Luke Askew
Acting
1932-03-26 · Macon, 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.
Filmography
Big Love
2006 · Series
The Greatest Game Ever Played
2005 · Movie
The 4400
2004 · Series
Cold Case
2003 · Series
Everwood
2002 · Series
Frailty
2002 · Movie
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
1999 · Movie
Vendetta
1999 · Movie
The Newton Boys
1998 · Movie
Traveller
1997 · Movie
Savage
1997 · Movie
Frank & Jesse
1994 · Movie
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Series
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
1993 · Movie
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993 · Series
Dune Warriors
1991 · Movie
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
1990 · Movie
Back to Back
1989 · Movie
Bulletproof
1988 · Movie
Legend of the White Horse
1987 · Movie
L.A. Law
1986 · Series
Kung Fu: The Movie
1986 · Movie
MacGyver
1985 · Series
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
The Warrior and the Sorceress
1984 · Movie
Airwolf
1984 · Series
Automan
1983 · Series
Knight Rider
1982 · Series
Matt Houston
1982 · Series
Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982 · Series
T. J. Hooker
1982 · Series
The Beast Within
1982 · Movie
Simon & Simon
1981 · Series
Hart to Hart
1979 · Series
Wanda Nevada
1979 · Movie
Rolling Thunder
1977 · Movie
How the West Was Won
1977 · Series
Code R
1977 · Series
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Series
The Quest
1976 · Movie
Mackintosh and T.J.
1975 · Movie
Walking Tall Part II
1975 · Movie
Posse
1975 · Movie
A Matter of Wife... and Death
1975 · Movie
S.W.A.T.
1975 · Series
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975 · Series
This Is the West That Was
1974 · Movie
The Rockford Files
1974 · Series
Night Games
1974 · Movie
Manhunter
1974 · Movie
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Series
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 · Movie
Police Story
1973 · Series
Slipstream
1973 · Movie
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
1972 · Movie
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972 · Movie
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972 · Movie
The Glass House
1972 · Movie
Cannon
1971 · Series
Angel Unchained
1970 · Movie
Night of the Serpent
1969 · Movie
Flareup
1969 · Movie
Easy Rider
1969 · Movie
The Green Berets
1968 · Movie
The Devil's Brigade
1968 · Movie
Will Penny
1967 · Movie
Cool Hand Luke
1967 · Movie
The High Chaparral
1967 · Series
The Happening
1967 · Movie
Hurry Sundown
1967 · Movie
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Series