( The Hollywood Reporter ) Geoffrey Lewis , a prolific character actor who appeared opposite frequent collaborator Clint Eastwood as his pal Orville Boggs in `` Every Which Way But Loose '' and its sequel , has died . He was 79 . Lewis , the father of Oscar-nominated actress Juliette Lewis , died Tuesday , family friend Michael Henderson said . No other details were immediately available . Lewis began his long association with Eastwood in `` High Plains Drifter '' ( 1973 ) . He also appeared with the actor in `` Thunderbolt and Lightfoot '' ( 1974 ) , `` Bronco Billy '' ( 1980 ) , `` Pink Cadillac '' ( 1989 ) and `` Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil '' ( 1997 ) . Lewis scored a Golden Globe nomination for playing bartender Earl Tucker on the 1980s CBS sitcom `` Flo , '' the spinoff of `` Alice '' that starred Polly Holliday , and he had recurring roles on such series as `` Falcon Crest '' and the syndicated `` Land 's End . '' Hollywood Reporter : `` Fast 8 '' nowhere near starting line . Lewis portrayed real-life Prohibition-era gangster Harry Pierpont in `` Dillinger '' ( 1973 ) , and his résumé also includes such notable films as `` The Great Waldo Pepper '' ( 1975 ) , `` The Wind and the Lion '' ( 1975 ) , `` Lucky Lady '' ( 1975 ) , `` The Return of a Man Called Horse '' ( 1976 ) , `` Heaven 's Gate '' ( 1980 ) , `` Catch Me If You Can '' ( 1989 ) , `` The Lawnmower Man '' ( 1992 ) , `` The Man Without a Face '' ( 1993 ) , `` Maverick '' ( 1994 ) and `` The Devil 's Rejects '' ( 2005 ) . Hollywood Reporter : Acclaimed satirist Stan Freberg dies . The actor also stood out as a gravedigger turned vampire in the 1979 Tobe Hooper CBS miniseries `` Salem 's Lot , '' an adaptation of the Stephen King novel . Lewis had appeared on such 1970s TV shows as `` Then Came Bronson , '' `` Bonanza '' and `` The Name of the Game '' before scoring a minor role as a cowhand in `` The Culpepper Cattle Co. '' ( 1972 ) . Later , he showed up on such series as `` Mod Squad , '' `` The Waltons , '' `` Police Woman , '' `` Mork & Mindy , '' `` Lou Grant , '' `` Gun Shy , '' `` Magnum , P.I . '' and `` The X-Files . '' Lewis was a co-founder of the spoken-word performance group Celestial Navigations , working with musician and songwriter Geoff Levin . People we 've lost in 2015 . ©2015 The Hollywood Reporter . All rights reserved .
Geoffrey Lewis appeared in many movies , TV shows . he was frequently paired with other actors . Actress ray Lewis , his daughter , called him ` ` my buddy ''