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American character actor and teacher. Born Jules Guy in Powderly, Kentucky...
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Alternate Names:
James K. Best | Jimmy Best | Jim Best
Filmography
- The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood (2000) (TV) .... Rosco P. Coltrane
- The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (1997) (TV) .... Boss / Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
- "In the Heat of the Night" .... Nathan Bedford (1 episode, 1991)
- Sweet, Sweet Blues (1991) TV episode .... Nathan Bedford - "B.L. Stryker" (1 episode, 1990)
- Night Train (1990) TV episode
- "The Dukes of Hazzard" .... Sheriff Rosco Coltrane (141 episodes, 1979-1985)
- Opening Night at the Boar's Nest (1985) TV episode .... Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
- Enos and Daisy's Wedding (1985) TV episode .... Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
- Strange Visitor to Hazzard (1985) TV episode .... Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
- When You Wish Upon a Hogg (1985) TV episode .... Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
- The Haunting of J.D. Hogg (1985) TV episode .... Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
(136 more) - "The Dukes" (1983) TV series .... Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (unknown episodes)
- "Enos" .... Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (1 episode, 1980)
- Horse Cops (1980) TV episode .... Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
- "How the West Was Won" .... Sheriff Gruner (1 episode, 1979)
- Luke (1979) TV episode .... Sheriff Gruner - "Centennial" .... Hank Garvey (1 episode, 1979)
- The Scream of Eagles (1979) TV episode .... Hank Garvey - McLaren's Riders (1977) (TV) .... Lamarr Skinner
- The Savage Bees (1976) (TV) .... Deputy Mayor Pelligrino
- The Runaway Barge (1975) (TV) .... Bingo Washington
... aka River Bandits (Europe: English title: video box title) - Savages (1974) (TV) .... Sheriff Bert Hamilton
- "Hawkins" (1 episode, 1973)
- Blood Feud (1973) TV episode - Run, Simon, Run (1970) (TV) .... Henry Burroughs
... aka Savage Run
... aka The Tradition of Simon Zuniga - "Dan August" .... Wiley (1 episode, 1970)
- In the Eyes of God (1970) TV episode .... Wiley - "Lancer" .... Clayt (1 episode, 1970)
- Goodbye, Lizzie (1970) TV episode .... Clayt
- "Gunsmoke" .... Charlie Noon / ... (3 episodes, 1963-1969)
... aka Gun Law (UK)
... aka Marshal Dillon (USA: rerun title)
- Charlie Noon (1969) TV episode .... Charlie Noon
- The Glory and the Mud (1964) TV episode .... Sam Beal
- With a Smile (1963) TV episode .... Dal Creed - "The Guns of Will Sonnett" .... Harley Bass / ... (2 episodes, 1967-1969)
- Robber's Roost (1969) TV episode .... Harley Bass
- Meeting at Devil's Fork (1967) TV episode .... Rake Hanley - "Felony Squad" .... Arnold Wyatt / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1968)
- The Distant Shore (1968) TV episode .... George 'Lucky' Collins
- Flame Out (1966) TV episode .... Arnold Wyatt - "The Mod Squad" .... Frank Lynch (1 episode, 1968)
- The Price of Terror (1968) TV episode .... Frank Lynch - "I Spy" .... Sam / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1968)
- Suitable for Framing (1968) TV episode .... The Doctor
- Lisa (1966) TV episode .... Sam - "Bonanza" .... Carl Reagan / ... (3 episodes, 1961-1968)
... aka Ponderosa (USA: rerun title)
- The Price of Salt (1968) TV episode .... Sheriff Vern Schaler
- The Legacy (1963) TV episode .... Page
- The Fugitive (1961) TV episode .... Carl Reagan - "Hawk" .... Emile (1 episode, 1966)
- Blind Man's Bluff (1966) TV episode .... Emile - "The Green Hornet" .... Yale Barton (1 episode, 1966)
... aka The Kato Show (Hong Kong: English title: informal title)
- Deadline for Death (1966) TV episode .... Yale Barton - "The Iron Horse" .... Chico (1 episode, 1966)
