James Best
Skuespiller, Regissør, Produsent, Manusforfatter
26. juli 1926 — 6. april 2015 (88 år)
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James Best (born Jewel Franklin Guy; July 26, 1926 – April 6, 2015) was an American television, film, character, voice, and stage actor, as well as a writer, director, acting coach, artist, college professor, and musician, whose career spanned seven decades of television. He appeared as a guest on various country music and talk shows.
One of the busiest actors in Hollywood, who began his contract career with Universal Studios in 1949, where he met unfamiliar actors Julie Adams, Piper Laurie, Tony Curtis and Rock Hudson. Best's long career began in films in 1950. He appeared primarily in Westerns, playing opposite Audie Murphy in Kansas Raiders (1950), The Cimarron Kid (1952) and The Quick Gun (1964), Raymond Massey in Seven Angry Men (1955), George Montgomery in Last of the Badman (1957), Frank Lovejoy in Cole Younger Gunfighter (1958), and Randolph Scott in Ride Lonesome (1959). He also starred in the science fiction cult movie, The Killer Shrews (1959) and its sequel, Return of the Killer Shrews (2012). He is most known for playing bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in the action/comedy Dukes of Hazzard, a role that he revised in The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (1997) as his character was now "boss" of Hazzard County as well as sheriff, and again in The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood (2000).
James Best (born Jewel Franklin Guy; July 26, 1926 – April 6, 2015) was an American television, film, character, voice, and stage actor, as well as a writer, director, acting coach, artist, college professor, and musician, whose career spanned seven decades of television. He appeared as a guest on various country music and talk shows.
One of the busiest actors in Hollywood, who began his contract career with Universal Studios in 1949, where he met unfamiliar actors Julie Adams, Piper Laurie, Tony Curtis and Rock Hudson. Best's long career began in films in 1950. He appeared primarily in Westerns, playing opposite Audie Murphy in Kansas Raiders (1950), The Cimarron Kid (1952) and The Quick Gun (1964), Raymond Massey in Seven Angry Men (1955), George Montgomery in Last of the Badman (1957), Frank Lovejoy in Cole Younger Gunfighter (1958), and Randolph Scott in Ride Lonesome (1959). He also starred in the science fiction cult movie, The Killer Shrews (1959) and its sequel, Return of the Killer Shrews (2012). He is most known for playing bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in the action/comedy Dukes of Hazzard, a role that he revised in The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (1997) as his character was now "boss" of Hazzard County as well as sheriff, and again in The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood (2000).
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Filmography
| 2013 | The Sweeter Side of Life · as Paddy Kerrigan |
| 2012 | Return of the Killer Shrews · as Thorne Sherman |
| 2007 | Moondance Alexander · as McclancyPå Plex |
| 2006 | Hot Tamale · as Hank Larson |
| 2004 | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made · as CastPå Plex |
| 2002 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller · as Sgt. David Brent (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2000 | The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood · as Rosco P. Coltrane |
| 1998 | Death Mask · as Wilbur Johnson |
| 1997 | The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! · as Boss / Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane |
| 1996 | |
| 1992 | Gunfighters of the Old West · as FolliardPå Plex |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | |
| 1983 | The Dukes · as Rosco Coltrane (voice) |
| 1980 | |
| 1979 | The Dukes of Hazzard · as Rosco P. Coltrane |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | Hooper · as CullyPå Plex |
| 1978 | The End · as Pacemaker Patient |
| 1977 | Rolling Thunder · as Texan |
| 1977 | Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected · as Anne's Father |
| 1976 | Nickelodeon · as Jim |
| 1976 | The Savage Bees · as Pellegrino |
| 1976 | Gator · as Cast |
| 1976 | Ode to Billy Joe · as Dewey Barksdale |
| 1976 | How the West Was Won · as Sheriff Gruner |
| 1975 | The Runaway Barge · as Bingo Washington |
| 1974 | Savages · as Sheriff Bert Hamilton |
| 1974 | |
| 1973 | Hawkins · as Sheriff John Early |
| 1972 | Sounder · as Sheriff Charlie YoungPå Plex |
| 1972 | The Brain Machine · as Rev. Emory Neill |
| 1970 | Run, Simon, Run · as Henry Burroughs |
| 1970 | Dan August · as Wiley |
| 1970 | West Texas · as Wilbur |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad · as Clay Lynch |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | Firecreek · as Drew |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | First to Fight · as Sergeant CarnavanPå Plex |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | The Iron Horse · as Chico Trent |
| 1966 | The Green Hornet · as Yale Barton |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Three on a Couch · as Dr. Ben Mizer |
| 1965 | Honey West · as Vince Zale |
| 1965 | I Spy · as Sam |
| 1965 | Shenandoah · as Carter, Rebel Soldier |
| 1965 | Black Spurs · as Ralph Elkins |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone · as Jethro Wyatt |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | The Quick Gun · as Scotty Wade |
| 1964 | Destry · as Curly Beamer |
| 1963 | Shock Corridor · as StuartPå Plex |
| 1963 | Burke's Law · as Tucson, 'the Cowboy' |
| 1963 | Temple Houston · as Gotch |
| 1963 | The Fugitive · as Dan Murray |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Combat! · as Trenton |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour · as Tom Carmody |
