Geoffrey Lewis was an American artist who appeared in negative supporting roles. He was born on 31 July 1935 in New Jersey. His full name is Geoffrey Bond Lewis. Lewis developed a keen interest in acting which led him to attend acting classes at New York’s Neighborhood Playhouse. As a result, Lewis involved himself in the stage dramas at a Massachusetts theatre. His debut movie was “The Fat Black Pussycat” in which he played an anonymous man. Geoffrey had associated with
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on several cinema projects. Films include Pink Cadillac, and others.
Lewis enacted as Luther Driggers in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. In fact, Clint Eastwood appreciated Lewis’ ability as he mentioned that Lewis had a variety of expressions on his face which made the director sign the artist. Lewis portrayed an outlaw in High Plains Drifters which took inspiration from Sergio Leone’s works. It has a ninety-six percentage rating on the website of Rotten Tomatoes. It got 15 million dollars at the end of its run. Geoffrey got the role of a gangster in Dillinger which released in 1973. In his television career, Lewis acted in Bonanza, an NBC show which aired for fourteen years. Lewis was also a part of America’s longest-running western serial Gunsmoke which broadcasted on CBS for twenty years.
Lewis also featured in the television adaptation of Mission Impossible. Although people know Mission Impossible because of
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, most of them would not be aware of its TV series. His other serials include Lou Grant, She Wrote, Salem’s Lot, The X-Files, and Murder. Lewis portrayed a bartender Earl Tucker in Flo which screened on CBS for a year. Viewers termed his character as chauvinistic and praised Lewis for his performance. In 1981, Geoffery got a Golden Globe Award nomination under the category of Best Supporting Actor in a Mini Series.
He also became a part of Celestial Navigations which had Geoff Levin in the musical group. Lewis had married four times. While he had divorced Glenis Batley (1973-75) and Tracy Darroll (1977-84), Lewis lived with Paula Hocchalter since 1991. Lewis had ten children which include
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of Cape Fear fame. On 7 April 2015, his family confirmed the news of Geoffery’s death. His demise was the result of a heart attack. Geoffery used to live in his Woodlands Hills home until his death. In 2017, Lewis’ final project “High and Outside” will release in the cinema halls.
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