Luke Askew

Known for ActingBorn 1932-03-26Died 2012-03-29Macon, Georgia, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

This Is the West That Was

The Quest

Cold Case

Code R

Automan

Everwood

MacGyver

Airwolf

Cool Hand Luke

Murder, She Wrote

Knight Rider

The Greatest Game Ever Played

The Rockford Files

Tales of the Gold Monkey

Quincy, M.E.

Mission: Impossible

The 4400

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

The Six Million Dollar Man

Big Love

Frailty

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Walker, Texas Ranger

L.A. Law

S.W.A.T.

Easy Rider

Police Story

How the West Was Won

Hart to Hart

No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

Simon & Simon

Rolling Thunder

Cannon

The High Chaparral

A Matter of Wife... and Death

Manhunter

T. J. Hooker

Will Penny

Night Games

The Glass House

The Culpepper Cattle Co.

Matt Houston

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

The Newton Boys

Hurry Sundown

The Devil's Brigade

Vendetta