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American character actor and teacher. Born Jules Guy in Powderly, Kentucky, on July 26, 1926, he was orphaned at three and adopted by Armen and Essa Best, who re-named him James K. Best and raised him in Corydon, Indiana. Following high school he worked briefly as a metalworker before joining the Army shortly after World War II... See full bio »

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Jewel Franklin Guy
in Powderly, Kentucky, USA
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2013 The Sweeter Side of Life (TV movie)
Paddy Kerrigan
 
2012 Return of the Killer Shrews
Thorne Sherman
 
2007 Moondance Alexander
Buck McClancy
 
2006 Once Not Far from Home (short)
The Doctor
 
2006 Hot Tamale
Hank Larson
 
2004 The Dukes of Hazzard: Return of the General Lee (Video Game)
Sheriff Rosco. P. Coltrane (voice)
 
2004 House of Forever (short)
William Clancy
 
2000 The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood (TV movie)
Rosco P. Coltrane
 
1999 The Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home (Video Game)
Rosco (voice)
 
1998 Finders Keepers (short)
John Massey
 
1998 Death Mask
Wilbur Johnson
 
1997 Raney
Uncle Nate
 
1997 The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (TV movie)
Boss / Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
 
1991 In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
Nathan Bedford
– Sweet, Sweet Blues (1991) … Nathan Bedford
 
1990 B.L. Stryker (TV series)
Mr.Parkinson
– Night Train (1990) … Mr.Parkinson
 
1979-1985 The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series)
Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
– Opening Night at the Boar's Nest (1985) … Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
– Enos and Daisy's Wedding (1985) … Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
– Strange Visitor to Hazzard (1985) … Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
– When You Wish Upon a Hogg (1985) … Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
– The Haunting of J.D. Hogg (1985) … Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
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1983 The Dukes (TV series)
Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
– A Hogg in the Foggy Bogg (1983) … Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (voice)
– The Dukes in Hollywood (1983) … Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (voice)
– The Canadian Caper (1983) … Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (voice)
– A Dickens of a Christmas (1983) … Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (voice)
– The Kid from Madrid (1983) … Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (voice)
See all 20 episodes »
 
1980 Enos (TV series)
Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
– Horse Cops (1980) … Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
 
1979 How the West Was Won (TV mini-series)
Sheriff Gruner
– Luke (1979) … Sheriff Gruner
 
1979 Centennial (TV mini-series)
Hank Garvey
– The Scream of Eagles (1979) … Hank Garvey
 
1978 Hooper
Cully
 
1978 The End
Pacemaker Patient
 
1977 Rolling Thunder
Texan
 
1977 McLaren's Riders (TV movie)
Lamarr Skinner
 
1977 The Brain Machine
Rev. Emory Neill
 
1976 Nickelodeon
Jim
 
1976 The Savage Bees (TV movie)
Pelligrino
 
1976 Gator (unconfirmed)
 
1976 Ode to Billy Joe
Dewey Barksdale
 
1975 The Runaway Barge (TV movie)
Bingo Washington
 
1974 Savages (TV movie)
Sheriff Bert Hamilton
 
1973 Hawkins (TV series)
– Blood Feud (1973)
 
1972 Sounder
Sheriff Young
 
1970 Run, Simon, Run (TV movie)
Henry Burroughs
 
1970 Dan August (TV series)
Wiley
– In the Eyes of God (1970) … Wiley
 
1970 Lancer (TV series)
Clayt
– Goodbye, Lizzie (1970) … Clayt
 
1963-1969 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Beal / Charlie Noon / Dal
– Charlie Noon (1969) … Charlie Noon
– The Glory and the Mud (1964) … Beal
– With a Smile (1963) … Dal
 
1967-1969 The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV series)
Harley Bass / Rake Hanley
– Robber's Roost (1969) … Harley Bass
– Meeting at Devil's Fork (1967) … Rake Hanley
 
1966-1968 Felony Squad (TV series)
Arnold Wyatt / George 'Lucky' Collins
– The Distant Shore (1968) … George 'Lucky' Collins
– Flame Out (1966) … Arnold Wyatt
 
