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Date of Birth

22 July 1929, New York City, New York, USA

Date of Death

14 February 2008, Beverly Hills, California, USA (lung cancer)

Spouse

Claire Kelly

(March 1960 - 1961) (divorced)

Trivia

Survived by several nieces and nephews.

Signed to a contract at Warner Bros. Studios in 1955.

Was featured as Lt. Lou Escobar in the 1974 classic Chinatown (1974) starring Jack Nicholson. He then reprised the role in the sequel, The Two Jakes (1990), which Nicholson directed as well as starred in.

Began his career on the New York stage in the early 1950s before coming out to Hollywood and played a number of ethnic roles, notably Hispanics and Indians.

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