Geoffrey Lewis (actor)

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Geoffrey Lewis (born July 31, 1935) is an American character actor who has been popular since the early 1970s, often featured in offbeat roles. He is also a member of the musical group Celestial Navigations, with Geoff Levin, known for their storytelling abilities, producing eloquent, unforgettable narratives accompanied by haunting, stirring music.

Lewis is the father of ten children, including actress Juliette Lewis. . Lewis has appeared in several of Clint Eastwood's films, including playing the main villain in High Plains Drifter, Orville in the Every Which Way But Loose series, and the eccentric, bee-loving juror Luther Driggers from the film Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Other notable film roles include The Culpepper Cattle Company, Dillinger, My Name is Nobody, The Wind and the Lion, Return of a Man Called Horse, Tango and Cash, The Man Without a Face, The New Guy, and The Devil's Rejects. He is also a frequent television guest star, appearing in (among others) Alias Smith and Jones, Gunsmoke, Starsky and Hutch, Barnaby Jones, Falcon Crest, Matlock, The X-Files, My Name is Earl, Salem's Lot and House M.D..