Luke Askew

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-03-26 (80 years old)

Deathday

2012-03-29

Place of Birth

Macon, Georgia, USA

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...

Acting

1967

Cool Hand Luke

as Boss Paul

1969

Easy Rider

as Stranger on Highway

1967

Will Penny

as Foxy

1977

Rolling Thunder

as Automatic Slim

1968

The Green Berets

as Sgt. Provo

1997

Traveller

as Boss Jack Costello

1968

The Devil's Brigade

as Pvt. Hubert Hixon

1972

1975

Posse

as Krag

1979

Wanda Nevada

as Ruby Muldoon

1984

1987

1986

Kung Fu: The Movie

as Sheriff Mills

1970

Angel Unchained

as Jonathan Tremaine

1975

Walking Tall Part II

as Pinky Dobson

1967

The Happening

as Second Motorcycle Officer

1998

The Newton Boys

as Chief Schoemaker

1974

Manhunter

as Max Chabriol

1999

Vendetta

as William Parkerson

1969

Flareup

as Alan Moris

1997

Savage

as Capt. Rohmer

1967

Hurry Sundown

as Dolph Higginson

1976

The Quest

as Crane

1991

Dune Warriors

as William

1989

Back to Back

as Wade Duro

2002

Frailty

as Sheriff Smalls

1988

Bulletproof

as Gen. Gallo

1974

1994

Frank & Jesse

as Lone Rider

1972

The Glass House

as Bibleback

1982

The Beast Within

as Dexter Ward

1974

Night Games

as D.D. Franklin

2005

1973

Slipstream

as Mike Mallard

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