Geoffrey Lewis
Acting Born Jul 31, 1935 Died Apr 7, 2015 Plainfield, New Jersey, USA 210 credits
Biography
Geoffrey Lewis was an American character actor born on July 31, 1935, in Plainfield, New Jersey, USA. He worked extensively in film and television, appearing in a variety of projects including Law & Order: Criminal Intent, My Name is Earl, Down in the Valley, The Butcher, Maverick, When Every Day Was the Fourth of July, and Salem's Lot. Lewis collaborated with several notable directors and actors, including Clint Eastwood, Edward Norton, Eric Roberts, Mel Gibson, and Dean Jones. He passed away on April 7, 2015, at the age of 79. Lewis accumulated a substantial body of work, with over 197 credits to his name, primarily in acting.
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Career overview
Geoffrey Lewis was an American character actor. His filmography includes a wide range of television shows and films. He appeared in Law & Order: Criminal Intent and My Name is Earl, as well as films such as Down in the Valley, The Butcher, Maverick, and When Every Day Was the Fourth of July. Lewis also co-starred in the cult classic made-for-television movie Salem's Lot.
Lewis frequently collaborated with actor-director Clint Eastwood in several films, including Midnight in the Garden of Evil, Pink Cadillac, Any Which Way You Can, Bronco Billy, and Every Which Way. He has worked on numerous other projects throughout his career, with a total of 197 known credits.
Geoffrey Lewis was born on July 31, 1935, in Plainfield, New Jersey, USA. He passed away on April 7, 2015, at the age of 79. Lewis's acting career spanned many years, with a notable body of work in both television and film.
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Brothers Broken
High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
Mommy's Little MonsterRetreat!
Pickin' and Grinnin'Miss Nobody
The Haunted World of El SuperbeastoThe Butcher
Christmas CottagePaura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
Moving McAllisterCold Ones
Voodoo MoonWicked Little ThingsWild HeartsFingerprints
Criminal MindsMy Name Is EarlThe Devil's RejectsFat ActressDown in the Valley
HouseThe MountainBlueberryPatientsPlainsong
Nip/TuckCold CaseLas VegasMind GamesA Painted House
The New GuyA Light in the Darkness
Law & Order: Criminal IntentThe GuardianSunstormVampire Resurrection
TitusThe HuntressThe Prophet's GameThe Way of the GunClint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Five Aces
Dawson's Creek
Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilAmerican Perfekt
An Occasional HellTrilogy of Terror II
When the Dark Man CallsThe JanitorThe Janitor · WriterLand's EndKansas
MaverickWhite Fang 2: Myth of the White WolfNational Lampoon's Last ResortThe Dragon GateDay of Reckoning
The X-FilesWalker, Texas RangerThe Man Without a FacePoint of No ReturnOnly the Strong
The Lawnmower ManWishman
Double Impact
Shades of L.A.Gunsmoke: The Last ApacheDisturbedMatters of the Heart
Tango & CashPink CadillacFletch LivesCatch Me... If You CanDesperado: The Outlaw Wars
Pancho BarnesOut of the DarkTime Out
J.J. StarbuckThe Oldest RookieThe Story of Book OneA Woman's Guide to Firearms
Designing WomenSidekicksAnnihilatorDallas: The Early YearsSpot Marks the X
MacGyverThe Golden GirlsAmazing StoriesShadow ChasersWildside
Murder, She WroteMurder, She WroteMurder, She WroteMurder, She WroteHighway to Heaven
Full Filmography
210 titles- Brothers Broken (2026) as self
- High & Outside: A Baseball Noir (2018) as Len Harding
- Mommy's Little Monster (2012) as Stanley Melnick
- Retreat! (2012) as Sullivan
- Pickin' and Grinnin' (2010) as Cletus
- Miss Nobody (2010) as Mr. Ketchum
- The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009) as Lenny (voice)
- The Butcher (2009) as Naylor
- Christmas Cottage (2008) as Butch
- Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 (2008) as Self
- Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance (2008) as Lewis
- Moving McAllister (2007) as Crazy Old Martin
- Cold Ones (2007) as Felton Jones
- Voodoo Moon (2006) as Old Man #1
- Wicked Little Things (2006) as Harold Thompson
- Wild Hearts (2006) as Hank
- Fingerprints (2006) as Keeler
- Criminal Minds (2005) as Coroner
- My Name Is Earl (2005) as Gwen's Dad
- The Devil's Rejects (2005) as Roy Sullivan
- Fat Actress (2005) as Kirstie's Father
- Down in the Valley (2005) as Sheridan
- The Fallen Ones (2005) as Gus
- 30 Days in Hell: The Making of 'The Devil's Rejects' (2005) as Self
- House (2004) as Older Man
- The Mountain (2004)
- Blueberry (2004) as Greg Sullivan
