Luke Askew

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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" Description above from the Wikipedia article  Luke Askew licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1932-03-26
  • event Death Date 2012-03-29
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 6.4
  • info Birth Place Macon, Georgia, USA
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7.7

Cool Hand Luke

1967-11-01

7.1

Easy Rider

1969-06-26

6.5

Will Penny

1967-12-19

6.8

Rolling Thunder

1977-11-02

7.2

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973-05-23

5.7

The Green Berets

1968-07-04

5.6

Traveller

1997-04-18

6.3

The Devil's Brigade

1968-05-15

5.7

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

1972-05-12

6.4

The Culpepper Cattle Co.

1972-04-15

6.4

No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers

1990-01-25

5.4

The Magnificent Seven Ride!

1972-08-01

5.9

Posse

1975-06-04

5.6

Wanda Nevada

1979-06-01

4.2

The Warrior and the Sorceress

1984-09-07

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Legend of the White Horse

1987-07-13

5

Kung Fu The Movie

1986-02-01

4.7

Angel Unchained

1970-12-09

5.4

Walking Tall Part II

1975-09-28

5.9

The Happening

1967-05-17

6.1

The Newton Boys

1998-03-26

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Manhunter

1974-02-26

6.4

Vendetta

1999-09-12

5.4

Flareup

1969-11-10

4.4

Savage

1997-02-07

5.5

Night of the Serpent

1969-12-23

6.5

Hurry Sundown

1967-02-09

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The Quest

1976-05-13

4.1

Dune Warriors

1991-01-18

6

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

1993-04-19

2.5

Back to Back

1989-01-01

7

Frailty

2002-04-12

5.2

Bulletproof

1988-04-20

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This Is the West That Was

1974-12-17

5.2

Frank & Jesse

1994-10-21

6.3

The Glass House

1972-02-04

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

1975-02-20

7

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

1999-10-07

5.5

The Beast Within

1982-02-12

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Night Games

1974-03-16

5.2

Mackintosh and T.J.

1975-11-21

7.3

The Greatest Game Ever Played

2005-09-30

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Slipstream

1973-01-01

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A Matter of Wife... and Death

1975-05-03

7.6

Murder, She Wrote

1984-09-30

6.5

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

1993-01-27

6.3

T. J. Hooker

1982-03-13

7.2

The 4400

2004-07-11

7.1

L.A. Law

1986-09-15

6.7

Simon & Simon

1981-11-24

7.6

Airwolf

1984-01-22

7.6

Knight Rider

1982-09-26

7.8

Cold Case

2003-09-28

7.6

Everwood

2002-09-16

7.5

Quincy, M.E.

1976-10-03

7

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993-04-21

7

How the West Was Won

1977-02-06

7.7

MacGyver

1985-09-29

7.5

Tales of the Gold Monkey

1982-09-22

6.9

Hart to Hart

1979-09-22

7.7

Mission: Impossible

1966-09-17

6.5

Cannon

1971-09-14

6.9

Big Love

2006-03-12

7.1

Police Story

1973-03-20

6.5

The High Chaparral

1967-09-10

7.1

S.W.A.T.

1975-02-24

6.2

Matt Houston

1982-09-26

7.8

Automan

1983-12-15

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Code R

1977-01-21

7.5

The Rockford Files

1974-09-13

7.5

The Rockford Files

1974-09-13

7.3

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974-01-18

7.6

Murder, She Wrote

1984-09-30