Actor
Red West
March 8, 1936 · Memphis, Tennessee
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.
Notable work
7Natural Born Killers (1994)
as Cowboy Sheriff
7.2Safe Haven (2013)
as Roger
5.4I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
as Paulsen
6.8Road House (1989)
as Red Webster
7The Rainmaker (1997)
as Buddy Black
7.5The A-Team (1983)
as Lt. Trask and as Sinclair and as Sheriff Brooks and as Red Avory
7.4Glory Road (2006)
as Ross Moore
7.3Magnum, P.I. (1980)
as Bull and as Billy Cockrell
7.3The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
as Owner
7.9Get Smart (1965)
as Balinkov (uncredited)
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