Geoffrey Lewis (actor)

Geoffrey Lewis
Born	(1935-07-31) July 31, 1935 San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1963, 1970–present
Spouse(s)	Paula Hochhalter (?-present) Glenis Batley (1973-1975)
Children	Juliette Lewis

Geoffrey Lewis (born July 31, 1935) is an American character actor.

His filmography includes television shows such as Law & Order: Criminal Intent and My Name is Earl, as well as films such as Down in the Valley, alongside Edward Norton, The Butcher, alongside Eric Roberts, Maverick, alongside Mel Gibson, and When Every Day Was the Fourth of July alongside Dean Jones. He also made an appearance in an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger, even though he wasn't listed in the credits.

In 1979, Lewis co-starred as a gravedigger turned vampire in the cult classic made-for-television movie Salem's Lot. Lewis played opposite Polly Holliday in the Alice spin-off Flo in 1980-1981 as Earl, the bartender and sometime romantic interest of Flo. The series lasted two seasons and 29 episodes and is available in entirety on Amazon.com as an instant video download.

Lewis has worked frequently with actor-director Clint Eastwood in several films including Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Pink Cadillac, Any Which Way You Can, Bronco Billy, Every Which Way but Loose, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot and High Plains Drifter.

Lewis is a Scientologist. In 2005, he is quoted on the official church website: "The wins that I've had with Scientology coincide directly with the rise in my career. It's hard to pick out any one specific piece of tech, suffice it to say that I as an artist was surrounded with nonsurvival considerations, actions and valences - all of my own making. Through my use of Scientology technology I have eradicated most of these things and continue to eradicate them, giving me more freedom and intention to create into the future. And, by the by, a great deal more altitude, a more inclusive point from which to view life - past, present and future. I wish to acknowledge Ron's brilliant work, benevolence and stick-to-it-ness. He never gave up and I am thankful and happy to be a recipient of that knowledge. Geoffrey Lewis, Actor"

Lewis is the father of actress and singer Juliette Lewis.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1971	Welcome Home, Soldier Boys	Francis Rapture, Motel Owner
1972	Bad Company	Hobbs
1972	The Culpepper Cattle Co.	Russ
1973	Dillinger	Harry Pierpont
1973	High Plains Drifter	Stacey Bridges
1973	My Name is Nobody	Leader of the Wild Bunch
1974	Macon County Line	Hamp
1974	Thunderbolt and Lightfoot	Eddie Goody
1975	Lucky Lady	Capt. Mosely
1975	Smile	Wilson
1975	The Great Waldo Pepper	Newt
1975	The Wind and the Lion	Samuel Gummere
1976	The Return of a Man Called Horse	Zenas
1978	Every Which Way But Loose	Orville
1978	Shoot the Sun Down	Scalphunter
1978	They Died with Their Boots On	2 Strike Snake
1979	Centennial (TV miniseries)	Sheriff Bogardus
1979	Human Experiments	Doctor Kline
1979	Tilt	Truck Driver
1980	Any Which Way You Can	Orville Boggs
1980	Bronco Billy	John Arlington
1980	Heaven's Gate	Trapper Fred
1980	Tom Horn	Walter Stoll
1982	I, the Jury	Joe Butler 1982 Shadwo Riders
1983	10 to Midnight	Dave Dante
1984	Night of the Comet	Carter
1985	Lust in the Dust	Hard Case Williams
1985	Stitches	Ralph Rizzo
1988	Time Out	Mr. Steve Smith
1989	Catch Me If You Can	Mr. Johnson
1989	Fletch Lives	KKK Leader
1989	Out of the Dark	Dennis
1989	Pink Cadillac	Ricky Z
1989	Tango & Cash	Captain Schroeder (uncredited)
1990	Disturbed	Michael Kahn
1991	Double Impact	Frank Avery
1992	The Lawnmower Man	Terry McKeen
1992	Wishman	Hitchcock the Genie
1993	Army of One	Sheriff Cepeda
1993	Only the Strong	Kerrigan
1993	Point of No Return	Drugstore Owner
1993	The Man Without a Face	Chief Wayne Stark
1994	Maverick	Matthew Wicker/Eugene, Banker
1994	The Dragon Gate	Shin'ichi
1994	White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf	Heath
1996	An Occasional @#!*%	Draper Jewett
1997	American Perfekt	Willy
1997	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Luther Driggers
1999	Five Aces	Sloan
2000	Highway 395
2000	The Prophet's Game	Guest #1
2000	The Way of the Gun	Abner Mercer
2001	Sunstorm	Browner
2002	A Light in the Darkness	Stanley Melnick
2002	The New Guy	Principal Zaylor
2003	Mind Games	Melvin Reeves
2004	Renegade	Greg Sullivan
2005	Down in the Valley	Sheridan
2005	Social Guidance	Lucky Marshall
2005	The Devil's Rejects	Roy Sullivan
2006	Fingerprints	Keeler
2006	Wicked Little Things	Harold
2007	Cold Ones	Felton Jones
2008	I Am Somebody: No Chance in @#!*%	Lewis
2008	Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage	Butch
2009	The Butcher	Naylor
2010	Miss Nobody	Mr. Ketchum
2010	Pickin' & Grinnin'	Cletus
2012	Retreat!	Sullivan

External links

• Geoffrey Lewis at the Internet Movie Database
• Geoffrey Lewis at AllRovi