Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/26/1932
Place of Birth
Macon, Georgia, USA
Luke Askew
Biography
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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...
Known For
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
as Atteron
A Matter of Wife... and Death
as Snell
Easy Rider
as Stranger on Highway
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
as Mark Skinner
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Jim Younger
Frailty
as Sheriff Smalls
Legend of the White Horse
as Frank Brown
Bulletproof
as Gen. Gallo
Wanda Nevada
as Ruby Muldoon
Cool Hand Luke
as Boss Paul
Night Games
as D.D. Franklin
The Greatest Game Ever Played
as Alec Campbell
Traveller
as Boss Jack Costello
Hurry Sundown
as Dolph Higginson
The Green Berets
as Sgt. Provo
Flareup
as Alan Moris
The Devil's Brigade
as Pvt. Hubert Hixon
Posse
as Krag
Vendetta
as William Parkerson
Savage
as Capt. Rohmer