Luke Duke - wikipedia Luke Duke This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( February 2009 ) Luke Duke The Dukes of Hazzard character Tom Wopat as Luke Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard First appearance One Armed Bandits, first episode of The Dukes of Hazzard Portrayed by Tom Wopat - 1979 Johnny Knoxville - ( cinematic version ) 2005 & Randy Wayne - 2007 Information Gender Male Occupation U.S. Marine Corps Drill Instructor / Sergent and Former NASCAR Driver. Relatives Daisy Duke ( cousin ) Bo Duke ( cousin ) Coy Duke ( cousin ) Vance Duke ( cousin ) Jesse Duke ( uncle ) Jud Duke ( Brother ) Hank Duke ( Great - Great Grandfather ) Unknown ( Father ) Unknown ( Mother ) Religion Christian Nationality American Lucas K. `` Luke '' Duke was born on November 6, 1951, Luke is a fictional character in the American television series The Dukes of Hazzard which ran from 1979 to 1985. Luke was played by Tom Wopat. Luke, and his younger cousin Bo Duke live in an unincorporated area of the fictional Hazzard County, in Georgia. Luke and Bo own a 1969 Dodge Charger, nicknamed The General Lee, which is painted orange, with the Confederate Flag on top, and 01 painted on the sides. Luke and Bo evade the corrupt politicians of Hazzard County, such as Boss Hogg and Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane along with his deputy ( s ). The Duke family, including cousin Daisy Duke and Uncle Jesse Duke, is well known for their role in the moonshine business among other interests. Bo and Luke had both been sentenced to probation for illegal transportation of moonshine. As a result, neither was permitted to use firearms, instead preferring to use bow and arrows. It should also be noted that the terms of Bo and Luke 's probation included staying within the boundaries of Hazzard County ( unless given special permission by their Probation Officer, who happened to be Boss Hogg ). Of the two Duke boys, Luke was considered to be the more intelligent, `` cool - headed '' one. Where Bo was the one known to get the two into trouble, Luke was the one who usually got them out of it. Luke was older, and more mature than his younger cousin Bo. He usually thought his way through situations that arose, in contrast to Bo, whose actions were much more precarious. In one episode, Bo mentions that Luke had served in the U.S. Marine corps. His service in the Marines is confirmed in the episode titled `` Mason Dixon Girls '' where Luke explains he learned to hang glide in the Marines, in season two 's `` Follow that Still '' where Luke mentions that he drove an APC in the Marines, and also in `` Sittn ' Dukes '' where two convicts break out of prison and head to the nearby Dukes farm because one remembers Luke as his sergeant from the Marines who busted him and as payback forces the Dukes to help them escape across the state line. However, when it came to fisticuffs, Luke was by far the more skilled fighter of the two, and was an amateur boxer in the Corps. Luke was also the more physical one, often performing stunts like jumping onto moving cars during high speed chases and rescuing Bo from sticky situations. Luke 's famous `` hood slide '' ( as seen in the opening credits, originating from the second episode, `` Daisy 's Song '' ) is the trick most commonly associated with the character. In a subsequent TV interview, Tom Wopat admitted that the move was actually a mistake ; it originated when he was trying to vault over the car to get to the passenger side and his foot accidentally caught the edge of the hood, causing his leg to slide across it. They actually reshot it without the stumble, but for some unknown reason the show aired the slide with the stumble. The move eventually caught on and became the character 's hallmark. Additionally, in this initial slide, Wopat caught his hand on the hood radio aerial, leading to the aerial being removed from all later examples of the car to avoid risk of injury. Despite being quite a skilled driver, Luke rarely ever drove The General Lee ; he usually preferred to ride shotgun because the General Lee had too much horsepower, which was why Bo drove the General Lee in almost every episode -- - however, Bo was also an ex-stockcar driver, so he was used to driving cars with a lot of horsepower. In the pilot episode of the series, Bo commented ( possibly just as a joke ) that Luke 's probably the father of at least two of the children who live at the Hazzard County Orphanage. Luke later left Hazzard County, along with his cousin Bo, to join the NASCAR circuit which means they got a long probation permission from Boss Hogg for a while ( they both returned the following year ). His cousin Vance replaced him during that time. According to the 1997 film The Dukes of Hazzard : Reunion !, Luke eventually would leave Hazzard for good, and put his military training to good use by becoming a fire jumper for the U.S. Forest Service. During training in Montana, he met and fell in love with a woman named Anita Blackwell, who was a talented singer. He convinced her to leave to pursue her dreams, and she became a successful country music star. Luke met her again in The Dukes of Hazzard : Hazzard in Hollywood, although by then she was married to another man. Luke Duke was later played by Johnny Knoxville in the subsequent cinematic version and Randy Wayne in the prequel television film, The Dukes of Hazzard : The Beginning. References External links Tom Wopat on IMDb The Dukes of Hazzard Episodes Characters Bo Duke Luke Duke Daisy Duke Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane Boss Hogg Television films The Dukes of Hazzard : Reunion ! ( 1997 ) The Dukes of Hazzard : Hazzard in Hollywood ( 2000 ) Remake films The Dukes of Hazzard ( 2005 ) The Dukes of Hazzard : The Beginning ( 2007 ) Video games The Dukes of Hazzard Racing for Home Daisy Dukes It Out Return of the General Lee Spin - offs Enos The Dukes See also The General Lee Boar 's Nest Jerry Rushing `` Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard ( Good Ol ' Boys ) '' Moonrunners Hazard Run Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luke_Duke&oldid=822676685 '' Categories : The Dukes of Hazzard characters Fictional United States Marine Corps personnel Fictional archers Fictional characters from Georgia ( U.S. state ) Fictional boxers Fictional characters introduced in 1979 Comedy film characters Fictional racing drivers Hidden categories : Articles lacking sources from February 2009 All articles lacking sources Talk About Wikipedia Français Italiano Vèneto Edit links This page was last edited on 27 January 2018, at 21 : 17. 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Question: who played luke duke on dukes of hazzard
Answer: Tom Wopat