Patrick Swayze

Patrick Wayne Swayze (Houston (Texas), 1952 – August 18, Los Angeles (California), 14 september 2009) was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. ==Life Course[ Edit] == His mother, Patsy Swayze, was a well-known choreographer, which included the choreography for Urban Cowboy, Thelma & Louise and Letters from a Killer on her name.Swayze attended its school time and soon it turned out that both sat him dancing as acting in the blood. With his mother as first dance teacher and a father who encouraged him to continue to do a lot of sports, the young Patrick soon went on stage as a dancer, but also as an actor. In addition he was a member of the gymnastics team of his University.

He took under at the Houston Jazz Ballet Company, Harkness Ballet Theatre School (New York) and Joffrey Ballet Company. Eventually he joined as a dancer with Eliot Feld Ballet Company. By the role of Danny Zuko in the original production Grease John Travolta, who had previously had given fame, was for Swayze made the opening to Hollywood . On June 12, 1975 he married the dancer, actress, and songwriter Lisa Niemi.

Swayze was best known for his role of dance teacher in Dirty Dancing. Also he recorded a song for the soundtrack of the movie the ballad she's Like The Wind became a top 10 hit. Earlier, he had a starring role in the television series North and South, on the American civil war.

On March 5, 2008, by a spokesman for Swayze disclosed that he had pancreatic cancer . The spokesman denied that the actor would have still to live for only a short visit.Swayze responded well to treatment at that time and could continue his daily work. His condition worsened, however, and a year and a half later, on september 14, 2009, Swayze died on 57-year-old age[1] . ==Filmography[ Edit] ==
 * Skatetown, U.s.a. (1979)-Ace Johnson
 * The Comeback Kid (1980)-Chuck
 * M * A * S * H TV series-Soldier Gary Sturgis (Afl., Blood Brothers, 1981)
 * Return of the Rebels (Television movie, 1981)-K.C. Barnes
 * The Renegades (1982)-Bandit
 * The Outsiders Darrel ' Darry ' Curtis (1983)
 * Staying Alive (1983)-dancer/Extra (uncredited)
 * Uncommon Valor (1983)-Kevin Scott
 * Renegades TV series-Bandit (1983)
 * Pigs vs. Freaks (TV movie, 1984)-Doug Zimmer
 * Grandview, U.s.a. (1984)-Ernie ' Slam ' Webster
 * Red Dawn (1984)-Jed
 * North and South (Mini-series, 1985)-Orry Main
 * Youngblood (1986)-Derek Sutton
 * North and South, Book II (Mini-series, 1986)-Orry Main
 * Amazing Stories TV series-Eric David Peterson (Afl., Life on Death Row, 1986)
 * Dirty Dancing (1987)-Johnny Castle
 * Steel Dawn (1987)-Nomad
 * Tiger Warsaw (1988)-Chuck ' Tiger ' Warsaw
 * Road House (1989)-James Dalton
 * Next of Kin (1989)-Truman Gates
 * Ghost (1990)-Sam Wheat
 * Saturday Night Live TV series presenter (Afl., Patrick Swayze/Mariah Carey, 1990)
 * Point Break (1991)-Bodhi
 * Amazing Stories: Book Three (Video, 1992)-Eric David Peterson (Segment ' Life on Death Row ")
 * City of Joy (1992)-Max Lowe
 * Father Hood (1993)-Jack Charles
 * Tall Tale (1995)-Pecos Bill
 * To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)-Vida Boheme
 * Three Wishes (1995)-Jack McCloud
 * Black Dog (1998)-Jack Crews
 * Letters from a Killer (1998)-Race Darnell
 * Forever Lulu (2000)-Ben Clifton
 * Green Dragon (2001)-Gunnery Sergeant Jim Lance
 * Donnie Darko (2001)-Jim Cunningham
 * Waking Up in Reno (2002)-Roy Kabra
 * One Last Dance (2003)-Travis MacPhearson
 * 11: 14 (2003)-Frank
 * Whoopi TV series-Tony (Afl., The Last Dance, 2004)
 * Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)-dance instructor
 * George and the Dragon (2004)-Garth
 * King Solomon's Mines (TV, 2004)-Allan Quatermain
 * Icon (TV movie, 2005)-Jason Monk
 * Keeping Mum (2005)-Lance
 * The Fox and the Hound 2 (DVD, 2006)-Cash
 * Jump! (2007)-Richard Pressburger
 * Christmas in Wonderland (2007)-Wayne Saunders
 * Powder Blue (2009)-Velvet Larry
 * The Beast TV series-Charles Barker (13 episodes, 2009)