Robert Gene "Red" West (March 20, 1936 – July 18, 2017) was an Americanactor, movie stuntman and songwriter. He was probably best known to American movie audiences for his role as Red in Road House, alongside Patrick Swayze. Recently, he appeared as Roger in the 2013 drama movie Safe Haven.
West was fired by Presley and later helped write the book Elvis: What Happened?, which was published weeks before Presley's death.[4] The book, according to West in the book, was an attempt to help Presley, but believed by some to be an attempt to retaliate and earn an income after being fired. Presley offered the publisher of the book $1,000,000 ($1million) to stop printing the book.[5]