Personal Info
Known Credits
72
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1926-07-26 (99 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Powderly, Kentucky, USA
Also Known For
Jewel Franklin GuyJames K. BestJimmy BestJim Best
James Best
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 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 unfamili ...
Known For
Acting
2021 --
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
| Self
2013 --
The Sweeter Side of Life
| Paddy Kerrigan
2012 --
Return of the Killer Shrews
| Thorne Sherman
2007 --
Moondance Alexander
| McClancy
2006 --
Hot Tamale
| Hank Larson
2004 --
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
| Thorne Sherman (archive footage)
2002 --
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
| Sgt. David Brent (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000 --
The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood
| Rosco P. Coltrane
1998 --
Death Mask
| Wilbur Johnson
1997 --
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
| Boss / Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
1978 --
Hooper
| Cully
1978 --
The End
| Pacemaker Patient
1977 --
Rolling Thunder
| Texan
1976 --
Nickelodeon
| Jim
1976 --
The Savage Bees
| Pellegrino
1976 --
Ode to Billy Joe
| Dewey Barksdale
1975 --
The Runaway Barge
| Bingo Washington
1974 --
Savages
| Sheriff Bert Hamilton
1972 --
Sounder
| Sheriff Charlie Young
1972 --
The Brain Machine
| Rev. Emory Neill
1970 --
Run, Simon, Run
| Henry Burroughs
1968 --
Firecreek
| Drew
1967 --
First to Fight
| Sergeant Carnavan
1966 --
Three on a Couch
| Dr. Ben Mizer
1965 --
Shenandoah
| Carter, Rebel Soldier
1965 --
Black Spurs
| Ralph Elkins
1964 --
The Quick Gun
| Scotty Wade
1963 --
Shock Corridor
| Stuart
1962 --
Black Gold
| Jericho Larkin
1960 --
The Mountain Road
| Niergaard
1960 --
Aftermath
| Hardy Coulter
1959 --
Cast a Long Shadow
| Sam Mullen
1959 --
The Killer Shrews
| Thorne Sherman
1959 --
Verboten!
| Sgt. David Brent
1959 --
Ride Lonesome
| Billy John
1958 --
The Naked and the Dead
| Rhidges
1958 --
The Left Handed Gun
| Tom Folliard
1958 --
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
| Kit Caswell
1957 --
Man on the Prowl
| Doug Gerhardt
1957 --
Last of the Badmen
| Ted Hamilton
1957 --
Hot Summer Night
| Kermit
1956 --
The Rack
| Millard Chilson Cassidy
1956 --
Calling Homicide
| Det. Arnie Arnhoff
1956 --
Gaby
| Jim
1956 --
Forbidden Planet
| Crewman (uncredited)
1956 --
Come Next Spring
| Bill Jackson
1955 --
Top of the World
| Col. French's Orderly (uncredited)
1955 --
Seven Angry Men
| Jason Brown
1954 --
They Rode West
| Lt. Finlay (uncredited)
1954 --
The Raid
| Lt. Robinson
1954 --
Return from the Sea
| Barr
1954 --
The Caine Mutiny
| Lt. JG Jorgensen
1954 --
The Yellow Tomahawk
| Private Bliss
1954 --
Riders to the Stars
| Dr. Sidney K. Fuller
1953 --
Skip Taylor
|
1953 --
City of Bad Men
| Deputy Gig (uncredited)
1953 --
Column South
| Primrose
1953 --
Seminole
| Corp. Gerad
1952 --
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
| Marvin Johnson
1952 --
Francis Goes to West Point
| Cpl. Ransom
1952 --
Steel Town
| Joe Rakich
1952 --
The Battle at Apache Pass
| Cpl. Hassett
1952 --
The Cimarron Kid
| Bitter Creek Dalton
1951 --
Apache Drums
| Bert Keon
1951 --
Air Cadet
| Jerry Connell
1951 --
Target Unknown
| Sgt. Ralph Phelps
1950 --
Kansas Raiders
| Cole Younger
1950 --
Winchester '73
| Crater
1950 --
Peggy
| Frank Addison
1950 --
I Was a Shoplifter
|
1950 --
Comanche Territory
| Sam
1950 --
One Way Street
| Driver (uncredited)