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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 JoaquÃn 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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Perry Lopez Biography / Wiki
| Name | Perry Lopez |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | New York City, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1929-07-22 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 78 |
| Deathday | 2008-02-14 |
Perry Lopez Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Steel Jungle | Ed Novak | 1956-03-10 | The tale of a young bookie, married to a beautiful woman who goes to jail, and becomes involved with hoodlums…. |
| Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects | Eddie Rios | 1989-02-03 | A brutal Los Angeles police lieutenant is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution…. |
| The Young Guns | San Antone | 1956-09-12 | After he’s continually harrassed and bullied by his town’s citizens, the orphaned teenage son of a notorious gunslinger takes flight and joins a gang … |
| Chinatown | Lieutenant Lou Escobar | 1974-06-20 | Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to inve… |
| Death Wish 4: The Crackdown | Ed Zacharias | 1987-06-11 | After the death of his girlfriend’s daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) takes on the local drug cartel…. |
| The Lone Ranger | Pete Ramirez | 1956-02-25 | The territorial governor asks the Lone Ranger to investigate mysterious raids on settlers by Indians who ride with saddles. Wealthy rancher Reese Kilg… |
| Cry Tough | Toro | 1959-08-01 | After getting out of prison, a Latino criminal tries to go straight…. |
| Hell on Frisco Bay | Mario Amato | 1955-12-01 | A cop framed for a murder he did not commit hunts the San Francisco waterfront for the Mob racketeers who are responsible…. |
| Violent Road | Joe | 1958-05-10 | Following the crash and explosion of a test rocket, which killed several people, six men volunteer to take explosive rocket-fuel chemical components, … |
| Daring Game | Reuben | 1968-04-01 | Survival Devices, Inc are an organisation that employ a team of adventurers known as “the Flying Fish” who are adept in sky diving, scuba diving and m… |
| Taras Bulba | Ostap Bulba | 1962-11-21 | Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for hi… |
| I Died a Thousand Times | Louis Mendoza | 1955-11-09 | After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring — by robbing a resort hotel…. |
| Lady Ice | Carlos | 1973-07-13 | An insurance investigator romances a wealthy young beauty when he suspects she may be involved in fencing stolen jewels…. |
| Mister Roberts | Rodrigues | 1955-07-10 | Mr. Roberts is as an officer who’s yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned Navy ship run by the bully… |
| Sol Madrid | Hood #1 | 1968-02-07 | Government agent Sol Madrid travels to Mexico with hooker Stacey to bring mobster Villanova and drug kingpin Dietrich to justice…. |
| Omar Khayyam | Prince Ahmud | 1957-08-23 | Omar Khayyam was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Though his quatrains were written in the 11th century, they… |
| The Rare Breed | Juan | 1966-02-02 | When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out his dream: the introduction of Hereford cattle i… |
| Man-Trap | Puerco | 1961-09-20 | Helmed by Edmond O’Brien, this slick crime thriller stars Jeffrey Hunter as naïve Matt Jameson, whose Korean War pal Vince Biskay talks Matt into hel… |
| Kelly’s Heroes | Pvt. Petuko | 1970-01-01 | A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines…. |
| McLintock! | Davey Elk | 1963-11-12 | Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly … |
| Battle Cry | Pvt Joe Gomez aka Spanish Joe | 1955-02-02 | The dramatic story of US marines in training, in combat and in love during World War II. The story centres on a major who guides the raw recruits from… |
| Confessions of a Hitman | Priest | 1994-05-04 | A former hitman named Bruno steals some cash from his mobster uncle. He plans to go to Tahiti, but things go wrong and he finds himself headed for Veg… |
| Creature from the Black Lagoon | Tomas (uncredited) | 1954-03-05 | When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link†connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But th… |
| The Two Jakes | Captain Lou Escobar | 1990-08-10 | This sequel to the classic Chinatown finds private detective Jake Gittes still haunted by the events of the first film. Hired by a man to investigate … |
| Drum Beat | Bogus Charlie | 1954-11-10 | President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California and southern Oregon. On the way he must escort Nancy … |
| Che! | Rolando | 1969-06-27 | Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggle against the corrupt Batista regime, eventually r… |
| The Deep Six | Al Mendoza | 1958-01-15 | The conflict between duty and conscience is explored in the WWII drama The Deep Six. Alan Ladd stars as Naval gunnery officer Alec Austin, a Quaker wh… |
Credit: TMDB
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