- Patients (2004) as God
- Plainsong (2004) as Raymond McPheron
- Nip/Tuck (2003) as Dr. Marcus Grayson
- Cold Case (2003) as Nathan 'Jonesy' Jones (2004)
- Las Vegas (2003) as Pops Castille
- Mind Games (2003) as Melvin Reeves
- A Painted House (2003) as Mr. Spruill
- Brazilian Brawl (2003) as Bolton
- Brazilian Brawl (2003) Writer
- The New Guy (2002) as Principal Zaylor
- A Light in the Darkness (2002) as Stanley Melnick
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Butch Perkins
- The Guardian (2001) as Mr. Copeland
- Sunstorm (2001) as Browner
- Vampire Resurrection (2001) as Geoff, Morgue Attendant
- Titus (2000) as Calvin
- The Huntress (2000)
- The Prophet's Game (2000) as Guest #1
- The Way of the Gun (2000) as Abner Mercer
- Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000) as Self
- Highway 395 (2000) as Dilbert Quintana
- Five Aces (1999) as Sloan
- Dawson's Creek (1998) as Uncle Bill Braxton
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) as Luther Driggers
- American Perfekt (1997) as Willy
- An Occasional Hell (1996) as Draper Jewett
- Trilogy of Terror II (1996) as Stubbs
- When the Dark Man Calls (1995) as Parmenter
- The Janitor (1995) as The Janitor (voice)
- The Janitor (1995) Writer
- Land's End (1995) as Willis P. Dunleevy
- Kansas (1995) as J.D.
- Maverick (1994) as Matthew Wicker / Eugene, Banker
- White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994) as Heath
- National Lampoon's Last Resort (1994) as Rex Carver
- The Dragon Gate (1994) as Shin'ichi
- Day of Reckoning (1994) as Matt Corman
- The X-Files (1993) as Alfred Fellig
- Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) as Sheriff Beau Langley
- The Man Without a Face (1993) as Chief Wayne Stark
- Point of No Return (1993) as Drugstore Owner
- Only the Strong (1993) as Kerrigan
- Joshua Tree (1993) as Sheriff Cepeda
- The Lawnmower Man (1992) as Terry McKeen
- Wishman (1992) as Hitchcock the Genie
- Double Impact (1991) as Frank Avery
- Shades of L.A. (1990)
- Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990) as Bodine
- Disturbed (1990) as Michael Kahn
- Matters of the Heart (1990) as Frank Harper
- Tango & Cash (1989) as Captain Schroeder (uncredited)
- Pink Cadillac (1989) as Ricky Z
- Fletch Lives (1989) as KKK Leader
- Catch Me... If You Can (1989) as Mr. Johnson
- Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (1989) as Oliver Ostrow
- Pancho Barnes (1988) as Ben Catlin
- Out of the Dark (1988) as Dennis
- Time Out (1988) as Mr. Steve Smith
- J.J. Starbuck (1987)
- The Oldest Rookie (1987) as Ike's Friend
- The Story of Book One (1987)
- A Woman's Guide to Firearms (1987) as Self
- Designing Women (1986) as Dr. Davis Jackson
- Sidekicks (1986)
- Annihilator (1986) as Prof. Alan Jeffries
- Dallas: The Early Years (1986) as Ed Porter
- Spot Marks the X (1986) as Dirty Jerry
- MacGyver (1985) as David Crane
- The Golden Girls (1985) as Chuck
- Amazing Stories (1985) as Dan
- Shadow Chasers (1985) as Cooper
- Wildside (1985)
- Lust in the Dust (1985) as Hard Case Williams
- Stitches (1985) as Ralph Rizzo
- Stormin' Home (1985) as Scooter Lee
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Lester Grimshaw
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Hank Crenshaw
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Kenny Oakes
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Roger Yates
- Highway to Heaven (1984)
- Blue Thunder (1984) as Sheriff Kyle C. Tenney
- Night of the Comet (1984) as Carter
- Hot Pursuit (1984) as Sheriff Ford
- The A-Team (1983) as Colonel Mack Stoddard
- The A-Team (1983) as Kale Sykes
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
- Mama's Family (1983)
- 10 to Midnight (1983) as Dave Dante
- September Gun (1983) as Sheriff Johnson
- The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983) as Janus
- Travis McGee (1983) as John Tuckerman
- Gun Shy (1983) as Amos Tucker
- The Shadow Riders (1982) as Major Cooper Ashbury, Comanchero Leader
- Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice (1982) as Captain Charley Rawlins
- I, the Jury (1982) as Joe Butler
- Falcon Crest (1981) as Lucas Crosby
- Bret Maverick (1981)
- Skyward Christmas (1981) as Koup
- Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Lloyd DeWitt
- Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Gus Zimmer / Donald Gilbert
- Heaven's Gate (1980) as Trapper Fred
- Flo (1980)
- Belle Starr (1980) as Reverend Meeks
- Any Which Way You Can (1980) as Orville Boggs
- Bronco Billy (1980) as John Arlington
- The Jericho Mile (1980) as Dr. Bill Jankowski
- Tom Horn (1980) as Walter Stoll
