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Red West

Acting Born Mar 8, 1936 Memphis, Tennessee 24 credits

Biography

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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.

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Full filmography

  • The A-Team (1983) as Lt. Trask
  • The A-Team (1983) as Sinclair
  • The A-Team (1983) as Sheriff Brooks
  • The A-Team (1983) as Red Avory
  • Mannix (1967) as Thug (uncredited)
  • Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Bull
  • Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Billy Cockrell
  • The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) as Owner
  • Get Smart (1965) as Balinkov (uncredited)
  • The Wild Wild West (1965) as Man #1
  • Battlestar Galactica (1978) as Marco
  • Rectify (2013) as Taylor
  • Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976) as Sgt. Micklin
  • Arrest and Trial (1963) as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
  • Natural Born Killers (1994) as Cowboy Sheriff
  • The Lieutenant (1963) as Marine (uncredited)
  • The Rainmaker (1997) as Buddy Black
  • Road House (1989) as Red Webster
  • Safe Haven (2013) as Roger
  • I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) as Paulsen
  • Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018) as Self
  • Elvis on Tour (1972) as Self
  • Walking Tall (1973) as Sheriff Tanner
  • Glory Road (2006) as Ross Moore