Perry Lopez
Known for
Perry Lopez is the sort of actor who arrived well before the current crop and stayed. 50 credits across 72 years is a rate most careers never reach. The role of Lieutenant Lou Escobar in 'Chinatown' is the one that keeps being brought up. 'Kelly's Heroes' counts among the more visible credits. 25 was the age at the first credit.
Perry Lopez
31 Movies
19 Series
Perry Lopez is the sort of actor who arrived well before the current crop and stayed. 50 credits across 72 years is a rate most careers never reach. The role of Lieutenant Lou Escobar in 'Chinatown' is the one that keeps being brought up. 'Kelly's Heroes' counts among the more visible credits. 25 was the age at the first credit.
Movies
Plays Lieutenant Lou Escobar
Chinatown
1974
Plays Pvt. Petuko
Kelly's Heroes
1970
Plays Davey Elk
McLintock!
1963
Plays Frisco
Bandolero!
1968
Plays Ed Zacharias
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
1987
Plays Captain Lou Escobar
The Two Jakes
1990
Plays Juan
The Rare Breed
1966
Plays Two Moons
Flaming Star
1960
Plays Pete Ramirez
The Lone Ranger
1956
Plays Eddie Rios
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
1989
Plays Rodrigues
Mister Roberts
1955
Plays Ostap Bulba
Taras Bulba
1962
Plays Pvt Joe Gomez aka Spanish Joe
Battle Cry
1955
Plays Bogus Charlie
Drum Beat
1954
Plays Rolando
Che!
1969
Plays Carlos
Lady Ice
1973
Plays Louis Mendoza
I Died a Thousand Times
1955
Plays Al Mendoza
The Deep Six
1958
Plays Prince Ahmud
Omar Khayyam
1957
Plays Hood #1
Sol Madrid
1968
Plays Mario Amato
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955
Plays Red
The McConnell Story
1955
Plays Puerco
Man-Trap
1961
Plays Toro
Cry Tough
1959
Plays Priest
Confessions of a Hitman
1994
Plays Joe
Violent Road
1958
Plays Ed Novak
The Steel Jungle
1956
Plays San Antone
The Young Guns
1956
TV Shows
Plays Sgt. Juan Mendoza
Hec Ramsey
1972
Plays Dr. Charles Whitebird
The Time Tunnel
1966
Plays Lt. Esteban Rodriguez
Star Trek
1966
Plays Nico Berengeri
Cain's Hundred
1961
Plays Candido Gomez
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Plays Juanito
The F.B.I.
1965
Plays Garcia
Airwolf
1984
Plays Howard Running Bear
Naked City
1958
Plays Ruiz
Charlie's Angels
1976
Plays Priest
Mission: Impossible
1966
Plays Julio
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Plays Sanchez Dominguez
The Virginian
1962
Plays Manolo Argentez
The Rifleman
1958
Plays Iron Hand
The Rebel
1959
Plays James Evans
Riverboat
1959
Plays Pete Salavedo
Cavalcade of America
1952
Plays Carlos Ramirez
Monty Nash
1971
Plays Carlos Abaca
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Plays Duke Miller
Bonanza
1959
Latest Trailers
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The Two Jakes
Full Filmography
Confessions of a Hitman
Priest
1994
Film
The Two Jakes
Captain Lou Escobar
1990
Film
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
Eddie Rios
1989
Film
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Ed Zacharias
1987
Film
Airwolf
Garcia · 1 episode
1985
TV
Charlie's Angels
Ruiz · 1 episode
1978–1979
TV
Chinatown
Lieutenant Lou Escobar
1974
Film
Lady Ice
Carlos
1973
Film
Hec Ramsey
Sgt. Juan Mendoza · 11 episodes
1972–
TV
Photos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Perry Lopez still alive?
Perry Lopez passed away on February 14, 2008 at age 78.
What are the most famous roles of Perry Lopez?
Perry Lopez is best known for roles in Chinatown, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Kelly's Heroes.
How many movies has Perry Lopez been in?
Over a 54-year career (since 1954), Perry Lopez has appeared in 31 movies and 19 TV shows.
What was Perry Lopez's first movie?
The career of Perry Lopez began with Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954).
What is Perry Lopez's most recent movie or series?
Perry Lopez's most recent release is Confessions of a Hitman, which premiered on May 4, 1994.
What TV shows has Perry Lopez appeared in?
On television, Perry Lopez has appeared in Star Trek, Airwolf, Bonanza, Mission: Impossible.
Perry Lopez
1929-07-22 · New York City, New York, USA
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. licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.