Hy Pyke

Hy Pyke (2 Desember 1935 – 26 Oktober 2006) adalah seorang aktor berkarakter Amerika. Pyke lahir sebagai Monty Pike di Los Angeles, California, putra dari vaudevillian David Pike dan istrinya Pauline. Pyke mengambil jurusan teater di UCLA pada tahun 1960-an, muncul di berbagai film mahasiswa, termasuk satu untuk Ray Manzarek, pemain keyboard The Doors, berjudul Induction (1965), yang juga menampilkan vokalis The Doors Jim Morrison dalam peran singkat. Selama jangka waktu itu, Pyke juga dikaitkan dengan Del Close. Dari UCLA, Pyke melanjutkan kariernya yang panjang dengan memainkan karakter-karakter aneh, seringkali komikal dalam fitur-fitur independen yang biasanya di luar kebiasaan, berbiaya rendah, dan beberapa penampilan singkat di film-film arus utama. Beberapa penampilan utamanya, seperti peran kecil dalam film John Milius Dillinger (1973), akhirnya dipotong dari film terakhir. Meskipun banyak film terkenalnya bergenre horor, Pyke berakting dalam segala hal mulai dari eksploitasi blax hingga komedi musikal. Dia memiliki gaya akting manik yang unik, dengan kecenderungan fisik, komedi berlebihan, ditandai dengan suara serak yang khas. Pada tahun 1970-an, penampilan fisik Pyke pun tak kalah khasnya. Sangat pendek, sedikit kelebihan berat badan, dengan kumis dan rambut hitam liar yang sangat botak, dia mirip dengan pola dasar bandit Meksiko B-western atau Sancho Panza (peran yang dia mainkan dalam The Erotic Adventures Of Don Quixote, 1976). Selain karya filmnya, Pyke berakting di teater, pertunjukan musik, dll. Selama tahun 1970-an, Pyke menampilkan sejumlah penampilan aneh dalam film-film off-beat. Perannya yang paling berkesan adalah sebagai sopir bus yang menyeramkan dalam film horor tahun 1975 Lemora: A Child's Tale Of The Supernatural. Penampilan Pyke tahun 1970-an yang terkenal lainnya adalah di Dolemite, (1975), The First Nudie Musical, (1976), dan di Spawn Of The Slithis, (1978). Pyke memainkan peran Bebe Rebozo dalam sindiran Richard Nixon yang belum pernah dirilis berjudul The Way He Was. Dari Wikipedia, ensiklopedia gratis

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