Red West
Born in Memphis, Tennessee — Mar 08 1936• Died Jul 18 2017
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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 Sw…
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Red West's Credits
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The A-Team
Lt. Trask
Magnum, P.I.
Bull
Mannix
Thug (uncredited)
Get Smart
Balinkov (uncredited)
The Six Million Dollar Man
Owner
The Wild Wild West
Man #1
Rectify
Taylor
Battlestar Galactica
Marco
Arrest and Trial
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Natural Born Killers
Cowboy Sheriff
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Paulsen
The Rainmaker
Buddy Black
Road House
Red Webster
Safe Haven
Roger
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Self
Glory Road
Ross Moore
Walking Tall
Sheriff Tanner
Roustabout
Carnival Worker (uncredited)
Tickle Me
Mabel's Boyfriend (uncredited)
The Duke
Two for the Seesaw
Party Guest
Once Upon a Texas Train
Bates Boley
Flaming Star
Native American (uncredited)
Fun in Acapulco
Poolside Guest (uncredited)
At Any Price
Cliff Whipple
The Expert
Judge
Clambake
Ice Cream Vendor (uncredited)
A Painted House
Man Discussing Weather (uncredited)
Ice Palace
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Wild in the Country
Hank Tyler (uncredited)
Father of Invention
Sam Bergman
The Americanization of Emily
Soldier (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
Officer Ward
Cookie's Fortune
Mr. Henderson
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Cockran
Raw Nerve
Dave
Framed
Mallory
Spinout
Shorty's Pit Crew (uncredited)
Felony
Chief Edwards
Kid Galahad
Opponent (uncredited)
From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One
Sgt. Bob Maddox
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Judge
Follow That Dream
Bank Guard (uncredited)
Confessions of a Married Man
Coach
The Black Dove
Detective Randall Hayward
Will: G. Gordon Liddy
Kaworski
Concrete Cowboys
Chuck
Her Hidden Truth
Leon Sykes
Walking Tall Part II
Sheriff Tanner
Coach of the Year
Superintendant Turner
Angel City
Sud
Viva Las Vegas
Son of Lone Star State (uncredited)
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Rusty
Elvis on Tour
Self
It Happened at the World's Fair
Fred (uncredited)
Live a Little, Love a Little
Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)
Forty Shades of Blue
Duigan
Hard Knox
Thomas 'Top' Tuttle
Charley Hannah
David 'OO' Buck
Prey of the Chameleon
Pritchard
Proud Men
Cookie
Trapper County War
George
Goodbye Solo
William
The Legend Of Grizzly Adams
Bodine
The P.A.C.K.
Sheriff Charlie Stone