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

  • Title: Hy Pyke
  • Popularity: 1.48
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1935-12-02
  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Also Known As: Monty Pike
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Hy Pyke Movies

  • 1982
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    Blade Runner

    Blade Runner

    7.9 1982 HD

    In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have...

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  • 1976
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    The Amorous Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

    The Amorous Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

    5.8 1976 HD

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  • 1973
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    Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural

    Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural

    6.1 1973 HD

    A notorious bank robber kills his wife and flees the police, only to be captured by a mysterious group of figures in an abandoned town. His beautiful...

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  • 1988
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    Hack-O-Lantern

    Hack-O-Lantern

    5.04 1988 HD

    When Tommy was a boy, he saw his grandpa, the leader of a vicious satanic cult, murder his father in a brutal ritual on Halloween night. Now he is...

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  • 1978
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    Every Girl Should Have One

    Every Girl Should Have One

    1 1978 HD

    A merry who-done-it diamond caper unfolds after a woman's million dollar necklace is stolen while she is having her portrait done.

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  • 1975
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    White House Madness

    White House Madness

    1 1975 HD

    The Nixon Administration falls apart in a farcical manner in the time of the Watergate Scandal.

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  • 1980
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    Smokey and the Judge

    Smokey and the Judge

    1 1980 HD

    Three bad girls go good in this Southern-fried treat from 1980. When Margo (Gwen Owens), Carol (Cathy Carson) and Maria (Juanita Curiel) get released...

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  • 1984
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    Bad Manners

    Bad Manners

    5.7 1984 HD

    Four teens on the run from an orphanage spring a fellow orphan recently adopted by a rich family, then trash the whole house.

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  • 1976
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    The First Nudie Musical

    The First Nudie Musical

    4.9 1976 HD

    The son of famous studio owner is forced to make porno films to keep the bankrupt studio from being made into a shopping center. In an attempt to get...

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  • 1978
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    Spawn of the Slithis

    Spawn of the Slithis

    4.7 1978 HD

    A nuclear leak creates a mutant Slithis sea monster, which terrorizes the variety of pets, winos, and hippies who hang around Venice, California.

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  • 1976
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    Hollywood High

    Hollywood High

    3.7 1976 HD

    Four high school girls at Hollywood High are looking for fun. Together they frolic on the beach and cavort with their guys. In their search for a...

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  • 1978
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    Nightmare in Blood

    Nightmare in Blood

    5.2 1978 HD

    Attendees at a horror-film convention in San Francisco keep disappearing. It turns out that the guest of honor is a real vampire, and his henchmen...

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  • 1986
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    Vamp

    Vamp

    5.9 1986 HD

    Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar in search of a stripper for their college friends, unaware it is occupied by vampires.

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  • 1995
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    Twisted Fate

    Twisted Fate

    3 1995 HD

    A FBI agent going back to his home town. He have to decide if he should be true to his job or take care of his brother who is on the wrong side of...

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  • 1975
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    Dolemite

    Dolemite

    5.9 1975 HD

    Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to...

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  • 1978
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    Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women

    Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women

    5 1978 HD

    The life and times of the flamboyant showman who built his legendary Follies around beautiful women -- as told by the women in his life.

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  • 2012
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    Dealing

    Dealing

    10 2012 HD

    Kurt hates his life, so he sinks into sadness. But things begin to change when his friend Nick takes Kurt on a bizarre road trip around the country.

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