- High Devil (1966) TV episode .... Chico - "Perry Mason" .... Allan Winford / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1966)
- The Case of the Unwelcome Well (1966) TV episode .... Allan Winford
- The Case of the Surplus Suitor (1963) TV episode .... Martin Potter - "The Virginian" .... Curt Westley (1 episode, 1965)
... aka The Men from Shiloh (USA: new title)
- Letter of the Law (1965) TV episode .... Curt Westley - "Honey West" .... Vince Zale (1 episode, 1965)
- A Matter of Wife and Death (1965) TV episode .... Vince Zale - "Burke's Law" .... Tucson, 'The Cowboy' (1 episode, 1965)
... aka Amos Burke, Secret Agent (USA: new title)
- Steam Heat (1965) TV episode .... Tucson, 'The Cowboy' - "Flipper" .... Dr. Peter Kellwin (1 episode, 1965)
- The Call of the Dolphin (1965) TV episode .... Dr. Peter Kellwin - "Ben Casey" .... Dr. Joe Sullivan / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1965)
- A Little Fun to Match the Sorrow (1965) TV episode .... Dr. Joe Sullivan
- Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast (1963) TV episode .... Simon Waller - "Daniel Boone" .... Jethroe Wyatt (1 episode, 1965)
- The Devil's Four (1965) TV episode .... Jethroe Wyatt - "Death Valley Days" .... Jim Campbell / ... (4 episodes, 1955-1964)
... aka Call of the West (USA: syndication title)
... aka The Pioneers (USA: syndication title)
... aka Trails West (USA: syndication title)
... aka Western Star Theater (USA: syndication title)
- Hero of Fort Halleck (1964) TV episode .... Jim Campbell
- Sixty-Seven Miles of Gold (1964) TV episode .... Jimmy Burns
- The $275,000 Sack of Flour (1962) TV episode .... Ruel Gridley
- Million Dollar Wedding (1955) TV episode .... Tiny Stoker - "Rawhide" .... Brock Quade / ... (3 episodes, 1963-1964)
- Incident of El Toro (1964) TV episode
- Incident of the Rawhiders (1963) TV episode .... Brock Quade
- Incident at Spider Rock (1963) TV episode .... Willie Cain - "Destry" .... Curly Beamer (1 episode, 1964)
- Go Away, Little Sheba (1964) TV episode .... Curly Beamer - "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" .... Tom Carmody (1 episode, 1964)
- The Jar (1964) TV episode .... Tom Carmody - "Combat!" .... Trenton (1 episode, 1964)
- Mail Call (1964) TV episode .... Trenton - "The Fugitive" .... Dan (1 episode, 1963)
- Terror at High Point (1963) TV episode .... Dan - "Redigo" .... Les Fay (1 episode, 1963)
- Little Angel Blue Eyes (1963) TV episode .... Les Fay - "Temple Houston" (1963) TV series .... Gotch (unknown episodes)
- "The Gallant Men" .... Pvt. Hook (1 episode, 1963)
- The Warriors (1963) TV episode .... Pvt. Hook - "The Twilight Zone" .... Billy-Ben Turner / ... (3 episodes, 1961-1963)
... aka The Twilight Zone: The Original Series (Australia)
... aka Twilight Zone (USA: new title)
- Jess-Belle (1963) TV episode .... Billy-Ben Turner
- The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank (1962) TV episode .... Jeff Myrtlebank
- The Grave (1961) TV episode .... Johnny Rob - "G.E. True" .... Ernie Swift (1 episode, 1963)
- Open Season (1963) TV episode .... Ernie Swift - "Cheyenne" .... Ernie Riggins (2 episodes, 1962)
- Sweet Sam (1962) TV episode
- Satonka (1962) TV episode .... Ernie Riggins - "Hawaiian Eye" .... Johnny Olin (1 episode, 1962)
- Day in the Sun (1962) TV episode .... Johnny Olin - "Bronco" .... Banton (1 episode, 1962)
- Then the Mountains (1962) TV episode .... Banton - "The Rifleman" .... Bob Barrett (1 episode, 1962)
- The Day a Town Slept (1962) TV episode .... Bob Barrett - "77 Sunset Strip" .... Babe Mackie (1 episode, 1962)
- The Long Shot Caper (1962) TV episode .... Babe Mackie - "Laramie" .... Ben Leach / ... (3 episodes, 1959-1962)
- The Runaway (1962) TV episode .... Johnny Best
- Company Man (1960) TV episode .... Ben Leach
- The Lawbreakers (1959) TV episode .... Dallas - "Surfside 6" .... Ernie Jordan (1 episode, 1961)
- One for the Road (1961) TV episode .... Ernie Jordan - "Whispering Smith" .... Hemp Reeger (1 episode, 1961)
