Perry Lopez
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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 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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Fotos
Películas (32)
Confessions of a Hitman
1994 · Priest
The Two Jakes
1990 · Captain Lou Escobar
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
1989 · Eddie Rios
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
1987 · Ed Zacharias
Chinatown
1974 · Lieutenant Lou Escobar
Lady Ice
1973 · Carlos
The Century Turns
1972 · Sgt. Juan Mendoza
Kelly's Heroes
1970 · Pvt. Petuko
Che!
1969 · Rolando
Bandolero!
1968 · Frisco
Daring Game
1968 · Reuben
Sol Madrid
1968 · Hood #1
The Mountains of the Moon
1967 · Chigger
The Rare Breed
1966 · Juan
McLintock!
1963 · Davey Elk
Taras Bulba
1962 · Ostap Bulba
Man-Trap
1961 · Puerco
Flaming Star
1960 · Two Moons
Cry Tough
1959 · Toro
Violent Road
1958 · Joe
The Deep Six
1958 · Al Mendoza
Omar Khayyam
1957 · Prince Ahmud
The Young Guns
1956 · San Antone
The Steel Jungle
1956 · Ed Novak
The Lone Ranger
1956 · Pete Ramirez
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955 · Mario Amato
I Died a Thousand Times
1955 · Louis Mendoza
The McConnell Story
1955 · Red
Mister Roberts
1955 · Rodrigues
Battle Cry
1955 · Pvt Joe Gomez aka Spanish Joe
Drum Beat
1954 · Bogus Charlie
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 · Tomas (uncredited)
Series (30)
Lobo del aire
1984 · Garcia
Hart to Hart
1979
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Ruiz
Hec Ramsey
1972 · Sgt. Juan Mendoza
Monty Nash
1971 · Carlos Ramirez
The Mod Squad
1968
Mannix
1967
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Hondo
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Priest
The Time Tunnel
1966 · Dr. Charles Whitebird, Maj. Kabir
Star Trek
1966 · Lt. Esteban Rodriguez
Tarzan
1966
The F.B.I.
1965 · Juanito
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Carlos Abaca
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Candido Gomez
Redigo
1963
The Virginian
1962 · Sanchez Dominguez
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Nico Berengeri
Johnny Midnight
1960
The Rebel
1959 · Iron Hand
Riverboat
1959 · James Evans
Bonanza
1959 · Duke Miller
Naked City
1958 · Howard Running Bear
The Rifleman
1958 · Manolo Argentez
Zorro
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Julio
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Pete Salavedo