- B. J. and the Bear (1979)
- Salem's Lot (1979) as Mike Ryerson
- Human Experiments (1979) as Doctor Kline
- Samurai (1979) as Harold Tigner
- Tilt (1979) as Truck Driver
- Mork & Mindy (1978) as Deputy Tilwick
- Centennial (1978) as Sheriff Bogardus
- The Amazing Spider-Man (1978)
- Every Which Way but Loose (1978) as Orville Boggs
- When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978) as Albert Cavanaugh - The Snowman
- Shoot the Sun Down (1978) as Scalphunter
- Silver Saddle (1978) as 2 Strike Snake
- Lou Grant (1977) as Sheriff
- Hunter (1977)
- The Deadly Triangle (1977) as Red Bayliss
- The Hunted Lady (1977) as Mr. Eckert
- Alice (1976)
- Laverne & Shirley (1976)
- City of Angels (1976)
- Monster Squad (1976) as The Skull
- The Great Houdinis (1976) as Dr. Crandon
- The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976) as Zenas
- The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1976) as Dutton
- Starsky & Hutch (1975) as Monk
- S.W.A.T. (1975)
- Lucky Lady (1975) as Lt. Aaron Mosely
- Smile (1975) as Wilson
- The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) as Newt
- The Wind and the Lion (1975) as Samuel Gummere
- Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975) as Ed Duncan
- Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975) as Ed Duncan
- Little House on the Prairie (1974) as Cole Younger
- The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) as Charlie Wynn
- Police Woman (1974) as Officer Akers
- Police Woman (1974) as Vern Spear
- Police Woman (1974) as Gates
- Harry O (1974) as Senator John Elton
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) as Eddie Goody
- The Gun and the Pulpit (1974) as Jason McCoy
- The Great Ice Rip-Off (1974) as Archie
- Honky Tonk (1974) as Roper
- Macon County Line (1974) as Hamp
- Barnaby Jones (1973) as Earl
- High Plains Drifter (1973) as Stacey Bridges
- My Name Is Nobody (1973) as Leader of the Wild Bunch
- Dillinger (1973) as Harry Pierpont
- The Baggs (1973) as Cop
- The Waltons (1972)
- The Rookies (1972)
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
- The Edwardians (1972) as Lord Allerton
- Moon of the Wolf (1972) as Lawrence
- Bad Company (1972) as Hobbs
- The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972) as Russ
- Kung Fu (1972) as Johnson
- Cannon (1971)
- Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
- The Todd Killings (1971) as Mr. Carpenter's Son
- The Todd Killings (1971) as Mr. Carpenter's Son (uncredited)
- Welcome Home, Soldier Boys (1971) as Francis Rapture
- McCloud (1970)
- Dan August (1970) as Jerry
- Then Came Bronson (1969) as Gus Arlington
- Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Commander Chris Nolan
- The Name of the Game (1968) as Bates
- The Mod Squad (1968)
- Mannix (1967) as Ernest
- Mannix (1967) as Killer
- The High Chaparral (1967) as Bum
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Proctor
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Lusk
- The Fat Black Pussycat (1963) as Man in Park (uncredited)
- A for Andromeda (1961) as Doctor Geers
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Lafitte Bonner
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Raymond McPheron
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Geoffrey Lewis best known for?
Geoffrey Lewis is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Moving McAllister (2007), Voodoo Moon (2006), Wicked Little Things (2006), Criminal Minds (2005).
When and where was Geoffrey Lewis born?
Geoffrey Lewis was born on July 31, 1935 in Plainfield, New Jersey, USA. They passed away on April 7, 2015.
How many credits does Geoffrey Lewis have?
Geoffrey Lewis has accumulated over 210 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1944 to 2026.
What is Geoffrey Lewis's background in cinema and television?
Geoffrey Lewis was an American character actor born on July 31, 1935, in Plainfield, New Jersey, USA. He worked extensively in film and television, appearing in a variety of projects including Law & Order: Criminal Intent, My Name is Earl, Down in the Valley, The Butcher, Maverick, When Every Day Was the Fourth of July...
Geoffrey Lewis by the numbers
210credits
124films
86TV series
1944–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Raymond McPheron — aged about 15
- House (2004) as Older Man — aged about 68
- The X-Files (1993) as Alfred Fellig — aged about 57
- Criminal Minds (2005) as Coroner — aged about 69
- Hunter (1977) — aged about 41
- Little House on the Prairie (1974) as Cole Younger — aged about 38
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