James Best
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-07-26 (89 years old)
Deathday
2015-04-06
Place of Birth
Powderly, Kentucky, USA
Also known As
Jewel Franklin Guy
James K. Best
Jimmy Best
Jim Best
James Best
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, playin...
Acting
2006
as Hank Larson
1968
as Drew
1970
as Henry Burroughs
1965
as Carter, Rebel Soldier
1977
as Texan
1963
as Stuart
1998
as Wilbur Johnson
1959
as Billy John
2007
as McClancy
1950
as Crater
1958
as Tom Folliard
1952
as Bitter Creek Dalton
1959
as Thorne Sherman
1958
as Rhidges
1978
as Cully
1953
as Corp. Gerad
1956
as Det. Arnie Arnhoff
1956
as Millard Chilson Cassidy
1951
as Bert Keon
2002
as Sgt. David Brent (archive footage) (uncredited)
1959
as Sgt. David Brent
1972
as Rev. Emory Neill
1950
as Sam
1957
as Kermit
1950
as Cole Younger
1960
as Niergaard
1964
as Scotty Wade
1956
as Jim
1997
as Boss / Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
2000
as Rosco P. Coltrane
1957
as Doug Gerhardt
1958
as Kit Caswell
2012
as Thorne Sherman
1950
as Driver (uncredited)
1976
as Jim
1974
as Sheriff Bert Hamilton
1959
as Sam Mullen
1955
as Col. French's Orderly (uncredited)
2013
as Paddy Kerrigan
1978
as Pacemaker Patient
1962
as Jericho Larkin
1951
as Sgt. Ralph Phelps
1953
as Deputy Gig (uncredited)
1976
as Dewey Barksdale
1956
as Bill Jackson
1957
as Ted Hamilton
1966
as Dr. Ben Mizer
1951
as Jerry Connell
1972
as Sheriff Charlie Young
1952
as Cpl. Hassett
1960
as Hardy Coulter
1956
as Crewman (uncredited)
1954
as Lt. Robinson
1967
as Sergeant Carnavan
1975
as Bingo Washington
1965
as Ralph Elkins
1954
as Private Bliss
1954
as Lt. JG Jorgensen
1954
as Barr
2004
as Thorne Sherman (archive footage)
1952
as Cpl. Ransom
1950
as Frank Addison
1955
as Jason Brown
1953
as Primrose
1952
as Joe Rakich
1954
as Dr. Sidney K. Fuller
1952
as Marvin Johnson
1976
as Pellegrino
1953
1954
as Lt. Finlay (uncredited)
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1998
as Writer
2012
as Writer
1978
as Associate Producer
1978
as Co-Writer
1976
as Production Assistant
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