James Best

Also known as Jewel Franklin Guy, James Knowland Best

American actor, musician, artist (1926-2015)

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It is catalogued under topics including 1926 births, 2015 deaths and 20th-century American male actors.

Its subject is documented across 24 Wikipedia language editions.

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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…

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Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! — Self2021
The Sweeter Side of Life — Paddy Kerrigan2013
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia — Self (archive footage)2013
Return of the Killer Shrews — Thorne Sherman2012
Moondance Alexander — McClancy2007
Hot Tamale — Hank Larson2006
CMT: Inside Fame2005
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller — Sgt. David Brent (archive footage) (uncredited)2002
The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood — Rosco P. Coltrane2000
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! — Boss / Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane1997