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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: 5.3
- 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
6.9
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
6.3
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
7
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
7
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
10
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
0
This Is the West That Was
1974-12-17
5.2
Frank & Jesse
1994-10-21
6.3
The Glass House
1972-02-04
5
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
6
Night Games
1974-03-16
5.2
Mackintosh and T.J.
1975-11-21
7.3
The Greatest Game Ever Played
2005-09-30
2
Slipstream
1973-01-01
0
A Matter of Wife... and Death
1975-05-03
7.6
Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30
6.6
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
7.5
Airwolf
1984-01-22
7.6
Knight Rider
1982-09-26
7.8
Cold Case
2003-09-28
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976-10-03
7.6
Everwood
2002-09-16
7
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993-04-21
7
How the West Was Won
1977-02-06
7.8
MacGyver
1985-09-29
7.5
Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982-09-22
6.8
Hart to Hart
1979-09-22
7.6
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
S.W.A.T.
1975-02-24
6.2
Matt Houston
1982-09-26
7.8
Automan
1983-12-15
0
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