Actor James Best, best known to ’80s audiences as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on Dukes of Hazzard, died Monday from complications of pneumonia, the Associated Press reports. He was 88.
Best played the inept lawman during the CBS show’s entire seven-season run (1979-1985). Additional TV credits included guest stints on The Andy Griffith Show and In the Heat of the Night.
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Best played the inept lawman during the CBS show’s entire seven-season run (1979-1985). Additional TV credits included guest stints on The Andy Griffith Show and In the Heat of the Night.
Related storiesTVLine Items: First Look of Ricky Martin on the Glee Set, Carl Reiner to Parks and Rec and More!Last Man on Earth Scores Super-Quick Season 2 Renewal at FoxAsk Ausiello: Spoilers on Good Wife, Arrow, Once, Grey's, Chicago Fire,