People
James Best
- Name: James Best
- Birthday: 1926-07-26
- Also known as: Jewel Franklin Guy,James K. Best,Jimmy Best,Jim Best
- Place of birth: Powderly, Kentucky, USA
- Popularity: 1.0091
Biography:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 in 1950. He appeared primarily in Westerns, playing opposite Audie Murphy in Kansas Raiders... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! as Self | 2021-02-13 |
| Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia as Self (archive footage) | 2013-08-04 |
| The Sweeter Side of Life as Paddy Kerrigan | 2013-07-11 |
| Return of the Killer Shrews as Thorne Sherman | 2012-11-15 |
| Moondance Alexander as McClancy | 2007-04-22 |
| Hot Tamale as Hank Larson | 2006-04-23 |
| The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Sgt. David Brent (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-07-02 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood as Rosco P. Coltrane | 2000-06-05 |
| Death Mask as Wilbur Johnson | 1998-01-01 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! as Boss / Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane | 1997-04-25 |
| Hooper as Cully | 1978-07-28 |
| The End as Pacemaker Patient | 1978-05-10 |
| Rolling Thunder as Texan | 1977-11-02 |
| Nickelodeon as Jim | 1976-12-21 |
| The Savage Bees as Pellegrino | 1976-11-22 |
| Ode to Billy Joe as Dewey Barksdale | 1976-06-04 |
| The Runaway Barge as Bingo Washington | 1975-03-24 |
| Savages as Sheriff Bert Hamilton | 1974-09-11 |
| Sounder as Sheriff Charlie Young | 1972-09-24 |
| The Brain Machine as Rev. Emory Neill | 1972-01-01 |
| Run, Simon, Run as Henry Burroughs | 1970-12-01 |
| Firecreek as Drew | 1968-01-24 |
| First to Fight as Sergeant Carnavan | 1967-01-25 |
| Three on a Couch as Dr. Ben Mizer | 1966-03-01 |
| Shenandoah as Carter, Rebel Soldier | 1965-06-03 |
| Black Spurs as Ralph Elkins | 1965-05-28 |
| The Quick Gun as Scotty Wade | 1964-04-01 |
| Shock Corridor as Stuart | 1963-09-25 |
| Black Gold as Jericho Larkin | 1962-07-21 |
| The Mountain Road as Niergaard | 1960-06-15 |
| Aftermath as Hardy Coulter | 1960-04-17 |
| Cast a Long Shadow as Sam Mullen | 1959-08-24 |
| The Killer Shrews as Thorne Sherman | 1959-06-25 |
| Verboten! as Sgt. David Brent | 1959-03-25 |
| Ride Lonesome as Billy John | 1959-02-01 |
| The Naked and the Dead as Rhidges | 1958-08-06 |
| The Left Handed Gun as Tom Folliard | 1958-04-30 |
| Cole Younger, Gunfighter as Kit Caswell | 1958-03-30 |
| Man on the Prowl as Doug Gerhardt | 1957-12-01 |
| Last of the Badmen as Ted Hamilton | 1957-02-17 |
| Hot Summer Night as Kermit | 1957-02-15 |
| The Rack as Millard Chilson Cassidy | 1956-11-02 |
| Calling Homicide as Det. Arnie Arnhoff | 1956-09-30 |
| Gaby as Jim | 1956-05-09 |
| Forbidden Planet as Crewman (uncredited) | 1956-03-23 |
| Come Next Spring as Bill Jackson | 1956-03-09 |
| Top of the World as Col. French's Orderly (uncredited) | 1955-05-01 |
| Seven Angry Men as Jason Brown | 1955-03-27 |
| They Rode West as Lt. Finlay (uncredited) | 1954-12-04 |
| The Raid as Lt. Robinson | 1954-08-04 |
| Return from the Sea as Barr | 1954-07-28 |
| The Caine Mutiny as Lt. JG Jorgensen | 1954-06-24 |
| The Yellow Tomahawk as Private Bliss | 1954-05-01 |
| Riders to the Stars as Dr. Sidney K. Fuller | 1954-01-14 |
| Skip Taylor | 1953-12-16 |
| City of Bad Men as Deputy Gig (uncredited) | 1953-09-11 |
| Column South as Primrose | 1953-05-20 |
| Seminole as Corp. Gerad | 1953-03-20 |
| Flat Top as Radio Operator | 1952-10-26 |
| Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair as Marvin Johnson | 1952-07-11 |
| Francis Goes to West Point as Corporal Ransom | 1952-07-01 |
| Steel Town as Joe Rakich | 1952-05-09 |
| The Battle at Apache Pass as Cpl. Hassett | 1952-05-09 |
| The Cimarron Kid as Bitter Creek Dalton | 1952-01-13 |
| Apache Drums as Bert Keon | 1951-04-01 |
| Air Cadet as Jerry Connell | 1951-03-14 |
| Target Unknown as Sgt. Ralph Phelps | 1951-02-08 |
| Kansas Raiders as Cole Younger | 1950-11-15 |
| Winchester '73 as Crater | 1950-07-06 |
| Peggy as Frank Addison | 1950-07-01 |
| I Was a Shoplifter | 1950-05-13 |
| Comanche Territory as Sam | 1950-05-01 |
| One Way Street as Driver (uncredited) | 1950-04-01 |
