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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…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Perry Lopez's Filmography
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Confessions of a Hitman
as Priest
The Two Jakes
as Captain Lou Escobar
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
as Eddie Rios
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
as Ed Zacharias
Chinatown
as Lieutenant Lou Escobar
Lady Ice
as Carlos
The Century Turns
as Sgt. Juan Mendoza
Kelly's Heroes
as Pvt. Petuko
Che!
as Rolando
Bandolero!
as Frisco
Daring Game
as Reuben
Sol Madrid
as Hood #1
The Mountains of the Moon
as Chigger
The Rare Breed
as Juan
McLintock!
as Davey Elk
Taras Bulba
as Ostap Bulba
Man-Trap
as Puerco
Flaming Star
as Two Moons
Cry Tough
as Toro
Violent Road
as Joe
The Deep Six
as Al Mendoza
Omar Khayyam
as Prince Ahmud
The Young Guns
as San Antone
The Steel Jungle
as Ed Novak
The Lone Ranger
as Pete Ramirez
Hell on Frisco Bay
as Mario Amato
I Died a Thousand Times
as Louis Mendoza
The McConnell Story
as Red
Mister Roberts
as Rodrigues
Battle Cry
as Pvt Joe Gomez aka Spanish Joe
Drum Beat
as Bogus Charlie
Creature from the Black Lagoon
as Tomas (uncredited)