Hy Pyke
Birthday
1935/12/02
Day of death
2006/10/16 (70 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also know as
Monty Pike
Biography
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...Read more
Acting
(1982) Blade Runner
as Taffey Lewis
(1976) The Amorous Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
as Sancho Panza
(1973) Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
as The Bus Driver
(1988) Hack-O-Lantern
as Grandpa Drindle
(1975) White House Madness
as B.B. Reboza
(1978) Every Girl Should Have One
as Willie
(1980) Smokey and the Judge
as Club Owner / Mr. Kuntz
(1984) Bad Manners
as Mr. Slatt
(1976) The First Nudie Musical
as Benny
(1978) Spawn of the Slithis
as Jack Dunn
(1976) Hollywood High
as Mr. Flowers
(1978) Nightmare in Blood
as Harris
(1986) Vamp
as Desk Clerk
(1995) Twisted Fate
as Mickey
(1975) Dolemite
as Mayor Daley
(1978) Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
as ---
(2012) Dealing
as Hy