Patrick Swayze
Birthday: 1952-08-18 | Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, USAPatrick Wayne Swayze (August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009) was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He was best-known for his tough-guy roles, as romantic leading men in the hit films Dirty Dancing and Ghost and as Orry Main in the North and South television miniseries. He was named by People magazine as its "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1991. His film and TV career spanned 30 years. Diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer in January 2008, Swayze told Barbara Walters a year later that he was "kicking it". However, he died from the disease on September 14, 2009. His last role was the lead in an ill-fated A&E TV series, The Beast, which premiered on January 15, 2009. Due to a prolonged decline in health, Swayze was unable to promote the series. On June 15, 2009, Entertainment Tonight announced the show's cancellation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Patrick Swayze, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Acting
Role
as Charles Barker
as Velvet Larry
as Richard Pressburger
as Self (Archive footage)
as Wayne Saunders
as Cash (voice)
as Jason Monk
as Jason Monk
as Lance
as Allan Quatermain
as Garth
as Frank
as Travis MacPhearson
as Roy Kirkendall
as Gunnery Sergeant Jim Lance
as Ben Clifton
as Race Darnell
as Jack Crews
as Jack McCloud
as Pecos Bill
as Jack Charles
as Max Lowe
as Bodhi
as Sam Wheat
as James Dalton
as Truman Gates
as Johnny Castle
as Nomad
