Red West

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Red West born 1936 is an American actor film stuntman and songwriter West was born Robert Gene West in Memphis Tennessee the son of Lois and Newton Thomas West He was a close high school friend of rock and roll singer Elvis Presley An excellent athlete and former US Marine West played football for his high school and junior college teams and was a boxer in the Golden Gloves championships Today he is probably best known to American film audiences for his role as Red in Road House alongside Patrick Swayze Description above from the Wikipedia article Red West licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia