"The Dukes of Hazzard" (1979) TV series 1979-1985

Creator:

Gy Waldron
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

26 January 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

Plot:

The adventures of the fast-drivin', rubber-burnin' Duke boys of Hazzard County.

Plot Keywords:

Cousin | Sheriff | Hazzard County | Farm | Rural

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Denver Pyle	...	Uncle Jesse (146 episodes, 1979-1985)
Sorrell Booke	...	Boss Hogg (146 episodes, 1979-1985)
Catherine Bach	...	Daisy Duke (145 episodes, 1979-1985)
Ben Jones	...	Cooter (142 episodes, 1979-1985)
James Best	...	Sheriff Rosco Coltrane (141 episodes, 1979-1985)
Waylon Jennings	...	The Balladeer / ... (130 episodes, 1979-1985)
Tom Wopat	...	Luke Duke (128 episodes, 1979-1985)
John Schneider	...	Bo Duke (128 episodes, 1979-1985)
Sonny Shroyer	...	Enos (98 episodes, 1979-1985)

Series Directed by
Hollingsworth Morse		(17 episodes, 1979-1983)
Denver Pyle		(12 episodes, 1980-1983)
Paul Baxley		(7 episodes, 1979-1984)
Don McDougall		(7 episodes, 1979-1984)
Rodney Amateau		(7 episodes, 1979-1981)
Dick Moder		(6 episodes, 1979-1981)
Tom Wopat		(5 episodes, 1983-1985)
Ralph Riskin		(5 episodes, 1983-1984)
Sorrell Booke		(4 episodes, 1983-1985)
Michael Caffey		(4 episodes, 1983-1985)
James Best		(3 episodes, 1981-1984)
Harvey S. Laidman		(3 episodes, 1983-1984)
Bob Sweeney		(3 episodes, 1984)
Jack Starrett		(2 episodes, 1979-1980)
Jack Whitman		(2 episodes, 1979-1980)
William Asher		(2 episodes, 1979)
Bob Claver		(2 episodes, 1979)
Mark Warren		(2 episodes, 1982)
George Bowers		(2 episodes, 1984)
Gabrielle Beaumont		(unknown episodes)
William Crain		(unknown episodes)
John Florea		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Gy Waldron		(146 episodes, 1979-1985)
Myles Wilder		(26 episodes, 1979-1985)
Si Rose		(17 episodes, 1979-1985)
Martin Roth		(14 episodes, 1979-1985)
Len Kaufman		(14 episodes, 1983-1985)
William Raynor		(11 episodes, 1979-1983)
Bruce Howard		(9 episodes, 1979-1983)
Paul Savage		(3 episodes, 1979)
Michael Michaelian		(3 episodes, 1983-1984)
Michael Sevareid		(3 episodes, 1983-1984)
Marty Roth		(2 episodes, 1979-1983)
Jim Rogers		(2 episodes, 1980)
Bill Kelley		(unknown episodes)
Simon Muntner		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Paul R. Picard	....	executive producer / producer (80 episodes, 1979-1985)
Ralph Riskin	....	producer / co-producer (72 episodes, 1979-1985)
Myles Wilder	....	producer / senior producer (43 episodes, 1980-1985)
Skip Ward	....	associate producer / producer (40 episodes, 1979-1984)
Gy Waldron	....	co-producer / producer (37 episodes, 1979-1983)
Skip Ward	....	associate producer / producer (33 episodes, 1981-1985)
Rodney Amateau	....	supervising producer (30 episodes, 1979-1981)
Albert J. Salzer	....	associate producer (23 episodes, 1979-1980)
Robert Jacks	....	supervising producer (23 episodes, 1983-1984)
Ronald R. Grow	....	associate producer (17 episodes, 1984-1985)
Russell Livingstone	....	associate producer (17 episodes, 1984-1985)
Wesley J. McAfee	....	associate producer / executive producer (9 episodes, 1982-1984)
Joseph Gantman	....	supervising producer (5 episodes, 1979)
Bill Kelley	....	co-producer (5 episodes, 1979)
Philip Mandelker	....	executive producer (5 episodes, 1979)
Hy Averback	....	supervising producer (3 episodes, 1979)
Gilles de Turenne	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1981-1983)

