![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: July 22, 1931 in New York City, NY Death: February 14, 2008 in Beverly Hills, CA Biography:Tough-talking American character actor "Perry Lopez" played "ethnic" roles from the time of his his stage debut in the early 1950s. Signed to a Warner Bros. contract in 1955, Lopez lent support to such studio projects as "Mister Roberts" (1955), "The McConnell Story" (1956) and "The Violent Road" (1958). He is best remembered as police officer Lou Escobar in "Roman Polanski"'s "Chinatown" (1974). "Perry Lopez" reprised this uniformed character (now promoted to captain) in the 1990 "Chinatown" sequel "The Two Jakes". Lopez died of lung cancer in February 2008. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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