Red West

ACTOR, STUNTS, SOUNDTRACK

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Robert "Red" Gene West was a close friend of Elvis Presley and a member of Presley's inner circle, known as "The Memphis Mafia". He first met Elvis in high school, where he was a year behind him. West played football for the Memphis Tigers high school football team, boxed in the Golden Gloves and played football for the Jones County Junior College Bobcats playing center.West lived with his mother, Lois West, in the Hurt Housing project in Memphis. West became Elvis's personal driver in driving Elvis and band members Scotty Moore, Bill Black and later D.J. Fontana to different cities in the South for live appearances from 1955 to 1956. West served in the US Marine Corps from 1956 to late 1958 and was stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, which allowed him to stay in contact with Elvis. On August 14, 1958, West's estranged father, Newton Thomas West, died, the same day as Elvis' mother, Gladys Presley. After Elvis' discharge from the US Army in 1960, West was employed as one of Elvis' bodyguards. Over the years Elvis bought West a number of vehicles as he became a world-famous celebrity.West also became a movie stuntman and appeared in 16 of Elvis' films in the 1960s, usually playing extras or bit and supporting parts. West married one of Elvis' secretaries, Pat West, on July 1, 1961. A man of many talents, West became a songwriter for songs that Elvis, Pat Boone, Ricky Nelson and Johnny Rivers recorded, including the classic tune "Separate Ways" for Elvis, which won a BMI Award. In addition to the Elvis movies, West appeared in three Robert Conrad TV series Verrückter wilder Westen (1965), Pazifikgeschwader 214 (1976) and The Duke (1979). During the 1970s West, his cousin Del 'Sonny' West and 'Dave Hebler' served as Elvis' bodyguards, in charge of his daily transportation and, especially, in keeping weirdo, or potentially dangerous, fans away from him.On July 13, 1976, Vernon Presley, Elvis' father, fired West, Sonny West and Hebler after criticizing what he believed to be their heavy-handed tactics. The three of them collaborated on a book about their lives as Elvis' bodyguards, which was published just two weeks before Elvis' death in 1977. West has since continued his acting and songwriting careers. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Matthew Patay (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)

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Streaming Availability

Amazon Video has the most number of Red West’s flixes, followed by Amazon Prime Video compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.

Releases by Year

Red West on average has worked on 1 movies per year from 1980 to 2008. See the full graphs of the number of Red West movies released per year from 1980 till 2008.

Top Genres

Red West works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Comedy Genre flixes. 43% of Red West movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that Red West worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Red West has worked on is 5.7.

5.7 / 10

Red West's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

Two men form an unlikely friendship that will change both of their lives forever.

7.3/1091 min

Available in 7 platform(s).

Jim Brandon, a former player of the Chigago Bears, was paralyzed during the Vietnam War. When he returns, he tries to get a job as a football coach, but he doesn't succeed. After a visit to...

5.2/1096 min

Available in 6 platform(s).

Comedy,Drama
Hard Knox (1984)

A retired fighter pilot becomes the head of his alma matter military high school for two weeks with hilarious consequences. He shapes up the school and raises morale so that they are able ...

4.9/1096 min

Available in 3 platform(s).