Marco Lopez (actor)

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Marco Lopez
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Marco Antonio Lopez

(1935-09-10) September 10, 1935 (age 87)
Years active1954present

Marco Antonio Lopez [1] (born September 10, 1935), [2] also credited as Marco Antonio and Marco Lopez, is an American actor born in Los Angeles, [3] who played several parts in the supporting cast of Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited television series, Dragnet and Adam-12 . [2] [3] He also served as Webb's stand in for long shots. [4] His first Hollywood job was as a stand-in for Elvis Presley in the 1956 movie Love Me Tender .[ citation needed ]

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In 1971, Webb offered Lopez the role that would bring him into the homes of millions of Americans weekly, that of Firefighter Marco Lopez in Webb and Robert Cinader's television series, Emergency! Like his fellow Emergency! co-star, Los Angeles County Fire Department engineer and actor Mike Stoker, Lopez used his real name as his character name (which led to confusion that he was an actual firefighter with the LACoFD - he had never worked with the LACoFD at any time). [3]

After Emergency! went off the air in 1979, Lopez took roles in such television shows as MacGyver ; [2] Mission: Impossible ; [2] The New Adam-12 ; The Lloyd Bridges Show ; [2] Murder, She Wrote [5] and The Six Million Dollar Man . He also appeared opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones and Julia Roberts in the movie America's Sweethearts, where he had an uncredited role as a photographer. Lopez was also one of the original "extra" crewman on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea , a show he lent his visage (though seldom his voice) to from 1964 to 1968.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1954 Broken Lance IndianUncredited
1955 Love Me or Leave Me Minor RoleUncredited
1956 The King and I ExtraUncredited
1956 Around the World in 80 Days ExtraUncredited
1957 The Enemy Below SoldierUncredited
1958 South Pacific Barua
1959 Holiday for Lovers BellboyUncredited
1962 Deadly Duo Luis, the Bellhop
1963 Fun in Acapulco BullfighterUncredited
1967 Chuka Hanu
1969 Sweet Charity Man in ParkUncredited
1970 Airport Harold Lopez - PassengerUncredited
1972 The Poseidon Adventure Passenger Listening to SermonUncredited
1972 Emergency! Marco LopezCredited as Fireman Lopez
1979 Love and Bullets PolicemanUncredited
1991 Timebomb
1997 Perdita Durango Extra in Las VegasUncredited
1999 Play It to the Bone Ringeside FanUncredited
2001 The Mexican Border Patrol OfficerUncredited
2001 America's Sweethearts PhotographerUncredited, (final film role)

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