Luke Askew

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Luke Askew (born 1932 in Macon, Georgia, U.S.) is an American actor best known for his role in the 1969 film Easy Rider. Askew was born in Macon, Georgia. He made his film debut in Otto Preminger's Hurry Sundown (1967), but was first noticed as an actor for his role in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke. He was one of the first actors daring to wear long hair in this era, which he had to hide under a hat during the filming of this movie. The next year he worked with John Wayne in The Green Berets (with his hair cut short). The following year he worked with Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda in Easy Rider. This film set him on the road to becoming a cult figure of modern cinema. Askew has continued to work as an actor since then, predominantly appeared as an actor on television series. This includes work on such series as: Bonanza, Mission: Impossible, The Rockford Files, The Six Million Dollar Man, T. J. Hooker, L.A. Law, MacGyver,Walker, Texas Ranger and HBO's Big Love. He has appeared frequently with Bill Paxton. He also took part in Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage (1999), a documentary about the making of the film on the Easy Rider DVD.[1] Askew sang Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Jimmy Reed songs at The Gaslight Cafe. According to Bob Dylan, Luke, when he sang at The Gaslight Cafe, was a "guy who sounded like Bobby Blue Bland" Description above from the Wikipedia article Luke Askew licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Macon, Georgia, USA, 1932-03-26

Died: 2012-03-29

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1967	Hurry Sundown	Dolph Higginson	65
2	1967	The Happening	Second Motorcycle Officer	62
3	1967	Cool Hand Luke	Boss Paul	77
4	1967	Will Penny	Foxy	66
5	1968	The Devil's Brigade	Pvt. Hubert Hixon	63
6	1968	The Green Berets	Sgt. Provo	57
7	1969	Easy Rider	Stranger on Highway	71
8	1969	Flareup	Alan Moris	54
9	1969	Night of the Serpent	Luke	55
10	1970	Angel Unchained	Jonathan Tremaine	45
11	1972	The Glass House	Bibleback	65
12	1972	The Culpepper Cattle Co.	Luke	64
13	1972	The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid	Jim Younger	56
14	1972	The Magnificent Seven Ride!	Mark Skinner	55
15	1973	Slipstream	Mike Mallard	20
16	1973	Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid	Eno	72
17	1974	Manhunter	Max Chabriol	65
18	1974	Night Games	D.D. Franklin	60
19	1974	This Is the West That Was	Oscar Wellman	0
20	1975	Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan	Aaron Cord	50
21	1975	A Matter of Wife... and Death	Snell	0
22	1975	Posse	Krag	59
23	1975	Walking Tall Part II	Pinky Dobson	54
24	1975	Mackintosh and T.J.	Cal	52
25	1976	The Quest	Crane	100
26	1977	Rolling Thunder	Automatic Slim	68
27	1979	Wanda Nevada	Ruby Muldoon	57
28	1982	The Beast Within	Dexter Ward	55
29	1984	The Warrior and the Sorceress	Zeg the Tyrant	43
30	1986	Kung Fu: The Movie	Sheriff Mills	53
31	1987	Legend of the White Horse	Frank Brown	33
32	1988	Bulletproof	Gen. Gallo	50
33	1989	Back to Back	Wade Duro	30
34	1990	No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers	Atteron	64
35	1991	Dune Warriors	William	39
36	1993	Father & Son: Dangerous Relations	The Warden	60
37	1994	Frank & Jesse	Lone Rider	52
38	1997	Savage	Capt. Rohmer	41
39	1997	Traveller	Boss Jack Costello	55
40	1998	The Newton Boys	Chief Schoemaker	61
41	1999	Vendetta	William Parkerson	58
42	1999	Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage	Self	70
43	2002	Frailty	Sheriff Smalls	70
44	2005	The Greatest Game Ever Played	Alec Campbell	73

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1966	Mission: Impossible	Victor Pietro Duchell	76
2	1967	The High Chaparral	Johnny Ringo	65
3	1971	Cannon		65
4	1973	Police Story		69
5	1974	The Six Million Dollar Man	Banner	73
6	1974	The Rockford Files	Al	75
7	1974	The Rockford Files	Benson Kelly / Robert Coffee	75
8	1975	S.W.A.T.		70
9	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Carl DeReatis	75
10	1977	Code R	Tom-Tom	0
11	1977	How the West Was Won		69
12	1979	Hart to Hart		68
13	1981	Simon & Simon		67
14	1982	T. J. Hooker	Brad Thurman	64
15	1982	Tales of the Gold Monkey		75
16	1982	Knight Rider	Ron Austin	76
17	1982	Matt Houston		62
18	1983	Automan		78
19	1984	Airwolf	Tony	76
20	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Terry Montagne	75
21	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Noah Harwood	75
22	1985	MacGyver	Warden Renfro	77
23	1986	L.A. Law	Ron Messer	71
24	1993	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	Liam Holmes	66
25	1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	Roger Dansfield	70
26	2002	Everwood	Marvin Harrison	75
27	2003	Cold Case	Max Heidhorn (2008)	78
28	2004	The 4400	Lee Kendall	72
29	2006	Big Love	Hollis Greene	69

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