Perry Lopez
Age: 78 | From: New York City, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1929-07-22 04:46:15
Death: 2008-02-14 04:46:15
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New York City, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 29
TV Involvements: 15
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Airwolf
(1984) Garcia
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) Julio
Star Trek
(1966) Lt. Esteban Rodriguez
Charlie's Angels
(1976) Ruiz
The Virginian
(1962) Sanchez Dominguez
Cavalcade of America
(1952) Pete Salavedo
The F.B.I.
(1965) Juanito
The Rebel
(1959) Iron HandActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Escobar in Chinatown (archive footage) | |
| 1994 | Priest | |
| 1990 | Captain Lou Escobar | |
| 1989 | Eddie Rios | |
| 1987 | Ed Zacharias | |
| 1984 | Garcia | |
| 1979 | N/A | |
| 1976 | Ruiz | |
| 1974 | Lieutenant Lou Escobar | |
| 1973 | Carlos | |
| 1972 | N/A | |
| Sgt. Juan Mendoza | ||
| Sgt. Juan Mendoza | ||
| 1970 | Pvt. Petuko | |
| 1969 | Rolando | |
| 1968 | N/A | |
| Frisco | ||
| Reuben | ||
| Hood #1 | ||
| 1967 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1966 | N/A | |
| Maj. Kabir | ||
| Dr. Charles Whitebird | ||
| Lt. Esteban Rodriguez | ||
| N/A | ||
| Juan | ||
| 1965 | Juanito | |
| 1963 | Davey Elk | |
| Candido Gomez | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1962 | Ostap Bulba | |
| Sanchez Dominguez | ||
| 1961 | Puerco | |
| Nico Berengeri | ||
| 1960 | Two Moons | |
| N/A | ||
| 1959 | Iron Hand | |
| James Evans | ||
| Toro | ||
| 1958 | Howard Running Bear | |
| N/A | ||
| Joe | ||
| Al Mendoza | ||
| 1957 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Prince Ahmud | ||
| 1956 | San Antone | |
| N/A | ||
| Ed Novak | ||
| Pete Ramirez | ||
| 1955 | Mario Amato | |
| Louis Mendoza | ||
| Julio | ||
| Red | ||
| Rodrigues | ||
| Pvt Joe Gomez aka Spanish Joe | ||
| 1954 | Bogus Charlie | |
| Tomas (uncredited) | ||
| 1952 | Pete Salavedo | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
