Luke Askew

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   Luke Askew born 1932 in Macon Georgia US 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 Premingers 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 LA Law MacGyverWalker Texas Ranger and HBOs 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 DVD1 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia