Luke Askew

Luke Askew Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: March 26, 1932

Death Date: March 29, 2012

Birth Place: Macon, Georgia

Since the 1960s, Luke Askew made a career out of playing ruthless bad guys on television and in films. His long hair was an anomaly when he made his first appearance in 1967's "Hurry Sundown," so the director, Otto Preminger, required him to hide it under a hat for the role. Later that year, he made an impression as the aggressive chain gang guard, Boss Paul, who roughs up Paul Newman's title character in the prison drama "Cool Hand Luke." The following year he appeared as Sergeant Albert C. Provo, in the war film "The Green Berets" alongside John Wayne.

It was his role as a communal-living hitchhiker in the 1969 generation-defining hit "Easy Rider," starring Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda as two bikers crossing the country in pursuit of freedom, that brought him to the public's attention and virtually ensured his cult status. His first television role came two years later on an episode of the Western classic "Bonanza," which starred Lorne Greene as a rancher. Since then, he has appeared on many other classic TV programs, including the private detective program "The Rockford Files," the fantasy-drama "Fantasy Island," and the action program "The Six Million Dollar Man." In 2007, he took on a recurring role as Hollis Greene, the leader of a cutthroat polygamist group, on the program "Big Love," which is centered on a fictional Mormon family in Utah.

Credits

Cold CaseStream

Guest Star
Series
2003

EverwoodStream

Guest Star
Series
2002
93%

FrailtyStream

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Sheriff Smalls
Movie
2002
75%

South of Heaven, West of HellStream

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Leland Henry
Movie
2000
14%

Vendetta

Actor
William Parkerson
Movie
1999

Traveller

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Boss Jack Costello
Movie
1997

Frank & JesseStream

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Lone Rider
Movie
1995
20%

Savage

Actor
Capt. Rohmer
Movie
1995

Walker, Texas RangerStream

Guest Star
Series
1993

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

Guest Star
Series
1993

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

Actor
The Warden
Movie
1993

Guerreras del Infierno

Actor
Movie
1991

Dune Warriors

Actor
William
Movie
1991

No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers

Actor
Atteron
Movie
1990

Back to Back

Actor
Wade Duro
Movie
1989

Bialy smok

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Frank Brown
Movie
1986

Kung Fu: The Movie

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Sheriff Mills
Movie
1986

MacGyverStream

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Series
1985

Murder, She WroteStream

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Noah Harwood
Series
1984

AirwolfStream

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Tony
Series
1984

The Warrior and the Sorceress

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Zeg the Tyrant
Movie
1984

Knight RiderStream

Guest Star
Ron Austin
Series
1982

The Beast Within

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Dexter Ward
Movie
1982

The Fall GuyStream

Guest Star
Series
1981

The Greatest American HeroStream

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Matt
Series
1981

Hart to HartStream

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Series
1979

B. J. and the Bear

Guest Star
Series
1979

Wanda Nevada

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Ruby Muldoon
Movie
1979

Fantasy IslandStream

Guest Star
Series
1978

How the West Was WonStream

Guest Star
Series
1977

Rolling Thunder

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Automatic Slim
Movie
1977

The Invasion of Johnson County

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Deputy Sheriff Brookes
Movie
1976

The Quest: The Longest DriveStream

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Crane
Movie
1976

The Blue Knight

Guest Star
Show
1975

Walking Tall Part II

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Pinky Dobson
Movie
1975

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

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Aaron Cord
Movie
1975

PosseStream

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Krag
Movie
1975
67%

Part 2, Walking Tall

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Pinky Dobson
Movie
1975

MacKintosh and T.J.

Actor
Cal
Movie
1975

A Matter of Wife... and Death

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Snell
Movie
1975

The Rockford FilesStream

Guest Star
Al
Series
1974

This Is the West That Was

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Oscar Wellman
Movie
1974

Manhunter

Actor
Max Chabriol
Movie
1974

Night Games

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D.D. Franklin
Movie
1974

Le Justicier

Actor
Movie
1974

Police Story

Actor
Nicholson
Series
1973

The Six Million Dollar ManStream

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Banner
Series
1973

Pat Garrett and Billy the KidStream

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Eno
Movie
1973
57%

Slipstream

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Mike Mallard
Movie
1973

Une voix dans la nuit

Actor
Movie
1973

The Culpepper Cattle Company

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Luke
Movie
1972

The Great Northfield Minnesota RaidStream

Actor
Jim Younger
Movie
1972
73%

The Glass House

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Bibleback
Movie
1972

The Magnificent Seven Ride!Stream

Actor
Mark Skinner
Movie
1972

Longstreet

Guest Star
Show
1971

Cannon

Guest Star
Ben Zelko
Series
1971

Tueur de filles

Actor
Movie
1970

Angel Unchained

Actor
Jonathan Tremaine
Movie
1970

Sed de Crimen

Actor
Movie
1969

La notte dei serpenti

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Luke
Movie
1969

Flareup

Actor
Alan Moris
Movie
1969

Easy RiderStream

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Stranger on highway
Movie
1969
84%

Will PennyStream

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Foxy
Movie
1968
87%

The Green Berets

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Sgt. Provo
Movie
1968

The Devil's BrigadeStream

Actor
Pvt. Hubert Hixon
Movie
1968
50%

The High Chaparral

Guest Star
Series
1967

The Happening

Actor
Second Motorcycle Officer
Movie
1967

BonanzaStream

Guest Star
Series
1959