Luke Askew

Luke Askew

Acting
Born 1932-03-26 Macon, Georgia, USA 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.8
​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 h...
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Biography

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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"

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Big Love poster
Big Love
as Hollis Greene
2006-03-12
The 4400 poster
The 4400
as Lee Kendall
2004-07-11
Everwood poster
Everwood
as Marvin Harrison
2002-09-16
Walker, Texas Ranger poster
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Roger Dansfield
1993-04-21
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues poster
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
as Liam Holmes
1993-01-27
L.A. Law poster
L.A. Law
as Ron Messer
1986-09-15
Murder, She Wrote poster
Murder, She Wrote
as Noah Harwood
1984-09-30
Airwolf poster
Airwolf
as Tony
1984-01-22

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