Bob grew up wanting to be a gangster. His dream as a child was to die in the electric chair like James Cagney did in Angels With Dirty Faces. But, after spending much of his teenage years taking unwanted vacations in undesirable locales, and the demise of someone he looked up to as a role model (even though he was an ex-con, junkie, drug dealer), he came to his senses (at 19) that being an actor might be a better route to take in life, with the possibility of living a longer life & to have more control of where he lived and how long he lived there. He also realized he could play the bad guy and not get into trouble doing it. So, he played them on stage, TV and in film, including a variety of many different types of roles. He loves to become other people & the stage is his preference. Done more than 90 plays. Idolized Marlon Brando, studied with Stella Adler for 4 years, Harold Clurman, Corey Allen, Lurene Tuttle and his mentor Gabe Dell. He's written several one-act plays that have been produced He's adapted some of his plays to short films and his written one feature length screenplay, "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" in which he will play the lead role of Elvis. Met Gabe Dell, one of the Dead End Kids in "Angels With Dirty Faces in 1979 and he became his surrogate father and mentor. Corey Allen recommended he change his real name of Bob Lopez to his mother's maiden name Factor since Bob doesn't speak Spanish and was always being called in for Hispanic roles. Show less «