Roberto Contreras
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Roberto Contreras is 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. He is also the father of actor Luis Contreras
.
He was born on December 12, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri
, and died on July 18, 2000, in Burbank, California
.
The High Chaparral
The High Chaparral is a Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The show was created by David Dortort, who had previously created the hit Bonanza for the network...
. His film and television career spanned nearly 40 years from 1954 to 1993. He is also the father of actor Luis Contreras
Luis Contreras (actor)
Luis Contreras was a Hispanic-American character actor. The son of actor Roberto Contreras, his film debut was in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Contreras often played the parts of bums, gang members, police officers, prison inmates, and criminals...
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He was born on December 12, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
, and died on July 18, 2000, in Burbank, California
Burbank, California
Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States, north of downtown Los Angeles. The estimated population in 2010 was 103,340....
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