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Geoffrey Lewis and Peter Zapp in Monster Squad (1976)

George Kennedy and Geoffrey Lewis in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)

Conrad Janis and Geoffrey Lewis in Quark (1977)

Geoffrey Lewis in Macon County Line (1974)

Geoffrey Lewis in Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Bruce Kirby and Geoffrey Lewis in Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, and Geoffrey Lewis in Maverick (1994)

Clint Eastwood, Beverly D'Angelo, Geoffrey Lewis, and Manis the Orangutan in Every Which Way But Loose (1978)

Jim Baker, Joyce Bulifant, Leo Burmester, Lucy Lee Flippin, Polly Holliday, Stephen Keep Mills, and Geoffrey Lewis in Flo (1980)

Leo Burmester, Polly Holliday, and Geoffrey Lewis in Flo (1980)

Polly Holliday and Geoffrey Lewis in Flo (1980)

Joyce Bulifant, Polly Holliday, and Geoffrey Lewis in Flo (1980)

Joyce Bulifant and Geoffrey Lewis in Flo (1980)

Geoffrey Lewis and Ethan Suplee in My Name Is Earl (2005)

Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, and Geoffrey Lewis in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)

Harry Dean Stanton, Geoffrey Lewis, Warren Oates, and John P. Ryan in Dillinger (1973)

Geoffrey Lewis and Warren Oates in Dillinger (1973)

Gene Davis and Geoffrey Lewis in 10 to Midnight (1983)

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kamel Krifa, and Geoffrey Lewis in Double Impact (1991)

"Murder, She Wrote" (Episode: What You Don't Know Can Kill You) Angela Lansbury, William Windom, Geoffrey Lewis

Geoffrey Lewis at an event for The Way of the Gun (2000)

Juliette Lewis, Stephen Berra, and Geoffrey Lewis at an event for The Way of the Gun (2000)

Patricia Arquette, Vincent Schiavelli, Geoffrey Lewis, Allan Olsen, and Nina van Pallandt in Time Out (1988)

Jim Baker, Joyce Bulifant, Leo Burmester, Polly Holliday, Stephen Keep Mills, and Geoffrey Lewis in Flo (1980)

Dan Coplan, Geoffrey Lewis, and Haing S. Ngor in The Dragon Gate (1994)

Writer/Director Scott Slone's latest film about nine U.S. Soldiers trapped behind enemy lines during the Korean War.

Valerie Bertinelli, Todd Allen, Greg Cope White, Geoffrey Lewis, Sam Robards, and Angela Gair in Pancho Barnes (1988)

Geoffrey Lewis in Moving McAllister (2007)

Jennifer Aquino, Stacy Cox, Jaclyn Dahm, Graham Elwood, Geoffrey Lewis, Mary Portser, Karen Forman, James Price, and Shamron Moore in Patients (2004)

Geoffrey Lewis, Chris Owen, and Charlie Talbert in Old Man Music (2005)

Jesse Vint, Max Baer Jr., Leif Garrett, Geoffrey Lewis, Alan Vint, and Cheryl Waters in Macon County Line (1974)

Clint Eastwood, Ruth Gordon, Geoffrey Lewis, Sondra Locke, and Manis the Orangutan in Every Which Way But Loose (1978)

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bolo Yeung, and Geoffrey Lewis in Double Impact (1991)

Talented and highly capable character actor Geoffrey Lewis, with rustic (sometimes sour-faced) looks, grew up in Rhode Island but was moved out to California at the age of ten. Lewis was very keen on the dramatic arts at high school, but often preferred to put on his own one-man shows rather than participate in larger school productions. His drama teacher took note of his growing talent and referred him to the Plymouth Theater in Massachusetts, where he appeared in summer stock. Afterwards he appeared in several off-Broadway productions in New York City. After spending considerable time traveling, in both the United States and abroad, Lewis turned his attention back to his love of the dramatic arts, and scored his first minor movie role in The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972) as a somewhat jovial but deadly cowhand. He then cropped up as gangster Harry Pierpont in Dillinger (1973) before beginning a long association with Clint Eastwood, starting off with High Plains Drifter (1973), then as kind-hearted thief Eddie Goody in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), as Clint's buddy Orville Boggs in Every Which Way But Loose (1978) and Any Which Way You Can (1980), then as a henpecked husband in Bronco Billy (1980), as Ricky Z in Pink Cadillac (1989), and in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) also as patient Michael Kahn in Disturbed (1990).

Equally busy on the small screen, he has guest-starred in dozens of episodes of high profile TV series. Additionally, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in the series Flo (1980). Apart from his extensive film and TV exposure, Lewis is also a member of the rather unique musical/storytelling "Celestial Navigations," along with award-winning composer songwriter Geoff Levin. Their performances have received terrific reviews from some of Hollywood's top actors and noted musicians, including Chick Corea. As Geoffrey Lewis approaches his seventh decade, nothing seems likely to slow down this multi-talented actor, storyteller and engaging entertainer!

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