Series Original Music by
Earle Hagen		(39 episodes, 1983-1985)
Fred Werner		(27 episodes, 1979-1983)
Deane Hagen		(11 episodes, 1984-1985)

Series Cinematography by
Jack Whitman		(24 episodes, 1979-1982)
Arthur R. Botham		(22 episodes, 1983-1984)
Robert Sparks		(16 episodes, 1984-1985)
Robert C. Jessup		(5 episodes, 1979)
Dominic Palmieri		(5 episodes, 1979)
William Cronjager		(4 episodes, 1979-1980)
Robert F. Sparks		(unknown episodes, 1984-1985)
Bradley B. Six		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Howard Epstein		(17 episodes, 1980-1985)
Craig Hibbs		(12 episodes, 1983-1985)
Albert P. Wilson		(10 episodes, 1979)
Russell Livingstone		(9 episodes, 1979)
Jamie Caylor		(8 episodes, 1979-1984)
Robert M. Ross		(6 episodes, 1979-1980)
Ronald LaVine		(6 episodes, 1984-1985)
Martin J. Bram		(5 episodes, 1979-1980)
Asa Boyd Clark		(3 episodes, 1980)

Series Casting by
Melissa Skoff		(112 episodes, 1980-1985)
Vivian McRae		(32 episodes, 1979-1981)

Series Art Direction by
Al Rohm		(39 episodes, 1983-1985)
James Martin Bachman		(18 episodes, 1979-1980)
Kirk Axtell		(8 episodes, 1979)
Charles L. Hughes		(5 episodes, 1979)
Rafael Caro		(4 episodes, 1979-1980)
Robert I. Jillson		(3 episodes, 1980-1982)

Series Set Decoration by
Tom Bugenhagen		(38 episodes, 1981-1985)
Rochelle Moser		(20 episodes, 1979-1981)
Joanne MacDougall		(14 episodes, 1979-1980)
Frank Lombardo		(3 episodes, 1979)
Jackie Martin		(2 episodes, 1984-1985)

