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James Best

James Best

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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 unfami

Born

Jul 26, 1926

Powderly, Kentucky, USA

Died

Apr 06, 2015

Known For

Acting

Movies

73 acting

5 crew

Popularity

1.0

Known For

Forbidden Planet
Forbidden Planet
1956 as Crewman (uncredited)
★ 7.2
The Caine Mutiny
The Caine Mutiny
1954 as Lt. JG Jorgensen
★ 7.2
Air Cadet
Air Cadet
1951 as Jerry Connell
★ 5.7
Peggy
Peggy
1950 as Frank Addison
★ 6.0
Winchester '73
Winchester '73
1950 as Crater
★ 7.3
Rolling Thunder
Rolling Thunder
1977 as Texan
★ 6.7
Black Gold
Black Gold
1962 as Jericho Larkin
★ 4.5
Apache Drums
Apache Drums
1951 as Bert Keon
★ 6.3
Hooper
Hooper
1978 as Cully
★ 6.3
Shenandoah
Shenandoah
1965 as Carter, Rebel Soldier
★ 7.0
Hot Tamale
Hot Tamale
2006 as Hank Larson
★ 4.9
Calling Homicide
Calling Homicide
1956 as Det. Arnie Arnhoff
★ 6.1
Firecreek
Firecreek
1968 as Drew
★ 6.3
Sounder
Sounder
1972 as Sheriff Charlie Young
★ 7.5
Seminole
Seminole
1953 as Corp. Gerad
★ 5.6
The End
The End
1978 as Pacemaker Patient
★ 5.6
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon
1976 as Jim
★ 6.1
Ride Lonesome
Ride Lonesome
1959 as Billy John
★ 6.7
The Rack
The Rack
1956 as Millard Chilson Cassidy
★ 6.6
Shock Corridor
Shock Corridor
1963 as Stuart
★ 7.0
The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood
The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood
2000 as Rosco P. Coltrane
★ 6.0
Target Unknown
Target Unknown
1951 as Sgt. Ralph Phelps
★ 7.0
The Left Handed Gun
The Left Handed Gun
1958 as Tom Folliard
★ 6.0
Cast a Long Shadow
Cast a Long Shadow
1959 as Sam Mullen
★ 6.6
Comanche Territory
Comanche Territory
1950 as Sam
★ 5.0
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
1997 as Boss / Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
★ 5.4
Moondance Alexander
Moondance Alexander
2007 as McClancy
★ 6.0
Black Spurs
Black Spurs
1965 as Ralph Elkins
★ 6.3
Column South
Column South
1953 as Primrose
★ 6.2
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002 as Sgt. David Brent (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Kansas Raiders
Kansas Raiders
1950 as Cole Younger
★ 6.0
First to Fight
First to Fight
1967 as Sergeant Carnavan
★ 7.9
The Killer Shrews
The Killer Shrews
1959 as Thorne Sherman
★ 4.5
The Quick Gun
The Quick Gun
1964 as Scotty Wade
★ 6.4
Ode to Billy Joe
Ode to Billy Joe
1976 as Dewey Barksdale
★ 6.1
Francis Goes to West Point
Francis Goes to West Point
1952 as Corporal Ransom
★ 5.8
Return from the Sea
Return from the Sea
1954 as Barr
★ 6.0
The Battle at Apache Pass
The Battle at Apache Pass
1952 as Cpl. Hassett
★ 6.5
Return of the Killer Shrews
Return of the Killer Shrews
2012 as Thorne Sherman
★ 5.2
The Savage Bees
The Savage Bees
1976 as Pellegrino
★ 5.3
The Naked and the Dead
The Naked and the Dead
1958 as Rhidges
★ 5.8
One Way Street
One Way Street
1950 as Driver (uncredited)
★ 5.3
The Cimarron Kid
The Cimarron Kid
1952 as Bitter Creek Dalton
★ 6.1
The Mountain Road
The Mountain Road
1960 as Niergaard
★ 6.9
They Rode West
They Rode West
1954 as Lt. Finlay (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
1958 as Kit Caswell
★ 6.6
The Raid
The Raid
1954 as Lt. Robinson
★ 6.5
City of Bad Men
City of Bad Men
1953 as Deputy Gig (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Verboten!
Verboten!
1959 as Sgt. David Brent
★ 6.6
The Yellow Tomahawk
The Yellow Tomahawk
1954 as Private Bliss
★ 6.6
Gaby
Gaby
1956 as Jim
★ 7.3
Three on a Couch
Three on a Couch
1966 as Dr. Ben Mizer
★ 5.4
Flat Top
Flat Top
1952 as Radio Operator
★ 4.6
Steel Town
Steel Town
1952 as Joe Rakich
★ 7.0
Last of the Badmen
Last of the Badmen
1957 as Ted Hamilton
★ 6.8
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013 as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.8
Top of the World
Top of the World
1955 as Col. French's Orderly (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952 as Marvin Johnson
★ 6.5
The Runaway Barge
The Runaway Barge
1975 as Bingo Washington
The Sweeter Side of Life
The Sweeter Side of Life
2013 as Paddy Kerrigan
★ 5.8
Savages
Savages
1974 as Sheriff Bert Hamilton
★ 6.5
Seven Angry Men
Seven Angry Men
1955 as Jason Brown
★ 6.0
Hot Summer Night
Hot Summer Night
1957 as Kermit
★ 5.7
Run, Simon, Run
Run, Simon, Run
1970 as Henry Burroughs
★ 5.4
The Brain Machine
The Brain Machine
1972 as Rev. Emory Neill
★ 3.2
Riders to the Stars
Riders to the Stars
1954 as Dr. Sidney K. Fuller
★ 5.9
movie
Aftermath
1960 as Hardy Coulter
★ 8.0
Death Mask
Death Mask
1998 as Wilbur Johnson
★ 5.6
Come Next Spring
Come Next Spring
1956 as Bill Jackson
★ 5.9
Man on the Prowl
Man on the Prowl
1957 as Doug Gerhardt
★ 3.5
movie
★ 9.0