Perry Lopez
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: July 22, 1929
Deathday: February 14, 2008
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Chinatown
1974-06-20
Chinatown
Overview: Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-20
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Kelly's Heroes
1970-06-22
Kelly's Heroes
Overview: A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
Genres: Adventure Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-22
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Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
1987-06-11
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Overview: After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey takes on the local drug cartel.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-11
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I Died a Thousand Times
1955-11-09
I Died a Thousand Times
Overview: After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring — by robbing a resort hotel.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-09
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Taras Bulba
1962-11-21
Taras Bulba
Overview: Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for his family and his folk and his passion for a Polish woman.
Genres: Adventure Romance History War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-11-21
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McLintock!
1963-11-12
McLintock!
Overview: Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking government men and nearby Native Americans. As McLintock tries to juggle his various adversaries, his wife—who left him two years previously—suddenly returns. But she isn't interested in George; she wants custody of their daughter.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-11-12
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Cry Tough
1959-08-01
Cry Tough
Overview: After getting out of prison, a Latino criminal tries to go straight.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-01
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Mister Roberts
1955-07-10
Mister Roberts
Overview: Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-10
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The Rare Breed
1966-02-02
The Rare Breed
Overview: When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out his dream: the introduction of Hereford cattle into the American West. They enlist Sam "Bulldog" Burnett in their efforts to transport their lone bull, a Hereford named Vindicator, to a breeder in Texas, but the trail is fraught with danger and even Burnett doubts the survival potential of this "rare breed" of cattle.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-02-02
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004-07-28
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Overview: From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-28
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Battle Cry
1955-02-02
Battle Cry
Overview: The dramatic story of US Marines in training, in combat, and in love, during World War II. The story centers on a major who guides the raw recruits from their training to combat.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-02
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Hell on Frisco Bay
1955-12-31
Hell on Frisco Bay
Overview: A cop framed for a murder he did not commit hunts the San Francisco waterfront for the Mob racketeers who are responsible.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-31
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Man-Trap
1961-09-20
Man-Trap
Overview: Helmed by Edmond O'Brien, this slick crime thriller stars Jeffrey Hunter as naïve Matt Jameson, whose Korean War pal Vince Biskay talks Matt into helping commandeer nearly $4 million from a Central American dictator. After Vince is wounded in a gun battle as they're making off with the loot, the duo holes up at Matt's house -- where his boozy, promiscuous wife puts the moves on Vince.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-09-20
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The Steel Jungle
1956-03-10
The Steel Jungle
Overview: The tale of a young bookie, married to a beautiful woman who goes to jail, and becomes involved with hoodlums.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-10
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The Mountains of the Moon
1967-11-24
The Mountains of the Moon
Overview: A religious sect, cheated by an adventurer, wants to occupy an African territory not knowing that it is inhabited by a bloodthirsty tribe. Luckily Tarzan intervenes.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-11-24
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Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
1989-02-03
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
Overview: A brutal Los Angeles police lieutenant is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-03
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The Lone Ranger
1956-02-25
The Lone Ranger
Overview: The territorial governor asks the Lone Ranger to investigate mysterious raids on settlers by Indians who ride with saddles. Wealthy rancher Reese Kilgore wants to mine silver on Spirit Mountain which is sacred to the Indians.
Genres: Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-02-25
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Violent Road
1958-05-10
Violent Road
Overview: Following the crash and explosion of a test rocket, which killed several people, six men volunteer to take explosive rocket-fuel chemical components, in three trucks, over back roads in rugged terrain to a remote missile base. Uncredited "remake" of The Wages of Fear.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-05-10
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The Young Guns
1956-09-12
The Young Guns
Overview: After he's continually harrassed and bullied by his town's citizens, the orphaned teenage son of a notorious gunslinger takes flight and joins a gang of youthful outlaws.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-09-12
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The McConnell Story
1955-09-29
The McConnell Story
Overview: Joe McConnell was sure that he was meant to be a pilot, but was stuck as a restless army private. It seemed that his ambition was blocked at every step.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-29
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Sol Madrid
1968-02-07
Sol Madrid
Overview: Government agent Sol Madrid travels to Mexico with hooker Stacey to bring mobster Villanova and drug kingpin Dietrich to justice.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-07
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The Century Turns
1972-10-08
The Century Turns
Overview: An old-fashioned western lawman coming to grips with the "modern technology" of the 20th century. He teams up with college-educated criminologist to solve a tricky mystery.