1968 Mod Squad (TV series)
Clay Lynch
– The Price of Terror (1968) … Clay Lynch
 
1966-1968 I Spy (TV series)
Sam / The Doctor
– Suitable for Framing (1968) … The Doctor
– Lisa (1966) … Sam
 
1961-1968 Bonanza (TV series)
Carl Reagan / Page / Sheriff Vern Schaler
– The Price of Salt (1968) … Sheriff Vern Schaler
– The Legacy (1963) … Page
– The Fugitive (1961) … Carl Reagan
 
1968 Firecreek
Drew
 
1967 First to Fight
Gunnery Sgt. Ed Carnavan
 
1966 Hawk (TV series)
Emile
– Blind Man's Bluff (1966) … Emile
 
1966 The Green Hornet (TV series)
Yale Barton
– Deadline for Death (1966) … Yale Barton
 
1966 Iron Horse (TV series)
Chico
– High Devil (1966) … Chico
 
1963-1966 Perry Mason (TV series)
Allan Winford / Martin Potter
– The Case of the Unwelcome Well (1966) … Allan Winford
– The Case of the Surplus Suitor (1963) … Martin Potter
 
1966 Three on a Couch
Dr. Ben Mizer
 
1965 The Virginian (TV series)
Curt Westley
– Letter of the Law (1965) … Curt Westley
 
1965 Honey West (TV series)
Vince Zale
– A Matter of Wife and Death (1965) … Vince Zale
 
1965 Burke's Law (TV series)
Tucson, 'The Cowboy'
– Steam Heat (1965) … Tucson, 'The Cowboy'
 
1965 Shenandoah
Carter, Rebel Soldier
 
1965 Black Spurs
Sheriff Elkins
 
1965 Flipper (TV series)
Dr. Peter Kellwin
– The Call of the Dolphin (1965) … Dr. Peter Kellwin
 
1963-1965 Ben Casey (TV series)
Dr. Joe Sullivan / Simon Waller
– A Little Fun to Match the Sorrow (1965) … Dr. Joe Sullivan
– Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast (1963) … Simon Waller
 
1965 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Wyatt
– The Devil's Four (1965) … Wyatt
 
1955-1964 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Jim Campbell / Jimmy Burns / Ruel Gridley / …
– Hero of Fort Halleck (1964) … Jim Campbell
– Sixty-Seven Miles of Gold (1964) … Jimmy Burns
– The $275,000 Sack of Flour (1962) … Ruel Gridley
– Million Dollar Wedding (1955) … Tiny Stoker
 
1964 The Quick Gun
Scotty Grant
 
1963-1964 Rawhide (TV series)
Art Fuller / Brock Quade / Willie Cain
– Incident of El Toro (1964) … Art Fuller
– Incident of the Rawhiders (1963) … Brock Quade
– Incident at Spider Rock (1963) … Willie Cain
 
1964 Destry (TV series)
Curly Beamer
– Go Away, Little Sheba (1964) … Curly Beamer
 
1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Tom Carmody
– The Jar (1964) … Tom Carmody
 
1964 Combat! (TV series)
Trenton
– Mail Call (1964) … Trenton
 
1963 The Fugitive (TV series)
Dan
– Terror at High Point (1963) … Dan
 
1963 Redigo (TV series)
Les Fay
– Little Angel Blue Eyes (1963) … Les Fay
 
1963 Temple Houston (TV series)
Gotch
 
1963 Shock Corridor
Stuart
 
1963 The Gallant Men (TV series)
Pvt. Hook
– The Warriors (1963) … Pvt. Hook
 
1961-1963 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Billy-Ben Turner / Jeff Myrtlebank / Johnny Rob
– Jess-Belle (1963) … Billy-Ben Turner
– The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank (1962) … Jeff Myrtlebank
– The Grave (1961) … Johnny Rob
 
1963 G.E. True (TV series)
Ernie Swift
– Open Season (1963) … Ernie Swift
 
1962 Hawaiian Eye (TV series)
Johnny Olin
– Day in the Sun (1962) … Johnny Olin
 
1962 Cheyenne (TV series)
Ernie Riggins
– Satonka (1962) … Ernie Riggins
 
1962 Black Gold
Jericho Larkin
 
1962 Bronco (TV series)
Banton
– Then the Mountains (1962) … Banton
 
1962 The Rifleman (TV series)
Bob Barrett
– The Day a Town Slept (1962) … Bob Barrett
 
1962 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Babe Mackie
– The Long Shot Caper (1962) … Babe Mackie
 
