James Best

James Best

Acting

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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…

Filmography

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The Sweeter Side of Life ★ 5.8 The Sweeter Side of Life 2013 Return of the Killer Shrews ★ 5.2 Return of the Killer Shrews 2012 Moondance Alexander ★ 6.0 Moondance Alexander 2007 Hot Tamale ★ 4.9 Hot Tamale 2006 CMT: Inside Fame ★ 7.0 CMT: Inside Fame 2005 The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller ★ 5.8 The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller 2002 The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood ★ 6.0 The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood 2000 Death Mask ★ 5.6 Death Mask 1998 The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! ★ 5.4 The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! 1997 E! True Hollywood Story ★ 8.2 E! True Hollywood Story 1996 B.L. Stryker ★ 6.1 B.L. Stryker 1989 In the Heat of the Night ★ 7.6 In the Heat of the Night 1988 The Dukes ★ 4.5 The Dukes 1983 Enos ★ 7.2 Enos 1980 The Dukes of Hazzard ★ 7.3 The Dukes of Hazzard 1979 Centennial ★ 7.7 Centennial 1978 Hooper ★ 6.3 Hooper 1978 The End ★ 5.6 The End 1978 Rolling Thunder ★ 6.7 Rolling Thunder 1977 Nickelodeon ★ 6.1 Nickelodeon 1976 The Savage Bees ★ 5.3 The Savage Bees 1976 Gator ★ 5.2 Gator 1976 Ode to Billy Joe ★ 6.1 Ode to Billy Joe 1976 The Runaway Barge The Runaway Barge 1975 Savages ★ 6.5 Savages 1974 The Manhunter ★ 7.0 The Manhunter 1974 Hawkins ★ 7.8 Hawkins 1973 Sounder ★ 7.5 Sounder 1972 The Brain Machine ★ 3.2 The Brain Machine 1972 Run, Simon, Run ★ 5.4 Run, Simon, Run 1970 Lancer ★ 5.6 Lancer 1968 The Mod Squad ★ 6.1 The Mod Squad 1968 Firecreek ★ 6.3 Firecreek 1968 The Guns of Will Sonnett ★ 6.3 The Guns of Will Sonnett 1967 First to Fight ★ 7.9 First to Fight 1967 Felony Squad ★ 6.5 Felony Squad 1966 The Green Hornet ★ 7.3 The Green Hornet 1966 Hawk ★ 8.0 Hawk 1966 Three on a Couch ★ 5.4 Three on a Couch 1966 Honey West ★ 7.2 Honey West 1965 Shenandoah ★ 7.0 Shenandoah 1965 Black Spurs ★ 6.3 Black Spurs 1965 Daniel Boone ★ 7.0 Daniel Boone 1964 Flipper ★ 6.2 Flipper 1964 The Quick Gun ★ 6.4 The Quick Gun 1964 Shock Corridor ★ 7.0 Shock Corridor 1963 Redigo ★ 6.3 Redigo 1963 Burke's Law ★ 6.3 Burke's Law 1963 The Fugitive ★ 7.3 The Fugitive 1963 The Gallant Men ★ 8.0 The Gallant Men 1962 Combat! ★ 7.8 Combat! 1962 General Electric True General Electric True 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ★ 7.8 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962 The Virginian ★ 6.5 The Virginian 1962 Black Gold ★ 4.5 Black Gold 1962 Ben Casey ★ 5.9 Ben Casey 1961 Whispering Smith ★ 5.8 Whispering Smith 1961 Surfside 6 ★ 6.3 Surfside 6 1960 Stagecoach West ★ 6.7 Stagecoach West 1960 The Andy Griffith Show ★ 7.6 The Andy Griffith Show 1960 Michael Shayne ★ 6.5 Michael Shayne 1960 The Barbara Stanwyck Show ★ 6.4 The Barbara Stanwyck Show 1960 The Mountain Road ★ 6.9 The Mountain Road 1960 Aftermath ★ 8.0 Aftermath 1960 Pony Express ★ 7.7 Pony Express 1960 Overland Trail ★ 6.3 Overland Trail 1960 Hawaiian Eye ★ 5.6 Hawaiian Eye 1959 Startime ★ 6.8 Startime 1959 The Rebel ★ 5.1 The Rebel 1959 The Twilight Zone ★ 8.5 The Twilight Zone 1959 Men Into Space ★ 7.4 Men Into Space 1959 Lock-Up ★ 6.4 Lock-Up 1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson ★ 6.8 The DuPont Show with June Allyson 1959 Laramie ★ 6.7 Laramie 1959 The Man and the Challenge ★ 9.0 The Man and the Challenge 1959 Bonanza ★ 7.5 Bonanza 1959 Cast a Long Shadow ★ 6.6 Cast a Long Shadow 1959 The Killer Shrews ★ 4.5 The Killer Shrews 1959 The David Niven Show ★ 8.0 The David Niven Show 1959 Verboten! ★ 6.6 Verboten! 1959