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Perry Lopez

Highest Rated: 98% Chinatown (1974)

Lowest Rated: 0% Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)

Birthday: Jul 22, 1929

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Over the course of his 40-year career, Perry Lopez appeared in everything from popular TV westerns ("Wagon Train," "Have Gun - Will Travel") to big-screen hits ("Kelly's Heroes," "Chinatown"). Lopez honed his acting skills onstage in the early '50s, branching out with small roles in projects like the low-budget horror film "Creature from the Black Lagoon" and "The Lone Ranger," based on the popular TV series about a masked vigilante and his faithful Indian companion. In 1958, Lopez landed a recurring role on the family adventure series "Zorro" as Joaquin Castenada, a Spanish-European freedom fighter. A few years later, he memorably portrayed a trigger-happy outlaw in an episode of the long-running western series "Bonanza," and landed a guest role on "Star Trek" as a bewildered crew member trapped in a sinister amusement park. By the mid-'70s, Lopez had amassed several notable feature film roles; he was cast as a timid recruit in the World War II-era action comedy "Kelly's Heroes" and played Jack Nicholson's persistent partner and reluctant friend in Roman Polanski's critically acclaimed neo-noir "Chinatown." Shortly before his retirement from acting, Lopez reprised his role in the 1990 sequel, "The Two Jakes," directed by Nicholson and released to generally negative reviews.

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Highest rated movies

98% 93% Chinatown
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90% 82% The Lone Ranger
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63% 39% The Two Jakes
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57% 85% McLintock!
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29% 58% The Rare Breed
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25% 40% Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
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20% 49% Bandolero!
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0% 35% Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
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The Young Guns
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Confessions of a Hitman
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Confessions of a Hitman Priest (Character) - 1994
63% 39% The Two Jakes Captain Lou Escobar (Character) $9.4M 1990
0% 35% Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects Eddie Rios (Character) - 1989
25% 40% Death Wish 4: The Crackdown Ed Zacharias (Character) $4.7M 1987
98% 93% Chinatown Lt. Lou Escobar (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 17% Lady Ice Carlos (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Century Turns Sgt. Juan Mendoza (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 50% They Only Kill Once Hood 1 (Character) - 1968
20% 49% Bandolero! Frisco (Character) - 1968
29% 58% The Rare Breed Juan (Character) - 1966
57% 85% McLintock! Davey Elk (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet 69% Taras Bulba Ostap Bulba (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Violent Road Manuelo (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 33% Omar Khayyam Prince Ahmud (Character) - 1957
90% 82% The Lone Ranger Pete Ramirez (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Young Guns San Antone (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Steel Jungle Ed Novak (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 60% I Died a Thousand Times Louis Mendoza (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 46% Battle Cry Pvt. Joe Gomez aka Spanish Joe (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 42% The McConnell Story Red (Character) - 1955

TV

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No Score Yet 42% Airwolf Unknown (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hart to Hart Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fall Guy Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charlie's Angels Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mod Squad Frank Delgado (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Sheriff Cisco Madeiros (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tarzan Chigger (Guest Star) 1967
100% No Score Yet The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
80% 89% Star Trek Rodriguez (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Mitsina (Guest Star) 1961-1962 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Have Gun -- Will Travel Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rebel Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rifleman Unknown (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zorro Unknown (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet 87% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Julio (Character) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Adventures of Jim Bowie Jethro Pumphrey (Guest Star) 1957