Luke Askew
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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"
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T. J. Hooker
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Quincy, M.E.
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The Rockford Files
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Walker, Texas Ranger
Roger Dansfield
Everwood
Marvin Harrison
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Liam Holmes
Airwolf
Tony
The 4400
Lee Kendall
L.A. Law
Ron Messer
Big Love
Hollis Greene
Mission: Impossible
Victor Pietro Duchell
Police Story
Matt Houston
How the West Was Won
Tales of the Gold Monkey
Automan
S.W.A.T.
Code R
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Cool Hand Luke
Boss Paul
Easy Rider
Stranger on Highway
Frailty
Sheriff Smalls
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Alec Campbell
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Eno
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
Mark Skinner
Posse
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The Green Berets
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No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
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The Devil's Brigade
Pvt. Hubert Hixon
Rolling Thunder
Automatic Slim
The Newton Boys
Chief Schoemaker
Will Penny
Foxy
Dune Warriors
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Vendetta
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Night Games
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Walking Tall Part II
Pinky Dobson
The Beast Within
Dexter Ward
The Warrior and the Sorceress
Zeg the Tyrant
The Glass House
Bibleback
Flareup
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Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
The Warden
Kung Fu: The Movie
Sheriff Mills
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Jim Younger
Hurry Sundown
Dolph Higginson
Wanda Nevada
Ruby Muldoon
The Happening
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Lone Rider
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Savage
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Manhunter
Max Chabriol
This Is the West That Was
Oscar Wellman
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Angel Unchained
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A Matter of Wife... and Death
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Back to Back
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Legend of the White Horse
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Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
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