Series Makeup Department
Judy Crown	....	hair stylist (31 episodes, 1983-1985)
Don Marando	....	makeup artist / makeup designer (29 episodes, 1983-1985)
Ray Brooks	....	makeup artist (25 episodes, 1979-1983)
Virginia Darcy	....	hair stylist (25 episodes, 1979-1982)
Renate Leuschner	....	hair stylist (9 episodes, 1983-1984)
Jeff Angell	....	makeup artist (8 episodes, 1979)
Monique DeSart	....	hair stylist (8 episodes, 1979)
Paul Stanhope	....	makeup artist (8 episodes, 1983-1984)
John Rizzo	....	makeup artist / makeup department head (7 episodes, 1984-1985)
Irene Aparicio	....	hair stylist (5 episodes, 1979)
Guy Del Russo	....	makeup artist (5 episodes, 1979)
Dino Ganziano	....	hair stylist (2 episodes, 1984)
Joan Phillips	....	hair stylist (unknown episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Production Management
Ronald R. Grow	....	unit production manager (31 episodes, 1983-1985)
Albert J. Salzer	....	unit production manager (28 episodes, 1979-1980)
Wesley J. McAfee	....	unit production manager / production manager (10 episodes, 1982-1984)
John Burrows	....	unit production manager (9 episodes, 1979-1981)
Gilles de Turenne	....	production manager / unit production manager (2 episodes, 1981-1983)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Baxley	....	second unit director (53 episodes, 1979-1984)
Jon Paré	....	first assistant director / first assistant director: second unit / ... (34 episodes, 1979-1984)
Kelly A. Manners	....	first assistant director / first assistant director: second unit / ... (28 episodes, 1979-1984)
Robert D. Nellans	....	second assistant director (23 episodes, 1982-1984)
Gary Baxley	....	second unit director (20 episodes, 1983-1985)
Peter Gries	....	first assistant director / first assistant director: second unit (17 episodes, 1979-1985)
Nicholas Batchelor	....	second assistant director (17 episodes, 1979-1983)
Kurt Baker	....	first assistant director / first assistant director: second unit (16 episodes, 1979-1983)
Jack W. Cash	....	first assistant director: second unit (15 episodes, 1979-1980)
Venita Ozols	....	first assistant director: second unit / first assistant director / ... (15 episodes, 1984-1985)
Kenneth D. Collins	....	first assistant director: second unit (14 episodes, 1983-1984)
Fred Wardell	....	second assistant director (11 episodes, 1979)
G. Warren Smith	....	first assistant director (9 episodes, 1984-1985)
Tony Mason	....	second assistant director (8 episodes, 1984)
Bill Baker	....	first assistant director (7 episodes, 1979)
Scott U. Adam	....	first assistant director: second unit (5 episodes, 1979)
Craig R. Baxley	....	second unit director (4 episodes, 1983-1984)
K.C. Colwell	....	second assistant director (4 episodes, 1984-1985)
Susan Norton	....	second assistant director (4 episodes, 1984-1985)
Wendy Shear	....	second assistant director / first assistant director: second unit (3 episodes, 1979)
Steve Barnett	....	first assistant director: second unit (2 episodes, 1979)
Christian Drew Sidaris	....	second director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Beverly Hadley	....	property master / property / ... (46 episodes, 1980-1985)
Daniel Stoltenberg	....	property master (25 episodes, 1979-1980)
Marco A. Campos	....	propmaker / property maker (13 episodes, 1979)
Ernie Sawyers	....	property master (7 episodes, 1979)
Thomas R. Cahill	....	set dresser (unknown episodes)
Dale Gordon	....	location foreman (unknown episodes)
Richard M. Kristy	....	lead man (unknown episodes)
Kandy Stern	....	set designer (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Jerry Jacobson	....	adr editor / sound editor (84 episodes, 1979-1982)
Victor Goode	....	sound (60 episodes, 1979-1985)
Ed Scheid	....	sound editor / supervising sound editor (23 episodes, 1979-1980)
Ron Tinsley	....	sound editor (14 episodes, 1979-1985)
Chick Camera	....	sound editor (9 episodes, 1983-1985)
Alex Bamattre	....	sound editor (8 episodes, 1980-1985)
Vincent Connelly	....	sound editor (7 episodes, 1979-1981)
Andrew Gilmore	....	sound (6 episodes, 1979)
Lee Chaney	....	sound editor (6 episodes, 1983-1985)
Don Sanders	....	sound (5 episodes, 1979)
Gary Vaughan	....	sound editor (4 episodes, 1979-1980)
Corinne Sessarego	....	sound editor (4 episodes, 1983-1984)
Harlan Riggs	....	sound (4 episodes, 1984-1985)
Andrew Chulack	....	sound editor (3 episodes, 1979-1980)
Richard Taylor	....	sound editor (3 episodes, 1979-1980)
Sid Lubow	....	sound editor (3 episodes, 1983-1984)
Anthony Ippolito	....	sound editor (3 episodes, 1984-1985)
Don Rush	....	sound (2 episodes, 1979)
