Perry Lopez
Date of birth: 1929-07-22
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Julio César Lopez, Перрі Лопес
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.
Movie Credits
Chinatown
1974-06-20
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern
Kelly's Heroes
1970-06-22
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
1987-06-11
After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey takes on the local dr
I Died a Thousand Times
1955-11-09
After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before reti
Taras Bulba
1962-11-21
Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a C
McLintock!
1963-11-12
Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numer
Cry Tough
1959-08-01
After getting out of prison, a Latino criminal tries to go straight.
Mister Roberts
1955-07-10
Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War
The Rare Breed
1966-02-02
When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry ou
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004-07-28
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to
Battle Cry
1955-02-02
The dramatic story of US Marines in training, in combat, and in love, during World War II. The story
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955-12-31
A cop framed for a murder he did not commit hunts the San Francisco waterfront for the Mob racketeer
Man-Trap
1961-09-20
Helmed by Edmond O'Brien, this slick crime thriller stars Jeffrey Hunter as naïve Matt Jameson, whos
The Steel Jungle
1956-03-10
The tale of a young bookie, married to a beautiful woman who goes to jail, and becomes involved with
The Mountains of the Moon
1967-11-24
A religious sect, cheated by an adventurer, wants to occupy an African territory not knowing that it
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
1989-02-03
A brutal Los Angeles police lieutenant is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage
The Lone Ranger
1956-02-25
The territorial governor asks the Lone Ranger to investigate mysterious raids on settlers by Indians
Violent Road
1958-05-10
Following the crash and explosion of a test rocket, which killed several people, six men volunteer t
The Young Guns
1956-09-12
After he's continually harrassed and bullied by his town's citizens, the orphaned teenage son of a n
The McConnell Story
1955-09-29
Joe McConnell was sure that he was meant to be a pilot, but was stuck as a restless army private. It
Sol Madrid
1968-02-07
Government agent Sol Madrid travels to Mexico with hooker Stacey to bring mobster Villanova and drug
The Century Turns
1972-10-08
An old-fashioned western lawman coming to grips with the "modern technology" of the 20th century. He
Daring Game
1968-03-19
Survival Devices, Inc are an organisation that employ a team of adventurers known as "the Flying Fis
Omar Khayyam
1957-08-23
Omar Khayyam was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Though hi
The Two Jakes
1990-08-10
Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some ru
Flaming Star
1960-12-20
Sam Burton's second wife is a Kiowa, and their son is therefore born mixed-race. When a struggle sta
Bandolero!
1968-06-01
Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, in
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954-03-05
When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, t
Confessions of a Hitman
1994-05-04
A former hitman named Bruno steals some cash from his mobster uncle. He plans to go to Tahiti, but t
Drum Beat
1954-11-10
President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California and
Che!
1969-06-27
Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggl
Lady Ice
1973-07-13
An insurance investigator romances a wealthy young beauty when he suspects she may be involved in fe
The Deep Six
1958-01-15
The conflict between duty and conscience is explored in the WWII drama The Deep Six. Alan Ladd stars