Luke Askew
Acting • Born 1932-03-26 – Died 2012-03-29
Biography
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.
Filmography
73 credits
Cool Hand Luke
Movie • 1967
Boss Paul
Easy Rider
Movie • 1969
Stranger on Highway
Will Penny
Movie • 1967
Foxy
Rolling Thunder
Movie • 1977
Automatic Slim
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Movie • 1973
Eno
The Green Berets
Movie • 1968
Sgt. Provo
Traveller
Movie • 1997
Boss Jack Costello
The Devil's Brigade
Movie • 1968
Pvt. Hubert Hixon
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Movie • 1972
Jim Younger
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Movie • 1972
Luke
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
Movie • 1990
Atteron
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
Movie • 1972
Mark Skinner
Posse
Movie • 1975
Krag
Wanda Nevada
Movie • 1979
Ruby Muldoon
The Warrior and the Sorceress
Movie • 1984
Zeg the Tyrant
Legend of the White Horse
Movie • 1987
Frank Brown
Kung Fu: The Movie
Movie • 1986
Sheriff Mills
Angel Unchained
Movie • 1970
Jonathan Tremaine
Walking Tall Part II
Movie • 1975
Pinky Dobson
The Happening
Movie • 1967
Second Motorcycle Officer
The Newton Boys
Movie • 1998
Chief Schoemaker
Manhunter
Movie • 1974
Max Chabriol
Vendetta
Movie • 1999
William Parkerson
Flareup
Movie • 1969
Alan Moris
Night of the Serpent
Movie • 1969
Luke
Savage
Movie • 1997
Capt. Rohmer
Hurry Sundown
Movie • 1967
Dolph Higginson
The Quest
Movie • 1976
Crane
Dune Warriors
Movie • 1991
William
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
Movie • 1993
The Warden
Back to Back
Movie • 1989
Wade Duro
Frailty
Movie • 2002
Sheriff Smalls
Bulletproof
Movie • 1988
Gen. Gallo
This Is the West That Was
Movie • 1974
Oscar Wellman
Frank & Jesse
Movie • 1994
Lone Rider
The Glass House
Movie • 1972
Bibleback
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Movie • 1975
Aaron Cord
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
Movie • 1999
Self
The Beast Within
Movie • 1982
Dexter Ward
Night Games
Movie • 1974
D.D. Franklin
Mackintosh and T.J.
Movie • 1975
Cal
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Movie • 2005
Alec Campbell
Slipstream
Movie • 1973
Mike Mallard
A Matter of Wife... and Death
Movie • 1975
Snell
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Terry Montagne
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV • 1993
Liam Holmes
T. J. Hooker
TV • 1982
Brad Thurman
The 4400
TV • 2004
Lee Kendall
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Ron Messer
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
Airwolf
TV • 1984
Tony
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
Ron Austin
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Max Heidhorn (2008)
Everwood
TV • 2002
Marvin Harrison
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Carl DeReatis
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Roger Dansfield
How the West Was Won
TV • 1977
MacGyver
TV • 1985
Warden Renfro
Tales of the Gold Monkey
TV • 1982
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Victor Pietro Duchell
Cannon
TV • 1971
Big Love
TV • 2006
Hollis Greene
Police Story
TV • 1973
The High Chaparral
TV • 1967
Johnny Ringo
S.W.A.T.
TV • 1975
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
Automan
TV • 1983
Code R
TV • 1977
Tom-Tom
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Al
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Benson Kelly / Robert Coffee
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Banner
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Noah Harwood