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Hy Pyke‌

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Birthday

calendar1935-12-02

Popularity

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Hy Pyke

Los Angeles, California, USA

Hy Pyke

Los Angeles, California, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1935-12-02

Popularity

star6.4

Biography

Hy Pyke (December 2, 1935 – October 26, 2006) was an American character actor. Pyke was born Monty Pike in Los Angeles, California, the son of vaudevillian David Pike and his wife Pauline. Pyke majored in theatre at UCLA in the 1960s, appearing in numerous student films, including one for Ray Manzarek, keyboard player of The Doors, called Induction (1965), which also featured The Doors vocalist Jim Morrison in a brief role. During that time period, Pyke was also associated with Del Close. From UCLA, Pyke went on to have a long career playing strange, often comic characters in usually out-of-the-ordinary, low-budget, independent features, with some brief appearances in mainstream films. Some of his mainstream appearances, like a small part in the John Milius film Dillinger (1973), ended up cut out of the final film. Although many of his better known films are in the horror genre, Pyke acted in everything from blaxploitation to musical comedies. He had a uniquely manic acting style, with a penchant for physical, exaggerated comedy, marked by a distinctive, raspy voice. In the 1970s, Pyke's physical appearance was equally distinctive. Very short, slightly overweight, with a moustache and heavily balding head of wild black hair, he resembled the archetypal Mexican bandit of B-westerns or Sancho Panza (a role he played in The Erotic Adventures Of Don Quixote, 1976). Besides his film work, Pyke acted in theater, musical revues, etc. During the 1970s, Pyke delivered a number of bizarre performances in off-beat films. His most memorable role was as a creepy bus driver in the 1975 horror film Lemora: A Child's Tale Of The Supernatural. Other notable 1970s Pyke appearances were in Dolemite, (1975), The First Nudie Musical, (1976), and in Spawn Of The Slithis, (1978). Pyke played the part of Bebe Rebozo in an unreleased Richard Nixon satire called The Way He Was. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Movie Credits

Blade Runner

Blade Runner‌
star7.9
calendar 1982

The Amorous Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

The Amorous Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza‌
star5.8
calendar 1976

Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural

Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural‌
star6.1
calendar 1973

Hack-O-Lantern

Hack-O-Lantern‌
star5.0
calendar 1988

Every Girl Should Have One

Every Girl Should Have One‌
star1.0
calendar 1978

White House Madness

White House Madness‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

Smokey and the Judge

Smokey and the Judge‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Bad Manners

Bad Manners‌
star5.7
calendar 1984

The First Nudie Musical

The First Nudie Musical‌
star4.9
calendar 1976

Spawn of the Slithis

Spawn of the Slithis‌
star4.7
calendar 1978

Hollywood High

Hollywood High‌
star3.7
calendar 1976

Nightmare in Blood

Nightmare in Blood‌
star5.2
calendar 1978

Vamp

Vamp‌
star5.9
calendar 1986

Twisted Fate

Twisted Fate‌
star0.0
calendar 1995

Dolemite

Dolemite‌
star5.9
calendar 1975

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women‌
star5.0
calendar 1978

Dealing

Dealing‌
star10.0
calendar 2012

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