Tennessee Winston Luke
MR. LUKE at SAG-AFTRA
Actor, Author, Comedian, Director, Filmmaker, Host/presenter, Leadman and Singer
Los Angeles, California
April 2014
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About Tennessee
LUTHER WINSTON FORTINBERRY BORN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE 10/08/1949
CELL 213-446-8971 TL@
BABY OF NINE CHILDREN HAD SEVEN SISTERS WHO WERE ALL BEAUTY QUEENS. AT FIVE YEARS OLD WE MOVED TO PARIS, MISSISSIPPI TO A SORGHUM PLANTATION. MY FIRST JOB WAS RAISING LIVESTOCK. WE HAD A GRAND CHAMPION POLL HERFORD BULL COW THAT COST 25K TO BREED OUR HERD AND GREW ALMOST ANY KIND OF OTHER VEGETABLE AND ANIMALS FOR THE MARKET. LATER WE MOVED TO WATER VALLEY THE WATER MELLON KINGDOM OF THE WORLD ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF OLE MISS. I DID GOOD IN ALL SPORTS AND HAD SEVERAL VARSITY LETTERS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. WHILE I WAS ON THE PLANTATION I LEARNED TO FISH AND HUNT. I GREW UP AND ALL AROUND SPORTSMAN AND ATHLETE. FOR MY HIGH SCHOOL PROM I WAS CHOSEN AS BIGGEST ROMEO AND WAS CAPTIAN OF MY FOOTBALL TEAM AS MIDDLE LINBACKER ON DEFENSE. MY GRAND FATHER SAM COSTEN INVENTED THE FORDWARD PASS AND STATUE OF LIBERTY PLAY FROM VANDERBELT. MY FATHER WAS A REALTOR, CONTRACTOR, AUCTIONEER AND I BECAME HIS ASSOCIATE REALTOR AND MANAGER. MY MOTHER WANTED ME TO BECOME A TRAVEL AGENT AND I WANTED TO BECOME A MOVIE STAR. AT THE TIME I WAS IN THE ARMY ROTC IN TENNESSEE MILITARY INSTITUTE AND THE VIET NAM WAR WAS GOING ON. I GOT AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE WHEN THE WAR HEATED UP AND THE GOVERNMENT FUNDING WAS CUT OFF DUE TO THE SCHOOLS ADMINISTRATION DECIDING THAT IT DID NOT WANT TO INTERGRATE. I PLAYED ON THE TENNIS TEAM WITH THE NUMBER ONE AND TWO CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD CARY & CHARLES BROWDER AT AGE 10 & 11 WHO WERE FRIENDS WITH MAC ENROE. WE HAD FUN FROLICKING AND SINCE I WAS A VARSITY LETTERED WRESTLER CARY WANTED ME TO BE HIS PERSONAL BODYGUARD. HOWEVER I OBEYED MY MOTHER AND WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AND GOT A B.A. IN THEATRE ARTS WITH A BACHELORS IN TRAVEL INDUSTRY. I CAME TO HOLLYWOOD JOINED SAG & AFTRA & BMI AS AN ASSOC., LATER IN HOLLYWOOD I BECAME A SCOUTMASTER AT SCOUT WAY. NOW I GO TO THE BEACH AND BODY SURFING AND SHOOTING WITH MY CANNON CAMERA. RECENTLY I GOT A MAC AND AM LEARNING IN FINAL CUT HOW TO EDIT MOVIES AND POST THEM ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL. THE MAC HAS GARAGE BAND SO I AM RECORDING SOME HIT SONGS. MOVING TO HOLLYWOOD I MET CARROLL WRITER A FAMOUS ASTROLOGER. I GOT TO KNOW SUSAN KIM HIS SECRETARY A FAMOUS ACTRESS THAT STARED IN ‘THE GOOD EARTH’. SHE INTRODUCED ME TO GENE BALL DORAN ORIGINAL PRESIDENT OF THE MOTION PICTURE COUNCIL AND MIKE MAZERKIE JOHN WANE’S FRIEND THAT STARRED IN ‘RED FLAG’. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE CAULIFLOWER ALLEY CLUB. THIS IS WHERE I MET ROBERT FRANKLYN LE MAYRE A BILLIONAIRE & WORLD FAMOUS PUBLICIST HE GAVE ME THE NAME TENNESSEE WINSTON LUKE MY SAG ALIAS. I HAVE WRITTEN SEVERAL SCREENPLAYS & MUSIC THAT CAME TO ME IN DREAMS. I HIRED A FAMOUS PIANO PLAYER MAJIC CAL BRESMER TO PLAY ONE OF MY SONGS AND RECORDED IT “ALL RIGHT TONIGHT”. DON BARRIS PICKED ME UP FROM THE ‘JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE SHOW AND PUT ME IN THE DING DONG SHOW AT THE COMEDY STORE. TIM AND ERIC ALONG WITH ABSOLUTELY PROD. ARE CURRENTLY PUBLISHING ME IN COMEDY. I SUBMIT PARTS FROM TIME TO TIME IN HOPES OF BECOMING AND ACCOMPLISHED ACTOR – WRITER – DIRECTOR.
Unique traits: ACTOR WRITER DIRECTOR CONTROLS THE WEATHER
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GRADUATE REALTORS INSTITUTE # 1
Education
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
(1969-1978)
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