1959-1962 Laramie (TV series)
Ben Leach / Dallas / Johnny Best
– The Runaway (1962) … Johnny Best
– Company Man (1960) … Ben Leach
– The Lawbreakers (1959) … Dallas
 
1961 Surfside 6 (TV series)
Ernie Jordan
– One for the Road (1961) … Ernie Jordan
 
1961 Whispering Smith (TV series)
Hemp Reeger
– The Hemp Reeger Case (1961) … Hemp Reeger
 
1958-1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Bish Darby / Hennessy / Norman Frayne
– Make My Death Bed (1961) … Bish Darby
– Cell 227 (1960) … Hennessy (as James K. Best)
– Death Sentence (1958) … Norman Frayne
 
1960-1961 The Andy Griffith Show (TV series)
Jim Lindsey
– The Guitar Player Returns (1961) … Jim Lindsey
– The Guitar Player (1960) … Jim Lindsey
 
1960-1961 Stagecoach West (TV series)
Jack Craig / Les Hardeen / Mike Pardee
– The Dead Don't Cry (1961) … Mike Pardee
– The Arsonist (1961) … Jack Craig
– High Lonesome (1960) … Les Hardeen
 
1961 The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV series)
Joe
– The Choice (1961) … Joe
 
1961 Michael Shayne (TV series)
Danny
– Strike Out (1961) … Danny
 
1957-1961 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Roy Smith / Andy Fisher
– A Quiet Night in Town: Part 2 (1961) … Roy Smith
– A Quiet Night in Town: Part 1 (1961) … Roy Smith
– The Long Night (1957) … Andy Fisher
 
1960 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV series)
Jovan Wilanskov
– Love on Credit (1960) … Jovan Wilanskov
 
1958-1960 Bat Masterson (TV series)
Danny Dakota / Joe Best
– Dakota Showdown (1960) … Danny Dakota
– Stampede at Tent City (1958) … Joe Best
 
1960 The Rebel (TV series)
Ted Evans / Waares
– Deathwatch (1960) … Waares
– Night on a Rainbow (1960) … Ted Evans
 
1960 Lock Up (TV series)
Roy Duggan
– The Beau and Arrow Case (1960) … Roy Duggan
 
1960 The Mountain Road
Niergaard
 
1960 Overland Trail (TV series)
Pvt. Frank Cullen
– Escort Detail (1960) … Pvt. Frank Cullen
 
1960 Men Into Space (TV series)
Lt. John Leonard
– Beyond the Stars (1960) … Lt. John Leonard
 
1960 Markham (TV series)
Don Lennard
– The Sitting Duck (1960) … Don Lennard
 
1960 The Texan (TV series)
Clay Kirby
– Killer's Road (1960) … Clay Kirby
 
1960 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Hardy Coulter
– Aftermath (1960) … Hardy Coulter
 
1960 Pony Express (TV series)
Bart Gentry
– The Story of Julesberg (1960) … Bart Gentry
 
1959-1960 Wagon Train (TV series)
Art Bernard / Bowman Lewis / Garth English
– The Clayton Tucker Story (1960) … Art Bernard
– The Colonel Harris Story (1960) … Bowman Lewis
– The Andrew Hale Story (1959) … Garth English
 
1960 Aftermath (TV movie)
Hardy Couter
 
1959 Startime (TV series)
Duke
– Cindy's Fella (1959) … Duke
 
1955-1959 The Lineup (TV series)
Jim Kasino / Rhodes
– Lonesome as Midnight (1959) … Rhodes
– The Kasino Case (1955) … Jim Kasino
– San Francisco Playboy (1955)
 
1959 The Man and the Challenge (TV series)
David Mallory
– Maximum Capacity (1959) … David Mallory
 
1959 Cast a Long Shadow
Sam Mullen
 
1959 The David Niven Show (TV series)
Frank Simms / Pvt. Boland
– Good Deed (1959) … Frank Simms
– Portrait (1959) … Pvt. Boland
 
