Perry Lopez

Perry Lopez

Perry Lopez (July 22 1929 - February 14 2008) was an American film and television 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 to Claire Kelly from 1960 to 1961.Fact|date=June 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 "" 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 in Beverly 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.

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*imdb name|id=0520164|name=Perry Lopez
* [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Perry_Lopez Perry Lopez] at Memory 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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