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Luke Askew
Actor
Born March 26, 1932 in Macon, Georgia, USA
Tall and rangy, usually sporting long mangy hair, and frequently projecting a strong and intense on-screen presence, character actor Luke Askew made a potent and lasting impression playing a substantial volume of mean and fearsome villains in both motion pictures and television shows alike in a career that spanned over forty years. Askew was born on March 26, 1932 in Macon, Georgia, of English and Scandinavian descent. He first developed an interest in acting towards the end of his high school years. He attended the University of Georgia (where he initially planned on getting a B.A. in Business Administration), Mercer University, and the Walter F. George School of Law. Askew served in the U.S. Air Force in strategic air command intelligence during his college years. Following college Askew worked as a radio deejay and television announcer prior to beginning his acting career in Off-Broadway stage productions in New York City (Askew lived in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s and kept himself afloat working as a furniture mover). Luke moved to Los Angeles in 1966 and made his film debut in 1967 in "Harry Sundown". Best known as the stranger on the highway in the hippie counterculture cult classic "Easy Rider", Askew's other memorable roles included the redoubtable Boss Paul in "Cool Hand Luke", the peaceful hippie commune leader Jonathan Tremaine in "Angel Unchained", the scary and brutal thug Automatic Slim in the grim revenge thriller "Rolling Thunder", the sleazy coroner Dexter Ward in "The Beast Within," and the no-nonsense Irish gypsy crime lord Boss Jack Costello in "Traveller". Askew also appeared in a sizable number of Westerns made throughout the 1960s and 1970s: he had a rare lead role in the spaghetti Western "Night of the Serpent" and gave an especially fine performance as tough and stoic veteran cowpoke Luke in the gritty gem "The Culpepper Cattle Co." Among the many TV series Askew popped up in throughout the years are "The High Chaparral", "Mission: Impossible", "Cannon", "Quincy, M.E.", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "Fantasy Island", "T.J. Hooker", "The Fall Guy", "Airwolf", "Murder, She Wrote", "Walker, Texas Ranger", "Everwood", and "Cold Case". He had a recurring role as the dangerous polygamist Hollis Greene on the acclaimed cable TV program "Big Love". Askew died at age 80 at his home in Portland, Oregon on March 29, 2012. He was survived by his wife and his son, Christopher, a painter and tattoo artist.
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Arrow
Arrow
Cool Hand Luke
Frailty
Devil's Brigade: Episode 3 and 4
Easy Rider (4K UHD)
How the West Was Won: The Complete First Season
The Rockford Files, Season 1
Mission Impossible Season 1
Big Love: Season 1
Everwood: The Complete First Season
MacGyver - Season 1
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Murder, She Wrote Season 1
The Greatest American Heroine
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Filmography
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Arrow
Arrow
2006
Big Love: Season 1
2005
The Greatest Game Ever Played
2002
Everwood: The Complete First Season
2001
Frailty
2000
South Of Heaven, West Of Hell
1999
Vendetta
1998
The Newton Boys
1997
Traveller
1996
Savage
1994
Frank and Jesse
1993
Walker: Texas Ranger - Season 1
On the Streets of LA
1991
Dune Warriors
1990
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
1987
Bulletproof
White Horse, Dark Dragon
1985
MacGyver - Season 1
1984
Murder, She Wrote Season 1
The Warrior And The Sorceress
1982
The Beast Within
Knight Rider Classic Season 1
1981
The Fall Guy Season 1
The Greatest American Heroine
1979
Hart to Hart Season 2
Wanda Nevada
1977
Rolling Thunder
1976
How the West Was Won: The Complete First Season
1975
Posse
Mackintosh and TJ
S.W.A.T. Season 1
Walking Tall 2
1974
The Rockford Files, Season 1
1973
Pat Garrett y Billy the Kid
1972
The Glass House
The Magnificent Seven Ride
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1971
Powder Keg - Digitally Remastered (Amazon Exclusive)
1970
Angel Unchained
1969
Flareup (1969)
Easy Rider (4K UHD)
1968
Devil's Brigade: Episode 3 and 4
The Green Berets
1967
Cool Hand Luke
Hurry Sundown
Will Penny
1966
Mission Impossible Season 1
1959
Lorne Greene's Holiday Special - A Bonanza Of Christmas Cheer
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