Jewel Franklin Guy, known professionally as James Best, was an American television, film, stage, and voice actor, as well as a writer, director, acting coach, artist, college professor, and musician. During a career that spanned more than 60 years, he performed not only in feature films but also in scores of television series, as well as appearing on various country music programs and talk shows. Television audiences, however, perhaps most closely associate Best with his role as the bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in the action-comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard, which originally aired on CBS between 1979 and 1985. He reprised the role in 1997 and 2000 for the made-for-television movies The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! and The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood (2000).
James Best
Active - 1950 - 2015 |
Birth - Jul 26, 1926 |
Death - Apr 6, 2015 |
Genres - Drama, Western, Action-Adventure, Crime, War
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Subgenres - Western Film, Biographical Film, Film Noir, Monster Film, Comedy Drama
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James K. Best, Jewel Franklin Guy, Jim Best, Jimmy, Jimmy Best-
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Western Film, Biographical Film, Film Noir, Monster Film, Comedy Drama, Historical Film, Romantic Comedy, Teen Film, Trial Film, Action Comedy Film, American Football Film, Black Comedy Film, Buddy Film, Comedy Thriller, Legal Drama, LGBT-Related Film, Neo-Noir, Psychological Thriller Film, Silent Feature, Teen Drama