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Perry Lopez

 
Actor: Perry Lopez
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  • Born: Jul 22, 1931 in New York City, New York
  • Died: Feb 14, 2008
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '50s-'60s
  • Major Genres: Western, Drama
  • Career Highlights: Chinatown, The Young Guns, The Steel Jungle
  • First Major Screen Credit: The Lone Ranger (1956)

Biography

Tough-talking American character actor Perry Lopez played "ethnic" roles from the time of his his stage debut in the early 1950s. Signed to a Warner Bros. contract in 1955, Lopez lent support to such studio projects as Mister Roberts (1955), The McConnell Story (1956) and The Violent Road (1958). He is best remembered as police officer Lou Escobar in Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974). Perry Lopez reprised this uniformed character (now promoted to captain) in the 1990 Chinatown sequel The Two Jakes. Lopez died of lung cancer in February 2008. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Perry Lopez
Born July 22, 1929
New York City
Died February 14, 2008
Beverly Hills, California

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.[1]

Lopez was born in New York City.[2] Lopez began his acting career on in theater, based in New York.[2] 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.[2]

Lopez was, perhaps, best known as Lieutenant Lou Escobar in the 1974 film Chinatown, which he starred in opposite Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.[2] He reprised the role sixteen years later (with Escobar promoted to Captain) in The Two Jakes in 1990.[1]

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 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[1] in Beverly Hills, California at age 78. [2] He was survived by several nieces and nephews.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Perry Lopez, veteran actor in iconic films and TV shows, dies". Associated Press (International Herald Tribune). 2008-02-16. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/16/america/NA-GEN-US-Obit-Perry-Lopez.php. Retrieved on 2008-03-08. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Actor Perry Lopez dies at 78". Variety Magazine. 2008-02-15. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117980997.html?categoryid=13&cs=1. Retrieved on 2008-03-08. 

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