
Luke Askew
Biography
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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 (43 movies)

Cool Hand Luke
1967

Easy Rider
1969

Will Penny
1967

Rolling Thunder
1977

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973

The Green Berets
1968

Traveller
1997

The Devil's Brigade
1968

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972

The Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972

No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
1990

The Magnificent Seven Ride!
1972

Posse
1975

Wanda Nevada
1979

The Warrior and the Sorceress
1984

Legend of the White Horse
1987

Kung Fu: The Movie
1986

Angel Unchained
1970

Walking Tall Part II
1975

The Happening
1967

The Newton Boys
1998

Manhunter
1974

Vendetta
1999

Flareup
1969

Night of the Serpent
1969

Savage
1997

Hurry Sundown
1967

The Quest
1976

Dune Warriors
1991

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
1993

Back to Back
1989

Frailty
2002

Bulletproof
1988

This Is the West That Was
1974

Frank & Jesse
1994

The Glass House
1972

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
1999

The Beast Within
1982

Night Games
1974

Mackintosh and T.J.
1975

The Greatest Game Ever Played
2005

A Matter of Wife... and Death
1975
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