Luke Askew (March 26, 1932 – March 29, 2012)

Luke Askew was a character actor for more than 40 years. He 
is best known for his role in the 1969 film Easy Rider. Askew
made his film debut in the 1967 Otto Preminger film Hurry
Sundown. He was a native of Macon, Georgia, later moving 
to Lake Oswego, Oregon. He died Thursday, March 29 at 
his Lake Oswego home of lung cancer.  
 

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Luke Askew in Hurry Sundown

Askew as seen in Easy Rider

Actor Max Von Sydow was born Carl Adolf von Sydow in Lund, Skåne,
Sweden. He has starred in many films and had supporting roles in
dozens more. Von Sydow is bet remembered for his portrayal of
Jesus The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), and as Father Merrin
in The Exorcist (1973).

Shecky Greene ((born Fred Sheldon Greenfield) is known for his nightclub
performances in Las Vegas as a headliner for more than thirty years. His
first gig in Vegas was in 1953. He has appeared in several films, including
History of the World, Part l (1981) and Splash (1984). He also made guest
appearances on TV shows such as Mad About You, Laverne & Shirley,
Love American Style, and Combat.

            Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004)

Bando is considered to be one of the most important actors in modern
American Cinema and was one of only three professional actors, along
with Charlie Chaplin and Marilyn Monroe, named by Time magazine as
one of its 100 Persons of the Century in 1999.

Marlon Brando became a screen star during the 1950s, winning his
first Academy Award for his performance as Terry Malloy in the 1954
film On the Waterfront. His second Academy Award came in 1972
for his  role as Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s The
Godfather.

Brando in The Godfather

 
Marlon Brando as Col. Walter Kurtz in Apocalypse Now (1970)

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                   Buddy Ebsen (born Christian Rudolph Ebsen, Jr.) 

                                        (April 2, 1908 – July 6, 2003)
                      

Buddy Ebsen was a performer for seven decades and had starring roles such as
Jed Clampett in the long-running CBS television series The Beverly Hillbillies from
1962 to 1971 and as the title character in the CBS detective series Barnaby Jones
from 1973 to 1980. He also played Fess Parker’s sidekick in Walt Disney’s Davy
Crockett miniseries on NBC from 1954 to 1955.

Dane Clark, and Buddy Ebsen (seated) in the March 24, 1961 Twilight Zone episode ”The Prime Mover” (Season 2 #21).

From left: Buddy Ebsen and Fess Parker in the Walt Disney TV series
Davy Crockett (1954).