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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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Filmography
all 61
Movies 33
TV Shows 28

Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004)

The Two Jakes (1990)

Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)

Airwolf (1984)

Chinatown (1974)

Lady Ice (1973)

The Century Turns (1972)

Hec Ramsey (1972)

Monty Nash (1971)

Kelly's Heroes (1970)

Che! (1969)

Bandolero! (1968)

Daring Game (1968)

Sol Madrid (1968)

The Time Tunnel (1966)

Star Trek (1966)

The F.B.I. (1965)

McLintock! (1963)

Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)

Taras Bulba (1962)

The Virginian (1962)

Man-Trap (1961)

Cain's Hundred (1961)

Flaming Star (1960)

The Rebel (1959)

Riverboat (1959)

Naked City (1958)

The Deep Six (1958)

Omar Khayyam (1957)

The Young Guns (1956)

The Steel Jungle (1956)

The Lone Ranger (1956)

Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)

I Died a Thousand Times (1955)

Mister Roberts (1955)

Battle Cry (1955)

Drum Beat (1954)

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

Cavalcade of America (1952)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1929-07-22
Deathday2008-02-14 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsJulio César Lopez, Перрі Лопес
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