James Best

James Best

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

26/07/1926

Day of Death

06/04/2015
(89) years old

Place of Birth

Powderly, Kentucky, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 ... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2013

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

as Self (archive footage)

2013

The Sweeter Side of Life

as Paddy Kerrigan

2012

Return of the Killer Shrews

as Thorne Sherman

2007

Moondance Alexander

as McClancy

2006

Hot Tamale

as Hank Larson

2002

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Full...

as Sgt. David Brent (archive footage) (uncr...

1998

Death Mask

as Wilbur Johnson

1997

The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!

as Boss / Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane

1978

Hooper

as Cully

1978

The End

as Pacemaker Patient

1977

Rolling Thunder

as Texan

1976

Nickelodeon

as Jim

1976

The Savage Bees

as Pellegrino

1976

Ode to Billy Joe

as Dewey Barksdale

1975

The Runaway Barge

as Bingo Washington

1974

Savages

as Sheriff Bert Hamilton

1972

Sounder

as Sheriff Charlie Young

1972

The Brain Machine

as Rev. Emory Neill

1970

Run, Simon, Run

as Henry Burroughs

1968

Firecreek

as Drew

1967

First to Fight

as Sergeant Carnavan

1966

Three on a Couch

as Dr. Ben Mizer

1965

Shenandoah

as Carter, Rebel Soldier

1965

Black Spurs

as Ralph Elkins

1964

The Quick Gun

as Scotty Wade

1963

Shock Corridor

as Stuart

1962

Black Gold

as Jericho Larkin

1960

The Mountain Road

as Niergaard

1960

Aftermath

as Hardy Coulter

1959

Cast a Long Shadow

as Sam Mullen

1959

The Killer Shrews

as Thorne Sherman

1959

Verboten!

as Sgt. David Brent

1959

Ride Lonesome

as Billy John

1958

The Left Handed Gun

as Tom Folliard

1958

Cole Younger, Gunfighter

as Kit Caswell

1957

Man on the Prowl

as Doug Gerhardt

1957

Last of the Badmen

as Ted Hamilton

1957

Hot Summer Night

as Kermit

1956

The Rack

as Millard Chilson Cassidy

1956

Calling Homicide

as Det. Arnie Arnhoff

1956

Gaby

as Jim

1956

Come Next Spring

as Bill Jackson

1956

Forbidden Planet

as Crewman (uncredited)

1955

Top of the World

as Col. French's Orderly (uncredited)

1955

Seven Angry Men

as Jason Brown

1954

They Rode West

as Lt. Finlay (uncredited)

1954

The Raid

as Lt. Robinson

1954

The Caine Mutiny

as Lt. JG Jorgensen

1954

The Yellow Tomahawk

as Private Bliss

1954

Riders to the Stars

as Dr. Sidney K. Fuller

1953

City of Bad Men

as Deputy Gig (uncredited)

1953

Column South

as Primrose

1953

Seminole

as Corp. Gerad

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

The Cimarron Kid

as Bitter Creek Dalton

1951

Apache Drums

as Bert Keon

1951

Air Cadet

as Jerry Connell

1951

Target Unknown

as Sgt. Ralph Phelps

1950

Kansas Raiders

as Cole Younger

1950

Winchester '73

as Crater

1950

Peggy

as Frank Addison

1950

One Way Street

as Driver (uncredited)

Crew

1998

Death Mask

as Writer

1978

Hooper

as Co-Writer

1978

The End

as Associate Producer

1976

Gator

as Production Assistant