Perry Lopez (born Julio César Lopez; July 22, 1929 – February 14, 2008)[1][2][3] was an American film and televisionactor. His acting career spanned 40 years.
Although he was part of the supporting cast in Mister Roberts, his role was prominent – he played opposite Henry Fonda and James Cagney, who were both established stars at the time. However, he was perhaps best known as Lieutenant Lou Escobar in the 1974 film Chinatown, which he starred in opposite Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.[3] He reprised the role sixteen years later (with Escobar promoted to Captain) in The Two Jakes in 1990.[2] Also right before this time he starred opposite Charles Bronson playing drug gang leader Ed Zacharias in 1987's Death Wish 4: The Crackdown.
Among his many television appearances, one of his more well-known roles is that of Esteban Rodriguez in the 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 who fought to free his people, on Zorro, starring Guy Williams. Lopez also appeared in episode 14, "Night Of The Long Knives" originally airing December 16, 1966 of The Time Tunneltelevision series; in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode "Savage Jungle"; McLintock! (1963) as Davey Elk; in Juan Moreno's Body[4] as a migrant Mexican fruit picker accused of murdering the son of the owner of the orchard; and in Kelly's Heroes (1970) as Private Petuko.
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