Red West
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1936-03-08 – 2017-07-18
Place of birth: Memphis, Tennessee
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
Known for
Road House
1989Red Webster
Viva Las Vegas
1964Son of Lone Star State (uncredited)
Goodbye Solo
2009William
The Rainmaker
1997Buddy Black
Walking Tall Part II
1975Sheriff Tanner
Clambake
1967Ice Cream Vendor (uncredited)
Spinout
1966Shorty's Pit Crew (uncredited)
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992Judge
Glory Road
2006Ross Moore
Live a Little, Love a Little
1968Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)
The Legend Of Grizzly Adams
1991Bodine
At Any Price
2012Cliff Whipple
Flaming Star
1960Native American (uncredited)
Forty Shades of Blue
2005Duigan
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988Bates Boley
Walking Tall
1973Sheriff Tanner
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
1966Rusty
Hard Knox
1984Thomas 'Top' Tuttle
Two for the Seesaw
1962Party Guest