Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 26, 1932
Died
Mar 29, 2012
Place of Birth
Macon, Georgia, USA
Credits
72 titles
Luke Askew
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
Filmography
Big Love
Hollis Greene
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Alec Campbell
The 4400
Lee Kendall
Cold Case
Max Heidhorn (2008)
Everwood
Marvin Harrison
Frailty
Sheriff Smalls
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
Self
Vendetta
William Parkerson
The Newton Boys
Chief Schoemaker
Traveller
Boss Jack Costello
Savage
Capt. Rohmer
Frank & Jesse
Lone Rider
Walker, Texas Ranger
Roger Dansfield
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
The Warden
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Liam Holmes
Dune Warriors
William
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
Atteron
Back to Back
Wade Duro
Bulletproof
Gen. Gallo
Legend of the White Horse
Frank Brown
L.A. Law
Ron Messer
Kung Fu: The Movie
Sheriff Mills
MacGyver
Warden Renfro
Murder, She Wrote
Terry Montagne
The Warrior and the Sorceress
Zeg the Tyrant
Airwolf
Tony
Automan
Knight Rider
Ron Austin
Matt Houston
Tales of the Gold Monkey
T. J. Hooker
Brad Thurman
The Beast Within
Dexter Ward
Simon & Simon
Hart to Hart
Wanda Nevada
Ruby Muldoon
Rolling Thunder
Automatic Slim
How the West Was Won
Code R
Tom-Tom
Quincy, M.E.
Carl DeReatis
The Quest
Crane
Mackintosh and T.J.
Cal
Walking Tall Part II
Pinky Dobson
Posse
Krag
A Matter of Wife... and Death
Snell
S.W.A.T.
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Aaron Cord
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Aaron Cord
This Is the West That Was
Oscar Wellman
The Rockford Files
Al
Night Games
D.D. Franklin