Actor info
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Name :
Red West
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Born :
March 8, 1936 in Memphis, Tennessee (81 years at death)
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Died :
July 18, 2017
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
55 films (1960–2016)
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Biography
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 U.S. 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Notable films
- Safe Haven (2013) as Roger
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) as Paulsen
- The Rainmaker (1997) as Buddy Black
- Natural Born Killers (1994) as Cowboy Sheriff
- Road House (1989) as Red Webster
