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Don Swayze (brother) Patrick Wayne Swayze (/ ˈsweɪzi / SWAY-zee; August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009) was an American actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter known for playing distinctive lead roles, particularly romantic, tough, and comedic characters. He was also known for his media image and looks: People magazine named Swayze the "Sexiest ...
When she was 10 years old, Swayze was hit by a car and her mother enrolled her in dance classes for therapy. She eventually trained in both jazz and classical ballet. [1] [2] While in high school, she met and married Jesse Wayne "Buddy" Swayze, a mechanical engineer. [2] The couple had five children, including actors Patrick Swayze and Don Swayze.
Swayze was born in Houston, Texas, the middle child of Patsy Swayze (née Karnes; 1927–2013), a dance teacher; and Jesse Wayne Swayze (1925–1982), an engineering draftsman. Patsy owned a dance studio where neighborhood students took dance lessons.
Patrick Swayze in "Road House" (1989) Patrick Swayze was taken from the world far too soon. The screen legend died at just 57 years old in September 2009 after a battle with pancreatic cancer ...
By Eric Sandler On August 18th, 1952 Patrick Swayze was born in Houston, Texas. Upon his untimely death in 2009 due to an advanced form of pancreatic cancer, the New York Times remembered him as ...
Swayze was the son of Jesse Ernest Swayze and Christine Cameron, aka Camerona (cited by some sources). His father's name is of Norman French origin and dates back to Dorset, England, in the early 17th century. He married Beulah Mae Estes in 1935. He died in Sarasota, Florida, on August 15, 1995. [23]
Uncommon Valor is a 1983 American action war film directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring: Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Reb Brown, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Robert Stack, Patrick Swayze, Harold Sylvester and Tim Thomerson. Hackman plays a former U.S. Marine colonel, who puts together a rag-tag team to rescue his son, who he believes is among those still ...
English. Box office. $2.35 million [1] Skatetown, U.S.A. is a 1979 American comedy musical film produced to capitalize on the short-lived fad of roller disco. [2] Directed by William A. Levey, the film features many television stars from the 1960s and 1970s, among them Scott Baio, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick, Ron Palillo and Ruth Buzzi.