Geoffrey Lewis

Born in San Diego (California), on July 31, 1935, Geoffrey Lewis stood out quite a bit in his high school theater group, to the point that his teacher managed through a recommendation to sign him to the Plymouth Theater company for the production of various summer works

He made his film debut with a very minor role, as a young cowboy in Courage, Sweat and Gunpowder , and later played gangster Harry Pierpont in Dillinger . He began his long association with Clint Eastwood when he was recruited for his second feature as a director, Hell of Cowards. , in which he played an outlaw about to arrive with his cousins ​​in a town whose terrified inhabitants turn to an outsider. mysterious.

Since then, Eastwood used to recruit him or advise directors to call him to participate in various films designed for his show, such as $ 500,000 Loot , where he played a thief. He was also his friend in the diptych formed by Hardcore and The Big Fight , husband dominated by his wife in Bronco Billy , the counterfeiter Ricky Z in The Pink Cadillac , and the crazy inventor always surrounded by Midnight flies in the garden of good and from evil and from

Outside of Eastwood’s orbit, the actor lavished himself on numerous titles such as Double Impact , The Lawnmower, Maverick , and appeared in numerous television series, such as Murder, She Wrote and The A-Team , where he played various characters from different episodes. .

A member of the musical group Celestial Navigations, which garnered rave reviews, Geofrey Lewis had ten children, including fellow actress and singer Juliette Lewis . But she is not the only one of the family line that is dedicated to acting, as Dierdre, Lightfield, Peter and Matthew also do it, while Brandy Lewis works as a producer. She is survived by her wife, musician Paula Hochhalter.