Red West
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
Red Webster
Road House
Son of Lone Star State (uncredited)
Viva Las Vegas
William
Goodbye Solo
Buddy Black
The Rainmaker
Sheriff Tanner
Walking Tall Part II
Ice Cream Vendor (uncredited)
Clambake
Shorty's Pit Crew (uncredited)
Spinout
Judge
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Ross Moore
Glory Road
Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)
Live a Little, Love a Little
Bodine
The Legend Of Grizzly Adams
Cliff Whipple
At Any Price
Native American (uncredited)
Flaming Star
Duigan
Forty Shades of Blue
Bates Boley
Once Upon a Texas Train
Sheriff Tanner
Walking Tall
Rusty
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Thomas 'Top' Tuttle
Hard Knox
Party Guest
Two for the Seesaw
Hank Tyler (uncredited)
Wild in the Country
Opponent (uncredited)
Kid Galahad
Self
Elvis on Tour
Bank Guard (uncredited)
Follow That Dream
Fred (uncredited)
It Happened at the World's Fair
Poolside Guest (uncredited)
Fun in Acapulco
Cookie
Proud Men
Pritchard
Prey of the Chameleon
Soldier (uncredited)
The Americanization of Emily
Coach
Confessions of a Married Man
Carnival Worker (uncredited)
Roustabout
Dave
Raw Nerve
Officer Ward
Above Suspicion
Superintendant Turner
Coach of the Year
Sgt. Bob Maddox
From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One
Mabel's Boyfriend (uncredited)
Tickle Me
Chuck
Concrete Cowboys
Leon Sykes
Her Hidden Truth
Detective Randall Hayward
The Black Dove
Sam Bergman
Father of Invention
Sud
Angel City
Cowboy Sheriff
Natural Born Killers
David 'OO' Buck
Charley Hannah
Sheriff Charlie Stone
The P.A.C.K.
Judge
The Expert
Mr. Henderson
Cookie's Fortune
Roger
Safe Haven
George
Trapper County War
Kaworski
Will: G. Gordon Liddy
Elvis: All The Kings Men Volume 1
Elvis: All The Kings Men Volume 4
Elvis: All The Kings Men Volume 5
Elvis: All The Kings Men Volume 6
Elvis: All The Kings Men Volume 2
Mallory
Framed
Cockran
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Paulsen
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Ice Palace
Man Discussing Weather (uncredited)
A Painted House
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
58
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-03-08
Place of Birth
Memphis, Tennessee
Also Known As