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  • BIRTH 22/07/1929
  • DEATH 14/02/2008
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 9
  • MOVIES 18

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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Perry Lopez

Shows (9)

Star Trek
Star Trek
Lt. Esteban Rodriguez
Airwolf
Airwolf
Garcia
Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels
Ruiz
The Time Tunnel
The Time Tunnel
Dr. Charles Whitebird / Maj. Kabir
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Julio
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
Juanito
The Rebel
The Rebel
Iron Hand
The Virginian
The Virginian
Sanchez Dominguez
Hec Ramsey
Hec Ramsey
Sgt. Juan Mendoza

Movies (18)

Chinatown
Chinatown
Lieutenant Lou Escobar
Kelly's Heroes
Kelly's Heroes
Pvt. Petuko
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Ed Zacharias
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Tomas (uncredited)
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
Eddie Rios
The Rare Breed
The Rare Breed
Juan
McLintock!
McLintock!
Davey Elk
Hell on Frisco Bay
Hell on Frisco Bay
Mario Amato
Taras Bulba
Taras Bulba
Ostap Bulba
Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam
Prince Ahmud
Bandolero!
Bandolero!
Frisco
I Died a Thousand Times
I Died a Thousand Times
Louis Mendoza
Battle Cry
Battle Cry
Pvt Joe Gomez aka Spanish Joe
Flaming Star
Flaming Star
Two Moons
Drum Beat
Drum Beat
Bogus Charlie
Sol Madrid
Sol Madrid
Hood #1
The Two Jakes
The Two Jakes
Captain Lou Escobar
Violent Road
Violent Road
Joe