Luis Contreras (September 18, 1950 – June 20, 2004) was an American character actor. The son of actor
Roberto Contreras
Roberto Contreras (1928–2000) was an American actor best known for playing Pedro in the TV western series ''The High Chaparral''. His film and television career spanned nearly 40 years from 1954 to 1993, including featured roles in ''Topaz'' and ...
, his film debut was in ''
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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''. Contreras often played the parts of bums, gang members, police officers, prison inmates, and criminals.
One of the typical roles that he played as a gang member or criminal was that of Jesus in ''
Walking the Edge
''Walking the Edge'' is a 1985 crime film and action film directed by Norbert Meisel, written by Curt Allen and starring Robert Forster, Nancy Kwan, Joe Spinell, A Martinez, James McIntire, Wayne Woodson, Luis Contreras.
Plot
A criminal gang l ...
''.
Contreras appeared in multiple movies for director
Walter Hill
Walter may refer to:
People
* Walter (name), both a surname and a given name
* Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968)
* Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 1 ...
: ''
The Long Riders
''The Long Riders'' is a 1980 American Western film directed by Walter Hill. It was produced by James Keach, Stacy Keach and Tim Zinnemann and featured an original soundtrack by Ry Cooder. Cooder won the ''Best Music'' award in 1980 from t ...
'', ''
48 Hrs.'', ''
Extreme Prejudice'', ''
Red Heat
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'', ''
Geronimo: An American Legend'', and ''
Last Man Standing''.
He died of cancer in 2004 at the age of 53.
Filmography
References
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2004 deaths
1950 births
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