Luke Askew
Acting
Born 1932-03-26
Died 2012-03-29
Macon, Georgia, USA
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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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Acting
51 credits
Murder, She Wrote
Everwood
Cold Case
MacGyver
Knight Rider
Mission: Impossible
L.A. Law
The Rockford Files
The Six Million Dollar Man
Quincy, M.E.
Airwolf
T. J. Hooker
Big Love
The 4400
Walker, Texas Ranger
The High Chaparral
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Cool Hand Luke
Easy Rider
Frailty
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
The Green Berets
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Code R
Will Penny
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
Frank & Jesse
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
Rolling Thunder
The Devil's Brigade
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Flareup
Posse
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
The Warrior and the Sorceress
The Newton Boys
The Beast Within
Wanda Nevada
Traveller
Hurry Sundown
Manhunter
Vendetta
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Walking Tall Part II
Dune Warriors
Savage
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
Bulletproof
The Glass House
A Matter of Wife... and Death
Kung Fu: The Movie
Other credits
9 credits
Hart to Hart
Simon & Simon
Cannon
Matt Houston
Police Story
How the West Was Won
Tales of the Gold Monkey
S.W.A.T.
Automan
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