Marco Antonio Lopez (born September 10, 1935), also credited as Marco Antonio and Marco Lopez, is an American actor born in

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, who played several parts in the supporting cast of

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television series, '' Dragnet'' and ''

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''. He also served as Webb's

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for long shots. His first

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job was as a stand-in for

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in the 1956 movie '' Love Me Tender''. In 1971, Webb offered Lopez the role that would bring him into the homes of millions of Americans weekly, that of

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Marco Lopez in the Webb and Robert Cinader-produced

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series, ''

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''. Like his fellow ''Emergency!'' co-star,

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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). After ''Emergency!'' went off the air in 1979, Lopez would later get roles in such television shows as ''

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'', '' Mission: Impossible'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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.'' He also appeared opposite

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and

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in the movie ''

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,'' where he had an uncredited role as a photographer. Lopez was also one of the original "extra" crewman on ''

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'', a show he lent his visage (though seldom his voice) to from 1964 to 1968.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Marco 1935 births American male film actors American male actors of Mexican descent American male television actors Living people Male actors from Los Angeles 20th-century American male actors