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Red West

Acting

Born March 8, 1936 · Memphis, Tennessee

Died July 18, 2017

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

Filmography50+ titles

Proud Men

1987as Cookie

Get Smart

1965as Balinkov (uncredited)

Coach of the Year

1980as Superintendant Turner

Rectify

2013as Taylor

The Wild Wild West

1965as Man #1

The A-Team

1983as Lt. Trask

Elvis Presley: The Searcher

2018as Self

Glory Road

2006as Ross Moore

Magnum, P.I.

1980as Bull

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974as Owner

Safe Haven

2013as Roger

Elvis on Tour

1972as Self

A Painted House

2003as Man Discussing Weather (uncredited)

Natural Born Killers

1994as Cowboy Sheriff

Battlestar Galactica

1978as Marco

The Rainmaker

1997as Buddy Black

Goodbye Solo

2008as William

Road House

1989as Red Webster

Mannix

1967as Thug (uncredited)

The Americanization of Emily

1964as Soldier (uncredited)

Framed

1975as Mallory

Walking Tall

1973as Sheriff Tanner

Two for the Seesaw

1962as Party Guest

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

1987as Cockran

Hard Knox

1984as Thomas 'Top' Tuttle

Flaming Star

1960as Native American (uncredited)

Viva Las Vegas

1964as Son of Lone Star State (uncredited)

Wild in the Country

1961as Hank Tyler (uncredited)

Kid Galahad

1962as Opponent (uncredited)

Follow That Dream

1962as Bank Guard (uncredited)

Angel City

1980as Sud

Tickle Me

1965as Mabel's Boyfriend (uncredited)

Roustabout

1964as Carnival Worker (uncredited)

Clambake

1967as Ice Cream Vendor (uncredited)

Fun in Acapulco

1963as Poolside Guest (uncredited)

Above Suspicion

2000as Officer Ward

It Happened at the World's Fair

1963as Fred (uncredited)

Tall Story

1960as Basketball Player /Student (uncredited)

Live a Little, Love a Little

1968as Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)

Spinout

1966as Shorty's Pit Crew (uncredited)

At Any Price

2012as Cliff Whipple

Father of Invention

2010as Sam Bergman

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

1998as Paulsen

Walking Tall Part II

1975as Sheriff Tanner

The Expert

1995as Judge

Once Upon a Texas Train

1988as Bates Boley

Paradise, Hawaiian Style

1966as Rusty

Concrete Cowboys

1979as Chuck

Trapper County War

1989as George

Forty Shades of Blue

2005as Duigan