
Luke Askew
- Date of Birth: 1932-03-26
- Date of Death: 2012-03-29
- Place of Birth: Macon, Georgia, USA
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... 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.

Easy Rider
Adventure, Drama • 1969 June

S.W.A.T.
Action & Adventure, Drama • 1975 February

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
Documentary • 1999 October

Frailty
Drama, Thriller, Crime • 2002 April

Walker, Texas Ranger
Drama, Western, Crime • 1993 April

Big Love
Drama • 2006 March

How the West Was Won
Western, Drama • 1977 February

Police Story
Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama • 1973 March

Hart to Hart
Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime • 1979 September

Rolling Thunder
Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller • 1977 November