Genres: Western Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-08
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Daring Game
1968-03-19
Daring Game
Overview: Survival Devices, Inc are an organisation that employ a team of adventurers known as "the Flying Fish" who are adept in sky diving, scuba diving and martial arts. They are engaged to rescue a captured scientist imprisoned on a Caribbean island by a dictator. The team parachutes off the coast of the island in a HALO jump and establishes an inflatable underwater basecamp in an "Instant Underwater Habitat" or "Igloo".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-03-19
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Omar Khayyam
1957-08-23
Omar Khayyam
Overview: Omar Khayyam was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Though his quatrains were written in the 11th century, they are still popular the world over. The details of his life are unknown, so this movie invents a biography for him and includes in it his real achievements - the invention of a new calendar and the penning of those epigrammatic poems. This film has him romancing a sultan's bride and foiling the assassin sect's plot to kill the sultan's son.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-23
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The Two Jakes
1990-08-10
The Two Jakes
Overview: Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-10
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Flaming Star
1960-12-20
Flaming Star
Overview: Sam Burton's second wife is a Kiowa, and their son is therefore born mixed-race. When a struggle starts between the whites and the native Kiowas, the Burton family is split between loyalties.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-20
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Bandolero!
1968-06-01
Bandolero!
Overview: Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. They join forces, however, against a group of Mexican bandits.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-06-01
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Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954-03-05
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Overview: When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay.
Genres: Adventure Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-05
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Confessions of a Hitman
1994-05-04
Confessions of a Hitman
Overview: A former hitman named Bruno steals some cash from his mobster uncle. He plans to go to Tahiti, but things go wrong and he finds himself headed for Vegas via Death Valley in a comandeered airport limousine, pursued by his uncle's henchmen and accompanied by a limo driver and an enigmatic blonde.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-04
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Drum Beat
1954-11-10
Drum Beat
Overview: President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California and southern Oregon. On the way he must escort Nancy Meek to the home of her aunt and uncle. After Modoc renegade Captain Jack engages in ambush and other atrocities, MacKay must fight him one-on-one with guns, knives and fists.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-10
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Che!
1969-06-27
Che!
Overview: Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggle against the corrupt Batista regime, eventually resulting in the overthrow of that government and Castro's taking over of Cuba. The film covers Guevara's life from when he first landed in Cuba in 1956 to his death in an ambush by government troops in the mountains of Bolivia in 1967.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-27
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Lady Ice
1973-07-13
Lady Ice
Overview: An insurance investigator romances a wealthy young beauty when he suspects she may be involved in fencing stolen jewels.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-07-13
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The Deep Six
1958-01-15
The Deep Six
Overview: The conflict between duty and conscience is explored in the WWII drama The Deep Six. Alan Ladd stars as Naval gunnery officer Alec Austin, a Quaker whose sincere pacifist sentiments do not sit well with his crew members. When he refuses to fire upon an unidentified plane, the word spreads that Austin cannot be relied upon in battle (never mind that the plane turns out to be one of ours). To prove that he's worthy of command, Austin volunteers for a dangerous mission: the rescue of a group of US pilots on a Japanese-held island. The ubiquitous William Bendix costars as Frenchy Shapiro (!), Austin's Jewish petty officer and severest critic. If the film has a villain, it is Keenan Wynn as ambitious Lt. Commander Edge, who seems to despise anyone who isn't a mainline WASP.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-15
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