Perry Lopez
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 22, 1929
- Died
- February 14, 2008 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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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Filmography
Confessions of a Hitman
Movie · as Priest
The Two Jakes
Movie · as Captain Lou Escobar
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
Movie · as Eddie Rios
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Movie · as Ed Zacharias
Airwolf
TV · as Garcia · 1 ep
Hart to Hart
TV · 1 ep
Charlie's Angels
TV · as Ruiz · 1 ep
Chinatown
Movie · as Lieutenant Lou Escobar
Lady Ice
Movie · as Carlos
The Century Turns
Movie · as Sgt. Juan Mendoza
Hec Ramsey
TV · as Sgt. Juan Mendoza · 11 eps
Monty Nash
TV · as Carlos Ramirez · 1 ep
Kelly's Heroes
Movie · as Pvt. Petuko
Che!
Movie · as Rolando
Sol Madrid
Movie · as Hood #1
Daring Game
Movie · as Reuben
Bandolero!
Movie · as Frisco
The Mod Squad
TV · 1 ep
The Mountains of the Moon
Movie · as Chigger
Mannix
TV · 1 ep
Judd, for the Defense
TV · 1 ep
Hondo
TV · 1 ep
The Rare Breed
Movie · as Juan
The Time Tunnel
TV · as Dr. Charles Whitebird, Maj. Kabir · 2 eps
Star Trek
TV · as Lt. Esteban Rodriguez · 1 ep
Mission: Impossible
TV · as Priest · 1 ep
Tarzan
TV · 2 eps
The F.B.I.
TV · as Juanito · 1 ep
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Carlos Abaca · 1 ep
McLintock!
Movie · as Davey Elk
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV · as Candido Gomez · 1 ep
Redigo
TV · 1 ep
Taras Bulba
Movie · as Ostap Bulba
The Virginian
TV · as Sanchez Dominguez · 1 ep
Man-Trap
Movie · as Puerco
Cain's Hundred
TV · as Nico Berengeri · 1 ep
Flaming Star
Movie · as Two Moons
Johnny Midnight
TV · 1 ep
Cry Tough
Movie · as Toro
The Rebel
TV · as Iron Hand · 1 ep
Riverboat
TV · as James Evans · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Duke Miller · 1 ep
Violent Road
Movie · as Joe
The Deep Six
Movie · as Al Mendoza
Naked City
TV · as Howard Running Bear · 1 ep
The Rifleman
TV · as Manolo Argentez · 1 ep
Omar Khayyam
Movie · as Prince Ahmud
Zorro
TV · 4 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · 1 ep
The Steel Jungle
Movie · as Ed Novak
The Lone Ranger
Movie · as Pete Ramirez
The Young Guns
Movie · as San Antone
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV · 1 ep
I Died a Thousand Times
Movie · as Louis Mendoza
Mister Roberts
Movie · as Rodrigues
Battle Cry
Movie · as Pvt Joe Gomez aka Spanish Joe
Hell on Frisco Bay
Movie · as Mario Amato
The McConnell Story
Movie · as Red
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Julio · 1 ep
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Movie · as Tomas (uncredited)
Drum Beat
Movie · as Bogus Charlie
Cavalcade of America
TV · as Pete Salavedo · 1 ep