
Luke Askew
Known for ActingBorn 1932-03-26Died 2012-03-29Macon, 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.Read more
Movies & web series
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This Is the West That Was
1974 · Movie
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The Quest
1976 · Movie
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Cold Case
2003 · Series
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Code R
1977 · Series
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Automan
1983 · Series
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Everwood
2002 · Series
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MacGyver
1985 · Series
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Airwolf
1984 · Series
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Cool Hand Luke
1967 · Movie
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Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
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The Rockford Files
1974 · Series
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The Greatest Game Ever Played
2005 · Movie
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Knight Rider
1982 · Series
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Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982 · Series
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Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Series
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Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975 · Movie
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Mission: Impossible
1966 · Series
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The 4400
2004 · Series
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Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
1999 · Movie
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The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Series
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Frailty
2002 · Movie
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L.A. Law
1986 · Series
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Big Love
2006 · Series
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Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Series
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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 · Movie
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S.W.A.T.
1975 · Series
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Easy Rider
1969 · Movie
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Police Story
1973 · Series
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How the West Was Won
1977 · Series
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Hart to Hart
1979 · Series
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Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993 · Series
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No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
1990 · Movie
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Rolling Thunder
1977 · Movie
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Simon & Simon
1981 · Series
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The High Chaparral
1967 · Series
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A Matter of Wife... and Death
1975 · Movie
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Manhunter
1974 · Movie
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Cannon
1971 · Series
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T. J. Hooker
1982 · Series
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Will Penny
1967 · Movie
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Night Games
1974 · Movie
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Vendetta
1999 · Movie
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The Glass House
1972 · Movie
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The Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972 · Movie
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Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
1993 · Movie
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The Newton Boys
1998 · Movie
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Matt Houston
1982 · Series
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Hurry Sundown
1967 · Movie