​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.

Filmography

• Big Love — Hollis Greene
• 2005The Greatest Game Ever Played — Alec Campbell
• The 4400 — Lee Kendall
• Cold Case — Max Heidhorn (2008)
• Everwood — Marvin Harrison
• 2002Frailty — Sheriff Smalls
• 1999Vendetta — William Parkerson
• 1998The Newton Boys — Chief Schoemaker
• 1997Savage — Capt. Rohmer
• 1997Traveller — Boss Jack Costello
• 1994Frank & Jesse — Lone Rider
• 1993Father & Son: Dangerous Relations — The Warden
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues — Liam Holmes
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Roger Dansfield
• 1991Dune Warriors — William
• 1990No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers — Atteron
• 1989Back to Back — Wade Duro
• 1988Bulletproof — Gen. Gallo
• 1987Legend of the White Horse — Frank Brown
• 1986Kung Fu: The Movie — Sheriff Mills
• L.A. Law — Ron Messer
• MacGyver — Warden Renfro
• Airwolf — Tony
• Murder, She Wrote — Terry Montagne, Noah Harwood
• 1984The Warrior and the Sorceress — Zeg the Tyrant
• Automan
• Knight Rider — Ron Austin
• Matt Houston
• T. J. Hooker — Brad Thurman
• Tales of the Gold Monkey
• 1982The Beast Within — Dexter Ward
• Simon & Simon
• Hart to Hart
• 1979Wanda Nevada — Ruby Muldoon
• Code R — Tom-Tom
• How the West Was Won
• 1977Rolling Thunder — Automatic Slim
• Quincy, M.E. — Carl DeReatis
• 1976The Quest — Crane
• 1975A Matter of Wife... and Death — Snell
• Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan — Aaron Cord
• 1975Mackintosh and T.J. — Cal
• 1975Posse — Krag
• S.W.A.T.
• 1975Walking Tall Part II — Pinky Dobson
• 1974Manhunter — Max Chabriol
• 1974Night Games — D.D. Franklin
• The Rockford Files — Al, Benson Kelly / Robert Coffee
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Banner
• 1974This Is the West That Was — Oscar Wellman
• 1973Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid — Eno
• Police Story
• 1973Slipstream — Mike Mallard
• 1972The Culpepper Cattle Co. — Luke
• 1972The Glass House — Bibleback
• 1972The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid — Jim Younger
• 1972The Magnificent Seven Ride! — Mark Skinner
• Cannon
• 1970Angel Unchained — Jonathan Tremaine
• 1969Easy Rider — Stranger on Highway
• 1969Flareup — Alan Moris
• 1969Night of the Serpent — Luke
• 1968The Devil's Brigade — Pvt. Hubert Hixon
• 1968The Green Berets — Sgt. Provo
• 1967Cool Hand Luke — Boss Paul
• 1967Hurry Sundown — Dolph Higginson
• 1967The Happening — Second Motorcycle Officer
• The High Chaparral — Johnny Ringo
• 1967Will Penny — Foxy
• Mission: Impossible — Victor Pietro Duchell

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1999Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage — Self