Name
Luke Askew
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1932-03-26
Deathday
2012-03-29 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Macon, Georgia, USA
Biography
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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"
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- 1967 Cool Hand Luke as Boss Paul
- 1969 Easy Rider as Stranger on Highway
- 1967 Will Penny as Foxy
- 1977 Rolling Thunder as Automatic Slim
- 1973 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Eno
- 1968 The Green Berets as Sgt. Provo
- 1997 Traveller as Boss Jack Costello
- 1968 The Devil's Brigade as Pvt. Hubert Hixon
- 1972 The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid as Jim Younger
- 1972 The Culpepper Cattle Co. as Luke
- 1990 No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers as Atteron
- 1972 The Magnificent Seven Ride! as Mark Skinner
- 1975 Posse as Krag
- 1979 Wanda Nevada as Ruby Muldoon
- 1984 The Warrior and the Sorceress as Zeg the Tyrant
- 1987 Legend of the White Horse as Frank Brown
- 1986 Kung Fu: The Movie as Sheriff Mills
- 1970 Angel Unchained as Jonathan Tremaine
- 1975 Walking Tall Part II as Pinky Dobson
- 1967 The Happening as Second Motorcycle Officer
- 1998 The Newton Boys as Chief Schoemaker
- 1974 Manhunter as Max Chabriol
- 1999 Vendetta as William Parkerson
- 1969 Flareup as Alan Moris
- 1997 Savage as Capt. Rohmer
- 1969 Night of the Serpent as Luke
- 1967 Hurry Sundown as Dolph Higginson
- 1976 The Quest as Crane
- 1991 Dune Warriors as William
- 1993 Father & Son: Dangerous Relations as The Warden
- 1989 Back to Back as Wade Duro
- 2002 Frailty as Sheriff Smalls
- 1988 Bulletproof as Gen. Gallo
- 1974 This Is the West That Was as Oscar Wellman
- 1994 Frank & Jesse as Lone Rider
- 1972 The Glass House as Bibleback
- 1975 Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan as Aaron Cord
- 1999 Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage as Self
- 1982 The Beast Within as Dexter Ward
- 1974 Night Games as D.D. Franklin
- 1975 Mackintosh and T.J. as Cal
- 2005 The Greatest Game Ever Played as Alec Campbell
- 1973 Slipstream as Mike Mallard
- 1975 A Matter of Wife... and Death as Snell
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Terry Montagne
- 1993 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues ( 1 episode ) as Liam Holmes
- 1982 T. J. Hooker ( 1 episode ) as Brad Thurman
- 2004 The 4400 ( 1 episode ) as Lee Kendall
- 1986 L.A. Law ( 2 episodes ) as Ron Messer
- 1981 Simon & Simon ( 1 episode )
- 1984 Airwolf ( 1 episode ) as Tony
- 1982 Knight Rider ( 1 episode ) as Ron Austin
- 2003 Cold Case ( 1 episode ) as Max Heidhorn (2008)
- 1976 Quincy, M.E. ( 2 episodes ) as Carl DeReatis
- 2002 Everwood ( 1 episode ) as Marvin Harrison
- 1993 Walker, Texas Ranger ( 1 episode ) as Roger Dansfield
- 1977 How the West Was Won ( 1 episode )
- 1985 MacGyver ( 1 episode ) as Warden Renfro
- 1982 Tales of the Gold Monkey ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Hart to Hart ( 1 episode )
- 1966 Mission: Impossible ( 2 episodes ) as Victor Pietro Duchell
- 1971 Cannon ( 1 episode )
- 2006 Big Love ( 10 episodes ) as Hollis Greene
- 1973 Police Story ( 1 episode )
- 1967 The High Chaparral ( 1 episode ) as Johnny Ringo
- 1975 S.W.A.T. ( 2 episodes )
- 1982 Matt Houston ( 1 episode )
- 1983 Automan ( 1 episode )
- 1977 Code R ( 1 episode ) as Tom-Tom
- 1974 The Rockford Files ( 1 episode ) as Al
- 1974 The Rockford Files ( 1 episode ) as Benson Kelly / Robert Coffee
- 1974 The Six Million Dollar Man ( 2 episodes ) as Banner
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Noah Harwood
- 1975 Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan ( 2 episodes ) as Aaron Cord
