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Sorrell Booke (January 4, 1930 – February 11, 1994) was an American actor in noteworthy 1960s films such as Black Like Me, A Fine Madness and Fail-Safe before focusing primarily on television parts in the 1970s and voice acting in the 1980s and 1990s.
Nov 11, 2018 · Played by long time actor Sorrell Booke, the man himself had a much wider range of skill and talents than the bumbling Boss would have some believe. Born in Buffalo, New York, on January 30, 1930, he started acting before he was ten years old.
Feb 15, 1994 · Character actor Sorrell Booke, best known as the corpulent, blustery Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg on the good ol' boy comedy "The Dukes of Hazzard," has died of cancer. He was 64.
Sorrell Booke (January 4, 1930 – February 11, 1994) was an American actor who performed on stage, screen, and television. He is best known for his role as corrupt politician Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg in the television show The Dukes of Hazzard.[1] Booke was born in Olean, New York, a cousin of Max Yasgur of Woodstock fame. Fluent in five languages including Russian and Japanese, Booke ...
Sorrell Booke. Bio by Lisa Philbrick. With info from the Dukes of Hazzard Unofficial Companion. Born in Buffalo, New York on January 4, 1930, Sorrell showed at a young age a talent for different voices and story telling. A very intelligent individual, he graduated from highschool at 16 and enrolled at Columbia University.
Sorrell Booke (January 4, 1930 – February 11, 1994) was an American actor who performed on stage, screen, and television. He is best known for his role as the corpulent, corrupt politician Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg in the television show The Dukes of Hazzard. Booke was born in Buffalo, New York, a cousin of Max Yasgur of Woodstock fame. Fluent in five languages, Booke earned degrees from ...
The son of a Buffalo physician, Sorrell Booke was encouraged from an early age to entertain his relatives with jokes, songs, and imitations. An inveterate radio fan, young Booke would send away to the major networks for copies of scripts, then act out all the parts -- a different voice for each character -- in the privacy of his room.