Glenn E. Anderson	....	production sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Robert S. Birchard	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Robert R. Rutledge	....	foley artist / supervising sound editor (unknown episodes)
Dennis C. Salcedo	....	utility sound (unknown episodes)
Edward M. Steidele	....	assistant sound editor / foley artist (unknown episodes)
Lee Strosnider	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Michael Wood	....	special effects (32 episodes, 1979-1980)
Larry L. Fuentes	....	special effects (20 episodes, 1983-1985)
Steve Purcell	....	special effects (19 episodes, 1983-1985)
Charles Spurgeon	....	special effects (5 episodes, 1979)
Ted Allen	....	special effects technician (unknown episodes)
Bob Shelley	....	special effects (unknown episodes)
Ken Speed	....	special effects assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Bob Orrison	....	stunt driver (146 episodes, 1979-1985)
Jack Gill	....	stunt driver (85 episodes, 1979-1982)
Gary Baxley	....	stunt driver (3 episodes, 1983)
Tim Card	....	stunt double (2 episodes, 1982)
Al Wyatt Jr.	....	stunt double: John Schneider / stunt driver (2 episodes, 1983)
Bob Ivy	....	stunts (2 episodes, 1984-1985)
Rob King	....	stunts (2 episodes, 1985)
Lance Turner	....	stunts (unknown episodes, 1980-1985)
Ray Lykins	....	stunts (unknown episodes, 1981-1984)
Steve Kelso	....	stunts (unknown episodes, 1981-1983)
Craig R. Baxley	....	stunt coordinator / stunt driver (unknown episodes)
Robert Jon Carlson	....	stunt driver (unknown episodes)
Doug Coleman	....	stunt performer (unknown episodes)
Jon H. Epstein	....	stunt coordinator / stunts (unknown episodes)
Debbie Evans	....	motorcycle stunts (unknown episodes)
Terry James	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Monty Jordan	....	stunt driver (unknown episodes)
Hubie Kerns Jr.	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Henry Kingi	....	stunt driver / stunts (unknown episodes)
Hannah Kozak	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Gene LeBell	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Eddie Paul	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Rich Sephton	....	stunt driver (unknown episodes)
Tony Snegoff	....	utility stunts (unknown episodes)
Jerry Summers	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Renaud Veluzat	....	stunt double: Tank Driver (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Dan Reilly	....	key grip (146 episodes, 1979-1985)
Gerald B. Wolfe	....	still photographer (93 episodes, 1980-1984)
Dick Hutchings	....	director of photography: second unit (21 episodes, 1983-1984)
Arthur R. Botham	....	director of photography: second unit (17 episodes, 1979-1980)
John Elsenbach	....	director of photography: second unit (17 episodes, 1984-1985)
John C. Moulds	....	second assistant camera (12 episodes, 1979)
Bradley B. Six	....	director of photography: second unit (9 episodes, 1979-1980)
George Koblasa	....	director of photography: second unit (6 episodes, 1979)
Alan S. Facemire	....	director of photography: second unit (5 episodes, 1979)
Al LaVerde	....	key grip (unknown episodes, 1979)
Howard Block	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Keith Brown	....	second assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Vincent Contarino	....	electrician (unknown episodes)
Don E. FauntLeRoy	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Dave Friedman	....	still photographer (unknown episodes)
Adam Glick	....	set lighting technician (unknown episodes)
Rodney Mitchell	....	assistant camera / first assistant camera: second unit (unknown episodes)
Randall Robinson	....	first assistant camera: second unit (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Stratton Leopold	....	casting: Atlanta (5 episodes, 1979)
Vivian McRae	....	casting: Los Angeles (5 episodes, 1979)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bob Christenson	....	costume supervisor: men / wardrobe: men / ... (66 episodes, 1979-1985)
Darleen Engle	....	costume supervisor: women / wardrobe: women / ... (32 episodes, 1979-1981)
Hope Slepak	....	costume supervisor: women (23 episodes, 1983-1984)
Joseph Roveto	....	costume supervisor: men (8 episodes, 1979)
Violet N. Cane	....	costume supervisor: women (8 episodes, 1983-1984)
Paula Lynn Kaatz	....	wardrobe (5 episodes, 1979)
Melissa Franz	....	costume supervisor: women (5 episodes, 1984-1985)
Nancy Wait	....	costume supervisor: women (4 episodes, 1984-1985)
Susanna T. Sandke	....	costume supervisor: women (2 episodes, 1982-1983)
Linda Hickman	....	costume supervisor (1 episode, 1981-1982)

