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.
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Credits
- 2006 · Big Love as
- 2005 · The Greatest Game Ever Played as Alec Campbell
- 2004 · The 4400 as Lee Kendall
- 2003 · Cold Case as Max Heidhorn (2008)
- 2002 · Everwood as Marvin Harrison
- 2002 · Frailty as Sheriff Smalls
- 1999 · Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage as Self
- 1999 · Vendetta as William Parkerson
- 1998 · The Newton Boys as Chief Schoemaker
- 1997 · Traveller as Boss Jack Costello
- 1997 · Savage as Capt. Rohmer
- 1994 · Frank & Jesse as Lone Rider
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Roger Dansfield
- 1993 · Father & Son: Dangerous Relations as The Warden
- 1993 · Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Liam Holmes
- 1991 · Dune Warriors as William
- 1990 · No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers as Atteron
- 1989 · Back to Back as Wade Duro
- 1988 · Bulletproof as Gen. Gallo
- 1987 · Legend of the White Horse as Frank Brown
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Ron Messer
- 1986 · Kung Fu The Movie as Sheriff Mills
- 1985 · MacGyver as Warden Renfro
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Terry Montagne
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Noah Harwood
- 1984 · The Warrior and the Sorceress as Zeg the Tyrant
- 1984 · Airwolf as Tony
- 1983 · Automan as
- 1982 · Knight Rider as Ron Austin
- 1982 · Matt Houston as
- 1982 · Tales of the Gold Monkey as
- 1982 · T. J. Hooker as Brad Thurman
- 1982 · The Beast Within as Dexter Ward
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1979 · Wanda Nevada as Ruby Muldoon
- 1977 · Rolling Thunder as Automatic Slim
- 1977 · How the West Was Won as
- 1977 · Code R as Tom-Tom
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as Carl DeReatis
- 1976 · The Quest as Crane
- 1975 · Mackintosh and T.J. as Cal
- 1975 · Walking Tall Part II as Pinky Dobson
- 1975 · Posse as Krag
- 1975 · A Matter of Wife... and Death as Snell
- 1975 · S.W.A.T. as
- 1975 · Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan as Aaron Cord
- 1974 · This Is the West That Was as Oscar Wellman
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Al
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Benson Kelly / Robert Coffee
- 1974 · Night Games as D.D. Franklin
- 1974 · Manhunter as Max Chabriol
- 1974 · The Six Million Dollar Man as Banner
- 1973 · Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Eno
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1973 · Slipstream as Mike Mallard
- 1972 · The Magnificent Seven Ride! as Mark Skinner
- 1972 · The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid as Jim Younger
- 1972 · The Culpepper Cattle Co. as Luke
- 1972 · The Glass House as Bibleback
- 1971 · Cannon as
- 1970 · Angel Unchained as Jonathan Tremaine
- 1969 · Night of the Serpent as Luke
- 1969 · Flareup as Alan Moris
- 1969 · Easy Rider as Stranger on Highway
- 1968 · The Green Berets as Sgt. Provo
- 1968 · The Devil's Brigade as Pvt. Hubert Hixon
- 1967 · Will Penny as Foxy
- 1967 · Cool Hand Luke as Boss Paul
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Johnny Ringo
- 1967 · The Happening as Second Motorcycle Officer
- 1967 · Hurry Sundown as Dolph Higginson
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as Victor Pietro Duchell