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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 26, 1932
Died
March 29, 2012
Place of Birth
Macon, Georgia, USA
Luke Askew
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.9
Hollis Greene
Big Love
2006
7.3
Alec Campbell
The Greatest Game Ever Played
2005
7.2
Lee Kendall
The 4400
2004
7.8
Max Heidhorn (2008)
Cold Case
2003
7.6
Marvin Harrison
Everwood
2002
7.0
Sheriff Smalls
Frailty
2002
7.0
Self
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
1999
5.8
William Parkerson
Vendetta
1999
6.1
Chief Schoemaker
The Newton Boys
1998
5.6
Boss Jack Costello
Traveller
1997
Credits
Big Love
as Hollis Greene
2006
6.9
The Greatest Game Ever Played
as Alec Campbell
2005
7.3
The 4400
as Lee Kendall
2004
7.2
Cold Case
as Max Heidhorn (2008)
2003
7.8
Everwood
as Marvin Harrison
2002
7.6
Frailty
as Sheriff Smalls
2002
7.0
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
as Self
1999
7.0
Vendetta
as William Parkerson
1999
5.8
The Newton Boys
as Chief Schoemaker
1998
6.1
Traveller
as Boss Jack Costello
1997
5.6
Savage
as Capt. Rohmer
1997
4.0
Frank & Jesse
as Lone Rider
1994
5.1
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Roger Dansfield
1993
6.9
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
as The Warden
1993
6.0
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
as Liam Holmes
1993
6.7
Dune Warriors
as William
1991
3.9
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
as Atteron
1990
6.5
Back to Back
as Wade Duro
1989
2.8
Bulletproof
as Gen. Gallo
1988
4.9
Legend of the White Horse
as Frank Brown
1987
3.6
L.A. Law
as Ron Messer
1986
7.0
Kung Fu: The Movie
as Sheriff Mills
1986
5.3
MacGyver
as Warden Renfro
1985
7.7
Murder, She Wrote
as Terry Montagne
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Noah Harwood
1984
7.5
The Warrior and the Sorceress
as Zeg the Tyrant
1984
4.2
Airwolf
as Tony
1984
7.6
Automan
1983
7.8
Knight Rider
as Ron Austin
1982
7.5
Matt Houston
1982
6.2
Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982
7.5
T. J. Hooker
as Brad Thurman
1982
6.4
The Beast Within
as Dexter Ward
1982
5.4
Simon & Simon
1981
6.7
Hart to Hart
1979
6.9
Wanda Nevada
as Ruby Muldoon
1979
5.6
Rolling Thunder
as Automatic Slim
1977
6.8
How the West Was Won
1977
6.9
Code R
as Tom-Tom
1977
0.0
Quincy, M.E.
as Carl DeReatis
1976
7.5
The Quest
as Crane
1976
10.0
Mackintosh and T.J.
as Cal
1975
5.6
Walking Tall Part II
as Pinky Dobson
1975
5.3
Posse
as Krag
1975
6.0
A Matter of Wife... and Death
as Snell
1975
0.0
S.W.A.T.
1975
7.0
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
as Aaron Cord
1975
5.0
This Is the West That Was
as Oscar Wellman
1974
0.0
The Rockford Files
as Al
1974
7.6
The Rockford Files
as Benson Kelly / Robert Coffee
1974
7.6
Night Games
as D.D. Franklin
1974
6.0
Manhunter
as Max Chabriol
1974
6.5
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Banner
1974
7.3
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Eno
1973
7.2
Police Story
1973
6.9
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Slipstream
as Mike Mallard
1973
2.0
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
as Mark Skinner
1972
5.5
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Jim Younger
1972
5.5
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
as Luke
1972
6.3
The Glass House
as Bibleback
1972
6.2
Cannon
1971
6.6
Angel Unchained
as Jonathan Tremaine
1970
4.5
Night of the Serpent
as Luke
1969
5.2
Flareup
as Alan Moris
1969
5.1
Easy Rider
as Stranger on Highway
1969
7.1
The Green Berets
as Sgt. Provo
1968
5.7
The Devil's Brigade
as Pvt. Hubert Hixon
1968
6.3
Will Penny
as Foxy
1967
6.6
Cool Hand Luke
as Boss Paul
1967
7.7
The High Chaparral
as Johnny Ringo
1967
6.6
The Happening
as Second Motorcycle Officer
1967
6.2
Hurry Sundown
as Dolph Higginson
1967
6.4
Mission: Impossible
as Victor Pietro Duchell
1966
7.6