Luke Askew [8962] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.4438 Birthplace: Macon, Georgia, USA Birthday: 1932-03-26 Deathday: 2012-03-29 Age: 80 years Movies: 44 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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. 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. The Greatest Gam2005-09-30 Frailty2002-04-12 Easy Rider: Shak1999-10-07 Vendetta1999-09-12 The Newton Boys1998-03-26 Traveller1997-04-18 Savage1997-02-07 Frank & Jesse1994-10-21 Father & Son: Da1993-04-19 Dune Warriors1991-01-18 No Retreat, No S1990-01-25 Back to Back1989-01-01 Bulletproof1988-04-20 Legend of the Wh1987-07-13 Kung Fu: The Mov1986-02-01 The Warrior and 1984-09-07 The Beast Within1982-02-12 Wanda Nevada1979-06-01 Rolling Thunder1977-11-02 The Quest1976-05-13 Mackintosh and T1975-11-21 Walking Tall Par1975-09-28 Posse1975-06-04 A Matter of Wife1975-05-03 Attack on Terror1975-02-20 This Is the West1974-12-17 Night Games1974-03-16 Manhunter1974-02-26 Pat Garrett & Bi1973-05-23 Slipstream1973-01-01 The Magnificent 1972-08-01 The Great Northf1972-05-12 The Culpepper Ca1972-04-15 The Glass House1972-02-04 Angel Unchained1970-12-09 Night of the Ser1969-12-23 Flareup1969-11-10 Easy Rider1969-06-26 The Green Berets1968-07-04 The Devil's Brig1968-05-15 Will Penny1967-12-19 Cool Hand Luke1967-11-01 The Happening1967-05-17 Hurry Sundown1967-02-09