1959 The Killer Shrews
Thorne Sherman
 
1959 Black Saddle (TV series)
Ben Travers
– Client: Nelson (1959) … Ben Travers
 
1959 Verboten!
Sgt. David Brent
 
1959 Ride Lonesome
Billy John
 
1959 Rescue 8 (TV series)
Chad Curran
– Trail by Fire (1959) … Chad Curran
 
1958-1959 Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series)
Luke Perry / Stoner
– Six-Up to Bannach (1959) … Luke Perry
– Sheriff of Red Rock (1958) … Stoner
 
1959 Good Deed (TV movie)
Frank Simms
 
1958 Behind Closed Doors (TV series)
Webb
– The Enemy on the Flank (1958) … Webb
 
1957-1958 Trackdown (TV series)
Bob Ahler / Joe Sunday / Rand Marple
– Sunday's Child (1958) … Joe Sunday
– The Mistake (1958) … Bob Ahler
– The Marple Brothers (1957) … Rand Marple
 
1958 The Restless Gun (TV series)
Jim Kenyon
– Jebediah Bonner (1958) … Jim Kenyon
 
1958 The Millionaire (TV series)
Fred Morgan
– The Fred Morgan Story (1958) … Fred Morgan
 
1958 The Naked and the Dead
Rhidges
 
1958 Target (TV series)
– Assassin (1958)
 
1958 The Left Handed Gun
Tom Folliard
 
1958 Cole Younger, Gunfighter
Kit Caswell
 
1958 Tombstone Territory (TV series)
Mitt Porter
– Guilt of a Town (1958) … Mitt Porter
 
1958 Climax! (TV series)
Shag
– The Secret Love of Johnny Spain (1958) … Shag
 
1958 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– Guys Like O'Malley (1958)
 
1957 Man on the Prowl
Doug Gerhardt
 
1957 Code 3 (TV series)
Arkansas Trueblood
– Death in an Alley (1957) … Arkansas Trueblood
 
1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV series)
Jack Milhoan
– Merry-Go-Round Case (1957) … Jack Milhoan
 
1957 West Point (TV series)
William Purdom
– Dragoon Patrol (1957) … William Purdom
 
1957 The People's Choice (TV series)
Mr. Hunnicut
– One-Ring Circus (1957) … Mr. Hunnicut
 
1957 Hot Summer Night
Kermit
 
1957 Last of the Badmen
Ted Hamilton
 
1957 Sheriff of Cochise (TV series)
Mike Norris
– Lynching Party (1957) … Mike Norris
 
1957 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Pyke Dillon
– Three Graves (1957) … Pyke Dillon
 
1953-1956 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
Harry / Slate Morley
– Woman's Work (1956) … Slate Morley
– Crisis in Paris (1955)
– One Day at a Time (1955) … Harry
– Night Strike (1953)
 
1956 The Rack
Millard Chilson Cassidy
 
1956 Calling Homicide
Det. Arnie Arnhoff
 
1956 Telephone Time (TV series)
American Soldier
– The Gingerbread Man (1956) … American Soldier
 
1956 Frontier (TV series)
Ben Reed / Jason Cartwright
– Out from Texas (1956) … Jason Cartwright (as Jim Best)
– The Texicans (1956) … Ben Reed
 
1956 Gaby
Jim
 
1956 Crossroads (TV series)
– The White Carnation (1956)
– Anatole of the Bayous (1956)
 
1956 When Gangland Strikes
Jerry Ames (uncredited)
 
1956 Forbidden Planet
Crewman (uncredited)
 
1956 Come Next Spring
Bill Jackson
 
1955-1956 The Adventures of Champion (TV series)
Mace Kincaid / Paul Kenyon
– Andrew and the Deadly Double (1956) … Mace Kincaid
– The Stone Heart (1955) … Paul Kenyon
 
