among his many television appearances, one of his more well-known roles is that of Esteban Rodriguez in the classic Star Trek episode "Shore Leave". Lopez also appeared in an episode of Bonanza, as the cold-blooded outlaw Duke Miller, who kills a man over being first in line to get a haircut. He was Joaquín Castañeda, a mestizo that fought to free his people, on El Zorro, starring Guy Williams. Lopez also appeared in episode 14, "Night Of The Long Knives" originally airing December 16, 1966 of The Time Tunnel television series, in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea -episode "Savage Jungle" and played Pvt. Petuko in Kelly's Heroes (1970).

    Lopez died of lung cancer in at The Rehabilitation Centre of Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, California at age 78. He was survived by several nieces and nephews.

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Filmography of

Perry Lopez

Found 33 Movies in total

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Escobar in Chinatown (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2004

Confessions of a Hitman

Priest ( Actor )

... 1994

The Two Jakes

Captain Lou Escobar ( Actor )

... 1990

Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects

Eddie Rios ( Actor )

... 1989

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

Ed Zacharias ( Actor )

... 1987

Chinatown

Lieutenant Lou Escobar ( Actor )

... 1974

Lady Ice

Carlos ( Actor )

... 1973

The Century Turns

Sgt. Juan Mendoza ( Actor )

... 1972

Kelly's Heroes

Pvt. Petuko ( Actor )

... 1970

Che!

Rolando ( Actor )

... 1969

Bandolero!

Frisco ( Actor )

... 1968

Daring Game

Reuben ( Actor )

... 1968

Sol Madrid

Hood #1 ( Actor )

... 1968

... 1967

The Rare Breed

Juan ( Actor )

... 1966

McLintock!

Davey Elk ( Actor )

... 1963

Taras Bulba

Ostap Bulba ( Actor )

... 1962

Man-Trap

Puerco ( Actor )

... 1961

Flaming Star

Two Moons ( Actor )

... 1960

Cry Tough

Toro ( Actor )

... 1959

Violent Road

Joe ( Actor )

... 1958

The Deep Six

Al Mendoza ( Actor )

... 1958

Omar Khayyam

Prince Ahmud ( Actor )

... 1957

The Young Guns

San Antone ( Actor )

... 1956

The Steel Jungle

Ed Novak ( Actor )

... 1956

The Lone Ranger

Pete Ramirez ( Actor )

... 1956

Hell on Frisco Bay

Mario Amato ( Actor )

... 1955

I Died a Thousand Times

Louis Mendoza ( Actor )

... 1955

The McConnell Story

Red ( Actor )

... 1955

Mister Roberts

Rodrigues ( Actor )

... 1955

Battle Cry

Pvt Joe Gomez aka Spanish Joe ( Actor )

... 1955

Drum Beat

Bogus Charlie ( Actor )

... 1954

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Tomas (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1954