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16 unusual facts about Patrick Swayze


Ben Silverstone

His most recent film project is Jump! (2007), in which he starred as a young Jewish photographer charged with the murder of his father, based on the real life story of Philippe Halsman, opposite Patrick Swayze and Martine McCutcheon.

Billinjer C. Tran

Billinjer had a major supporting role in the film Green Dragon opposite Forest Whitaker and Patrick Swayze.

Cessna 414

American actor Patrick Swayze was involved in an incident in which a Cessna 414 he flew experienced a sudden decompression at 12,900 feet over Arizona.

Cyberknife

In 2008 actor Patrick Swayze was among the people to be treated with CyberKnife radiosurgery.

Dave Tollefson

His sack dance is composed of an intentionally comical round-house spin kick (a homage to Patrick Swayze's role in Road House).

Henry Karnes

Karnes is the great great uncle of Patsy Yvonne Karnes aka Patsy Swayze, the mother of actors Patrick Swayze and Don Swayze.

Jasper, Missouri

Jasper is the nominal setting of the 1989 movie Road House, starring Patrick Swayze; however, the movie was not actually filmed in Jasper.

Jeff Healey

While the band was recording See the Light, they were also filming (and recording for the soundtrack of) the Patrick Swayze film Road House.

Johnny Kastl

He has since made cameo appearances in several Hollywood productions and played other parts on television including the role of Todd Jaracki on The Beast with Patrick Swayze.

He had a recurring role on Patrick Swayze's The Beast as FBI agent Todd Jaracki, friend of Ellis Dove (Travis Fimmel) for the 1 year it was on television.

Lady Catiria

The same year she won the Miss Continental pageant, Lady Catiria appeared in a cameo in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, a film starring Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, and John Leguizamo as three New York drag queens who embark on a road trip.

Michael Terrace

His stories of the formative years of the mambo in the Catskills inspired Eleanor Bergstein's vision of lead character Johnny Castle (played by Patrick Swayze).

Steve Caton

He was signed to a publishing agreement with Famous Music (Paramount Pictures) from the late 1980s through the 1990s and has written songs for movies and TV productions such as the big-screen hit Point Break starring Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze and the well-known TV series' Beverly Hills, 90210 and 21 Jump Street featuring Johnny Depp.

Swayze Waters

Contrary to popular rumor, Waters is not named after actor Patrick Swayze.

The Trucks

The song Zombie is featured in an advertisement for A&E's The Beast starring Patrick Swayze, and is also heard in the last trailer for Resident Evil: Afterlife.

Torquay, Victoria

Bells Beach, near Torquay, is the setting for the final part of the 1991 film Point Break starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves, although no filming actually took place there.


Alma Beltran

On the big screen, in film, she appeared in such films as Jubilee Trail, Marathon Man, Oh, God! Book II, and most recently in Ghost (1990) which co-starred Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg, and the 2002 comedy film Buying the Cow.

Amy Nuttall

In October 2006 she made her West End début as Sister Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls at the Piccadilly Theatre appearing opposite both Don Johnson and Patrick Swayze.

De Laurentiis Entertainment Group

DEG had an early version of Total Recall in pre-production with Patrick Swayze as Quaid and Bruce Beresford to direct (David Cronenberg had also been approached), where it was to have been shot in Australia.

Richard Fleeshman

Richard played the lead role of Sam Wheat (played by Patrick Swayze in the film) alongside Caissie Levy as Molly and Sharon D. Clarke as Oda Mae Brown.

Ted Reeve Arena

The arena was also used for interior shots as the home of the fictional "Hamilton Mustangs" in the 1986 movie Youngblood starring Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze.