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The Sweeter Side of Life (2013) 8 Videos. 80 Photos. American character actor and teacher. Born Jewel Guy in Powderly, Kentucky, on July 26, 1926, he was orphaned at three and adopted by Armen and Essa Knowland Best, who renamed him James Knowland Best and raised him in Corydon, Indiana.
- January 1, 1
- Powderly, Kentucky, USA
- January 1, 1
- Hickory, North Carolina, USA
Television audiences, however, perhaps most closely associate Best with his role as the bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in the action-comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard, which originally aired on CBS between 1979 and 1985.
James Best is an actor who appeared in many Westerns and other genres. See his full list of credits, including Dukes of Hazzard, The Lone Ranger, and The Caine Mutiny.
James Best. Actor: The Dukes of Hazzard. American character actor and teacher. Born Jewel Guy in Powderly, Kentucky, on July 26, 1926, he was orphaned at three and adopted by Armen and Essa Knowland Best, who renamed him James Knowland Best and raised him in Corydon, Indiana.
- July 26, 1926
- April 6, 2015
Despite having played some of the orneriest bad guys in films and on television for over four decades, actor James Best was forever ingrained in the minds of audiences as the bumbling Sheriff...
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCreditNo Score Yet35%Paddy Kerrigan (Character)No Score Yet7%Thorne Sherman (Character), ScreenwriterNo Score Yet66%Mr. McClancy (Character)No Score Yet36%Hank Larson (Character)Apr 6, 2015 · He is most known for playing bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in the action/comedy Dukes of Hazzard, a role that he revised in The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (1997) as his character was now "boss" of Hazzard County as well as sheriff, and again in The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood (2000).
TV-G | 81 min | Comedy, Romance. 5.6. Rate this. A big-city housewife is dumped by her sleazy husband, and she finds herself having to adjust to small town life in her father's bakery. Director: Michael Damian | Stars: Kathryn Morris, James Best, Alastair Mackenzie, Steve Varnom. Votes: 1,172.
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