Series Editorial Department
Russell Livingstone	....	supervising editor (63 episodes, 1979-1985)
Virgil E. Hammond III	....	post-production (12 episodes, 1979-1980)
Steven I. Celniker	....	post-production coordinator (4 episodes, 1985)

Series Music Department
Waylon Jennings	....	title song by / composer: theme music (146 episodes, 1979-1985)
Mark Southern	....	music editor (26 episodes, 1983-1985)
Jay Alfred Smith	....	music editor (23 episodes, 1979-1980)
Abby Marable	....	music editor (13 episodes, 1979-1981)
Richie Albright	....	music producer (13 episodes, 1979)
The Waylors	....	music performer (13 episodes, 1979)
Fred Werner	....	composer: additional music (13 episodes, 1979)
Eugene Marks	....	music editor (13 episodes, 1983-1985)
Bruce Babcock	....	composer: additional music (4 episodes, 1984)
Donald Harris	....	music editor (2 episodes, 1979)
John Beal	....	composer: additional music / orchestrator (unknown episodes)

Series Transportation Department
Gina August	....	driver (27 episodes, 1981)
Chris Haynes	....	production driver (2 episodes, 1982)
Jack Carpenter	....	driver: camera car (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Alvin Mears	....	owner and trainer: "Flash" / trainer: Flash (88 episodes, 1980-1985)
Rich Sephton	....	car builder (88 episodes, 1981-1985)
Philip Mandelker	....	creative consultant (68 episodes, 1979-1985)
Myles Wilder	....	executive story consultant (56 episodes, 1979-1984)
Martin Roth	....	executive story editor (40 episodes, 1981-1985)
Gy Waldron	....	creative consultant / executive consultant (40 episodes, 1981-1985)
Si Rose	....	executive story supervisor / executive story consultant (39 episodes, 1983-1985)
Len Kaufman	....	executive story editor / story editor (37 episodes, 1981-1985)
Bruce Howard	....	story editor (34 episodes, 1979-1983)
William Raynor	....	executive story consultant (33 episodes, 1979-1982)
Michael Michaelian	....	script consultant (14 episodes, 1983-1984)
Michael Sevareid	....	script consultant (14 episodes, 1983-1984)
Ervin Melton	....	location manager (7 episodes, 1979-1982)
Fred Weintraub	....	consultant (5 episodes, 1979)
Tom Sarmento	....	car builder: second unit (2 episodes, 1983)
Nancy E. Barr	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes, 1979)
George Barris	....	car modifications (unknown episodes)
Ken Fritz	....	car builder (unknown episodes)
Ira S. Rosenstein	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
A.J. Thrasher	....	car builder (unknown episodes)
Andre Veluzat	....	car builder: second unit (unknown episodes)
Renaud Veluzat	....	car builder: second unit (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Lou Step Productions
• Piggy Productions
• Warner Bros. Television

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Television (1979-1985) (worldwide) (all media)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1979-1985) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 2)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 3)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 4)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 5)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD) (season 6)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD) (season 7)
• AVRO Television (1981-1984) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) (1981-198?) (Netherlands) (TV)

Other Companies

• AMC Cars  automobiles provided by
• Angel Editorial  sound editing
• Martin Archery  archery equipment and program consideration

Runtime:

60 min (145 episodes) | Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:PG | Canada:PG | Argentina:Atp | Singapore:PG | UK:PG (video rating) | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Lou Step Productions

Trivia:

Over half of the fan mail for the show was actually addressed to the General Lee.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The show's crew was not immune to the common misspelling of Rosco as "Roscoe". In the pilot, for example, a large banner celebrating "Sheriff Roscoe" had to be shot with balloons in front of the incorrect "e". In the third season, the door to Rosco's office can be seen with both spellings, depending on the episode. "Rosco" is correct.

Quotes:

Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane: [Daisy has just left the Sheriff's office, and Enos is gazing longingly after her]
[Roscoe notices]
Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane: What's wrong with you, boy? Look at you, staring at Daisy Duke with *lust* in your heart!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Strongbad_email.exe: Disc Four (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Good Ol' Boys

What kid didn't like the Duke Boys?

I remember being eight years old when I started watching this show. I would anxiously await the Friday line up that included The Incredible Hulk, Dallas, Falcon Crest and this one. That was a great Friday line up, highlighted of course by the Dukes. What was so appealing about this show to so many people was it's virtue. I'm sure parents wanted their kids to watch it because you couldn't have a better show for their kids to watch. It was safe. The Dukes were polite, virtuous and church going. How could they not like that? How could a parent object to anything like that? But of course as kids we liked it for different reasons.

Stunts, fast cars, Daisy, Boss Hogg and Roscoe. The Dukes of Hazard was so absurd sometimes but it always entertained you and more often than not it made you laugh. Could you imagine what the script must have looked like when they first pitched it to studio? Could you imagine how silly Roscoe must have looked on paper? I mean how do you write in his ridiculous laugh? How do you write all of his idiosyncrasies? Or was that all James Best? I don't know, but it sure was funny.

TV is different now in the 90's and beyond. Shows are more gritty and real and there is nudity and foul language and talk of homosexuality and alcoholism and a plethora of other issues. And that is fine. I like shows like Dawsons Creek and Friends and such, but Dukes of Hazard is a throw back to a simpler time. It is a time in television history when innocence was combined beautifully with humour, fast cars and lots of scenes of the General Lee jumping creeks. This was so much fun to watch and even when Coy and Vance came on the show, it was still okay.

The Dukes of Hazard was classic TV. My generation looks at this like my parents generation looks at Leave It To Beaver. Has twenty years really gone by?