Perry Lopez
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 22, 1929
- Died
- Feb 14, 2008 (aged 78)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 62
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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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Known for
Filmography
Confessions of a Hitman
1994Movie
Priest
The Two Jakes
1990Movie
Captain Lou Escobar
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
1989Movie
Eddie Rios
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
1987Movie
Ed Zacharias
Airwolf
1984TV
Garcia
Hart to Hart
1979TV
Charlie's Angels
1976TV
Ruiz
Chinatown
1974Movie
Lieutenant Lou Escobar
Lady Ice
1973Movie
Carlos
The Century Turns
1972Movie
Sgt. Juan Mendoza
Hec Ramsey
1972TV
Sgt. Juan Mendoza
Monty Nash
1971TV
Carlos Ramirez
Kelly's Heroes
1970Movie
Pvt. Petuko
Che!
1969Movie
Rolando
The Mod Squad
1968TV
Bandolero!
1968Movie
Frisco
Daring Game
1968Movie
Reuben
Sol Madrid
1968Movie
Hood #1
The Mountains of the Moon
1967Movie
Chigger
Mannix
1967TV
Judd, for the Defense
1967TV
Hondo
1967TV
Mission: Impossible
1966TV
Priest
The Time Tunnel
1966TV
Dr. Charles Whitebird, Maj. Kabir
Star Trek
1966TV
Lt. Esteban Rodriguez
Tarzan
1966TV
The Rare Breed
1966Movie
Juan
The F.B.I.
1965TV
Juanito
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964TV
Carlos Abaca
McLintock!
1963Movie
Davey Elk
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963TV
Candido Gomez
Redigo
1963TV
Taras Bulba
1962Movie
Ostap Bulba
The Virginian
1962TV
Sanchez Dominguez
Man-Trap
1961Movie
Puerco
Cain's Hundred
1961TV
Nico Berengeri
Flaming Star
1960Movie
Two Moons
Johnny Midnight
1960TV
The Rebel
1959TV
Iron Hand
Riverboat
1959TV
James Evans
Bonanza
1959TV
Duke Miller
Cry Tough
1959Movie
Toro
Naked City
1958TV
Howard Running Bear
The Rifleman
1958TV
Manolo Argentez
Violent Road
1958Movie
Joe
The Deep Six
1958Movie
Al Mendoza
Zorro
1957TV
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957TV
Omar Khayyam
1957Movie
Prince Ahmud
The Young Guns
1956Movie
San Antone
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956TV
The Steel Jungle
1956Movie
Ed Novak
The Lone Ranger
1956Movie
Pete Ramirez
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955Movie
Mario Amato
I Died a Thousand Times
1955Movie
Louis Mendoza
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Julio
The McConnell Story
1955Movie
Red
Mister Roberts
1955Movie
Rodrigues
Battle Cry
1955Movie
Pvt Joe Gomez aka Spanish Joe
Drum Beat
1954Movie
Bogus Charlie
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954Movie
Tomas (uncredited)
Cavalcade of America
1952TV
Pete Salavedo