1956 Red Ryder (TV series)
Perry Cochran
– Gun Trouble Valley (1956) … Perry Cochran
 
1955 The Lone Ranger (TV series)
Jim Blake
– Framed for Murder (1955) … Jim Blake (as Jimmy Best)
 
1953-1955 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Clem Wallace / Waldo
– The Inside Story (1955) … Waldo
– Three Just Men (1953) … Clem Wallace
 
1955 Top of the World
Major French's Orderly (uncredited)
 
1955 The Eternal Sea
Student (unconfirmed)
 
1955 A Man Called Peter
Man with Jane at Youth Rally (uncredited)
 
1955 Seven Angry Men
Jason Brown
 
1955 Buffalo Bill, Jr. (TV series)
Telegrapher Larry
– The Death of Johnny Ringo (1955) … Telegrapher Larry (as Jimmy Best)
 
1954-1955 The Adventures of Kit Carson (TV series)
Henry Jordan
– The Phantom Uprising (1955)
– Frontier Empire (1954) … Henry Jordan
 
1954 The Gene Autry Show (TV series)
Bank Teller / Ray Saunders
– Hoodoo Canyon (1954) … Ray Saunders
– Holdup (1954) … Bank Teller
 
1954 The Raid
Lt. Robinson
 
1954 Return from the Sea
Barr
 
1954 Annie Oakley (TV series)
Jess Dugan / Scott Warren
– Annie and the Outlaw's Son (1954) … Jess Dugan
– Outlaw Mesa (1954) … Scott Warren
 
1954 The Caine Mutiny
Lt. JG Jorgensen (uncredited)
 
1954 Stories of the Century (TV series)
Dave Ridley
– Little Britches (1954) … Dave Ridley
 
1954 The Yellow Tomahawk
Private Bliss
 
1954 They Rode West
Lt. Finlay (uncredited)
 
1954 Hopalong Cassidy (TV series)
Rick Ashton
– Silent Testimony (1954) … Rick Ashton
 
1954 Riders to the Stars
Sidney K. Fuller (as James K. Best)
 
1953 McCoy of Abilene (TV movie)
 
1953 City of Bad Men
Deputy Gig (uncredited)
 
1953 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Charlie - Radar Man (uncredited)
 
1953 The President's Lady
Samuel Donaldson (uncredited)
 
1953 Column South
Primrose
 
1953 Seminole
Corp. Gerad
 
1953 Skip Taylor (TV movie)
 
1952 Flat Top
Radio Operator (uncredited)
 
1952 Francis Goes to West Point
Cpl. Ransom
 
1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Marvin Johnson
 
1952 Steel Town
Joe Rakich
 
1952 The Battle at Apache Pass
Cpl. Hassett
 
1952 About Face
Joe - Hal's Roommate (unconfirmed)
 
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
Police Broadcaster in Surveillance Plane (uncredited)
 
1950 Comanche Territory
Sam
 
1950 One Way Street
Driver (uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1981-1984 The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series)
– Cale Yarborough Comes to Hazzard (1984)
– Dead and Alive (1984)
– Diamonds in the Rough (1981)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
2012 Return of the Killer Shrews
 
1998 Death Mask (writer)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1978 The End (associate producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1976 Gator (assistant to producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
– Make My Death Bed (1961) (performer: "Barbara Allen" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
2006 CMT Insider (TV series)
Himself
– Special Edition: The Dukes of Hazzard (2006) … Himself
 
2005 After They Were Famous (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Crime-fighters (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Inside Fame (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Dukes of Hazzard (2005) … Himself
 
2004 The 20th Anniversary Hazzard County BBQ (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 TV Road Trip (TV documentary)
Himself (The Dukes of Hazzard)
 
1982 Family Feud (TV series)
Himself
– Heroes vs. Villains 2 (1982) … Himself
– Heroes vs. Villains 3 (1982) … Himself
 
1981 The Midnight Special (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #9.23 (1981) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2002 The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (TV documentary)
Sgt. David Brent (uncredited)
 
1992 Gunfighters of the Old West (video documentary)
Folliard (uncredited)
 
1982 It Came from Hollywood (documentary)
 
1959 Frontier Justice (TV series)
 

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Alternate Names:

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6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Cousin of singers Don Everly and Phil Everly. See more »

Trademark:

Gravelly, husky voice. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo