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Luke Askew
Macon, Georgia, USA
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…
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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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2006
Big Love
TV show Hollis Greene
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2005
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Movie Alec Campbell
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2004
The 4400
TV show Lee Kendall
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2003
Cold Case
TV show Max Heidhorn (2008)
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2002
Everwood
TV show Marvin Harrison
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2002
Frailty
Movie Sheriff Smalls
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1999
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
Movie Self
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1999
Vendetta
Movie William Parkerson
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1998
The Newton Boys
Movie Chief Schoemaker
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1997
Traveller
Movie Boss Jack Costello
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1997
Savage
Movie Capt. Rohmer
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1994
Frank & Jesse
Movie Lone Rider
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1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV show Roger Dansfield
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1993
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
Movie The Warden
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1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV show Liam Holmes
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1991
Dune Warriors
Movie William
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1990
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
Movie Atteron
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1989
Back to Back
Movie Wade Duro
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1988
Bulletproof
Movie Gen. Gallo
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1987
Legend of the White Horse
Movie Frank Brown
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1986
L.A. Law
TV show Ron Messer
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1986
Kung Fu: The Movie
Movie Sheriff Mills
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1985
MacGyver
TV show Warden Renfro
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1984
Murder, She Wrote
TV show Terry Montagne
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1984
The Warrior and the Sorceress
Movie Zeg the Tyrant
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1984
Airwolf
TV show Tony
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1983
Automan
TV show
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1982
Knight Rider
TV show Ron Austin
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1982
Matt Houston
TV show
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1982
Tales of the Gold Monkey
TV show
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1982
T. J. Hooker
TV show Brad Thurman
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1982
The Beast Within
Movie Dexter Ward
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1981
Simon & Simon
TV show
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1979
Hart to Hart
TV show
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1979
Wanda Nevada
Movie Ruby Muldoon
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1977
Rolling Thunder
Movie Automatic Slim
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1977
How the West Was Won
TV show
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1977
Code R
TV show Tom-Tom
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1976
Quincy, M.E.
TV show Carl DeReatis
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1976
The Quest
Movie Crane
