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Red West

Mar 08, 1936 - Jul 18, 2017 (81 years old) in Memphis, Tennessee

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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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Magnum, P.I.
Bull
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The A-Team
Lt. Trask
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The Six Million Dollar Man
Owner
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I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Paulsen
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Battlestar Galactica
Marco
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Rectify
Taylor
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Viva Las Vegas
Son of Lone Star State (uncredited)
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Natural Born Killers
Cowboy Sheriff
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Glory Road
Ross Moore
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Father of Invention
Sam Bergman

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