Hy Pyke

Hy Pyke

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
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    Acting
    Place of birth
    Los Angeles, California, USA
    Birthday
    12/2/1935
Blade Runner
Blade Runner
7.941
The Amorous Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
The Amorous Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
5.8
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
6.1
Hack-O-Lantern
Hack-O-Lantern
5.04
Every Girl Should Have One
Every Girl Should Have One
1
White House Madness
White House Madness
0
Smokey and the Judge
Smokey and the Judge
0
Bad Manners
Bad Manners
5.7
The First Nudie Musical
The First Nudie Musical
4.9
Spawn of the Slithis
Spawn of the Slithis
4.7
Hollywood High
Hollywood High
3.7
Nightmare in Blood
Nightmare in Blood
5.2
Vamp
Vamp
5.9
Twisted Fate
Twisted Fate
3
Dolemite
Dolemite
5.9
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
5
Dealing
Dealing
10
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