- Perry Lopez
Perry Lopez (
July 22 1929 -February 14 2008 ) was an Americanfilm andtelevision actor . His acting career last over 40 years before his death in 2008. cite news |first=|last=|title=Perry Lopez, veteran actor in iconic films and TV shows, dies
url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/16/america/NA-GEN-US-Obit-Perry-Lopez.php |work=Associated Press |publisher=International Herald Tribune |date=2008-02-16 |accessdate=2008-03-08] Mr. Lopez was married toClaire Kelly from 1960 to 1961.Fact|date=June 2008Lopez was born in
New York City . Lopez began his acting career on intheater , based in New York. He was signed to a contract atWarner Bros. Studios in 1955. Lopez appeared in a number ofB-movie s 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 oppositeJack Nicholson andFaye 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 "" 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 airingDecember 16 ,1966 of "The Time Tunnel " television series,in theVoyage 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 inBeverly Hills, California at age 78. cite news |first=|last=|title=Actor Perry Lopez dies at 78
url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117980997.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 |work=Variety Magazine |publisher=|date=2008-02-15 |accessdate=2008-03-08] He was survived by several nieces and nephews.References
External links
*imdb name|id=0520164|name=Perry Lopez
* [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Perry_Lopez Perry Lopez] atMemory Alpha , a Star Trek wiki
* [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117980997.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 Perry Lopez Obit] at Variety
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