| 1962 | The Virginian · as Curt Westley |
| 1962 | Black Gold · as Jericho Larkin |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show · as Jim Lindsey |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show · as Joe |
| 1960 | The Mountain Road · as Niergaard |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | Pony Express · as Bart Gentry |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Rebel · as Abel WaaresPå Plex |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone · as Billy-Ben Turner |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The June Allyson Show · as Jovan Wilanskov |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Bonanza · as Sheriff Vern SchalerPå Plex |
| 1959 | Cast a Long Shadow · as Sam Mullen |
| 1959 | The Killer Shrews · as Thorne ShermanPå Plex |
| 1959 | Markham · as Don Lennard |
| 1959 | David Niven Show · as Boland |
| 1959 | Verboten! · as Sgt. David Brent |
| 1959 | Ride Lonesome · as Billy John |
| 1959 | Black Saddle · as Ben Travers |
| 1959 | Rawhide · as Willie Cain |
| 1958 | The Naked and the Dead · as Rhidges |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson · as Danny DakotaPå Plex |
| 1958 | The RiflemanPå Plex |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Rescue 8 · as Chad Curran |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive · as Luke PerryPå Plex |
| 1958 | The Left Handed Gun · as Tom Folliard |
| 1958 | Cole Younger, Gunfighter · as Kit Caswell |
| 1957 | Man on the Prowl · as Doug Gerhardt |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun · as Jim Kenyon |
| 1957 | Perry Mason · as Martin Potter |
| 1957 | Wagon Train · as Art Bernard |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | I Was a Teenage Werewolf · as Kid At Party Who Gets Slapped |
| 1957 | Hot Summer Night · as Kermit |
| 1957 | Code 3 · as Arkansas TruebloodPå Plex |
| 1957 | Last of the Badmen · as Ted Hamilton |
| 1956 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective · as Jack Milhoan |
| 1956 | The Rack · as Millard Chilson Cassidy |
| 1956 | Gaby · as Jim |
| 1956 | |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theatre · as Pyke Dillon |
| 1956 | Calling Homicide · as Det. Arnie Arnhoff |
| 1956 | The Sheriff of Cochise · as Mike Norris |
| 1956 | Forbidden Planet · as Crewman (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Telephone Time · as American Soldier |
| 1956 | When Gangland Strikes · as Jerry Ames |
| 1956 | Come Next Spring · as Bill Jackson |
| 1955 | Crossroads (1955) · as Pierre |
| 1955 | The People's Choice · as Mr. HunnicutPå Plex |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents · as Bish Darby |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Champion · as Mace Kincaid |
| 1955 | CheyennePå Plex |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke · as Beal |
| 1955 | The Eternal Sea · as Student |
| 1955 | Top of the World · as Col. French's Orderly (uncredited) |
| 1955 | A Man Called Peter · as Man With Jane At Youth Rally |
| 1955 | Seven Angry Men · as Jason Brown |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | The Millionaire · as Fred Morgan |
| 1954 | They Rode West · as Lt. Finlay (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Climax! · as Shag |
| 1954 | |
| 1954 | The Raid · as Lt. Robinson |
| 1954 | Return from the Sea · as Barr |
| 1954 | The Caine Mutiny · as Lt. Jg Jorgensen |
| 1954 | The Yellow Tomahawk · as Private Bliss |
| 1954 | |
| 1954 | Riders to the Stars · as Dr. Sidney K. Fuller |
| 1954 | Annie Oakley · as Jess DuganPå Plex |
| 1953 | Seminole · as Corp. Gerad |
| 1953 | City of Bad Men · as Deputy Gig (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Column South · as Primrose |
| 1953 | The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms · as Charlie - Radar Man |
| 1953 | The President's Lady · as Samuel Donelson |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater · as Hardy Coulter |
| 1952 | Flat Top · as Radio Operator |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America · as Slate Morley |
| 1952 | Hopalong CassidyPå Plex |
| 1952 | Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair · as Marvin Johnson |
| 1952 | Francis Goes to West Point · as Corporal Ransom |
| 1952 | The Battle at Apache Pass · as Cpl. Hassett |
| 1952 | Steel Town · as Joe Rakich |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days · as Jim CampbellPå Plex |
| 1952 | The Cimarron Kid · as Bitter Creek Dalton |
| 1951 | |
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| 1951 | |
| 1951 | Air Cadet · as Jerry Connell |
| 1951 | Apache Drums · as Bert Keon |
| 1951 | Target Unknown · as Sgt. Ralph Phelps |
| 1950 | Kansas Raiders · as Cole Younger |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre · as Clem Wallace |
| 1950 | The Gene Autry ShowPå Plex |
| 1950 | Peggy · as Frank Addison |
| 1950 | Winchester '73 · as Crater |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | Comanche Territory · as Sam |
| 1950 | One Way Street · as Driver (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger (1949) · as Jim BlakePå Plex |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre · as Cast |
| 1978 | The End · as Associate Producer |
| 2021 | Hollywood in the Atomic Age - Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! · as SelfPå Plex |
| 2015 | The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - In Memoriam |
| 2015 | Earl Hamner Storyteller · as Self |
| 2013 | Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia · as Self (archive Footage)På Plex |
| 2004 | CMT Insider · as Self |
| 1999 | After They Were Famous · as Self |
| 1972 | The Midnight Special · as Self |
| 1998 | Death Mask · as Presentation Producer |
| 1978 | Hooper · as Co-WriterPå Plex |
| 1976 | Gator · as Production Assistant |