- The Hemp Reeger Case (1961) TV episode .... Hemp Reeger - "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" .... Bish Darby / ... (3 episodes, 1958-1961)
- Make My Death Bed (1961) TV episode .... Bish Darby
- Cell 227 (1960) TV episode (as James K. Best) .... Hennessy
- Death Sentence (1958) TV episode .... Norman Frayne - "The Andy Griffith Show" .... Jim Lindsey (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
... aka Andy of Mayberry (USA: rerun title)
- The Guitar Player Returns (1961) TV episode .... Jim Lindsey
- The Guitar Player (1960) TV episode .... Jim Lindsey - "Stagecoach West" .... Jack Craig / ... (3 episodes, 1960-1961)
- The Dead Don't Cry (1961) TV episode .... Mike Pardee
- The Arsonist (1961) TV episode .... Jack Craig
- High Lonesome (1960) TV episode .... Les Hardeen - "The Barbara Stanwyck Show" .... Joe (1 episode, 1961)
- The Choice (1961) TV episode .... Joe - "Michael Shayne" .... Danny (1 episode, 1961)
- Strike Out (1961) TV episode .... Danny - "Have Gun - Will Travel" .... Roy Smith / ... (3 episodes, 1957-1961)
- Quiet Night in Town: Part 2 (1961) TV episode .... Roy Smith
- Quiet Night in Town: Part 1 (1961) TV episode .... Roy Smith
- The Long Night (1957) TV episode .... Andy Fisher - "Bat Masterson" .... Danny Dakota / ... (2 episodes, 1958-1960)
- Dakota Showdown (1960) TV episode .... Danny Dakota
- Stampede at Tent City (1958) TV episode .... Joe Best - "The DuPont Show with June Allyson" .... Jovan Wilanskov (1 episode, 1960)
... aka The June Allyson Show
- Love on Credit (1960) TV episode .... Jovan Wilanskov - "Wagon Train" .... Art Bernard / ... (4 episodes, 1959-1960)
... aka Major Adams, Trail Master
- The Cathy Eckhardt Story (1960) TV episode .... Whitey
- The Clayton Tucker Story (1960) TV episode .... Art Bernard
- The Colonel Harris Story (1960) TV episode .... Bowman Lewis
- The Andrew Hale Story (1959) TV episode .... Garth English - "The Rebel" .... Ted Evans / ... (2 episodes, 1960)
- Deathwatch (1960) TV episode .... Waares
- Night on a Rainbow (1960) TV episode .... Ted Evans - "Lock Up" .... Roy Duggan (1 episode, 1960)
- The Beau and Arrow Case (1960) TV episode .... Roy Duggan - "Overland Trail" .... Frank Cullen (1 episode, 1960)
... aka Overland Stage
- Escort Detail (1960) TV episode .... Frank Cullen - "Men Into Space" .... Lt. John Leonard (1 episode, 1960)
... aka Space Challenge (USA: syndication title)
- Beyond the Stars (1960) TV episode .... Lt. John Leonard - "The Texan" .... Clay Kirby (1 episode, 1960)
- Killer's Road (1960) TV episode .... Clay Kirby - "General Electric Theater" .... Hardy Coulter (1 episode, 1960)
... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
... aka G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
- Aftermath (1960) TV episode .... Hardy Coulter - "Pony Express" .... Bart Gentry (1 episode, 1960)
- The Story of Julesberg (1960) TV episode .... Bart Gentry - Aftermath (1960) (TV) .... Hardy Couter
... aka The Code of Jonathan West
- "Startime" .... Duke (1 episode, 1959)
... aka Ford Startime
... aka Lincoln-Mercury Startime
- Cindy's Fella (1959) TV episode .... Duke - "The Lineup" .... Jim Kasino / ... (3 episodes, 1955-1959)
... aka San Francisco Beat
- Lonesome as Midnight (1959) TV episode .... Rhodes
- The Casino Case (1955) TV episode .... Jim Kasino
- San Francisco Playboy (1955) TV episode - "The Man and the Challenge" .... David Mallory (1 episode, 1959)
- Maximum Capacity (1959) TV episode .... David Mallory - "The David Niven Show" .... Frank Simms / ... (2 episodes, 1959)
- Good Deed (1959) TV episode .... Frank Simms
- Portrait (1959) TV episode .... Private Boland - "Black Saddle" .... Ben Travers (1 episode, 1959)
... aka The Westerners (USA: syndication title)
- Client: Nelson (1959) TV episode .... Ben Travers - "Rescue 8" .... Chad Curran (1 episode, 1959)
- Trail by Fire (1959) TV episode .... Chad Curran - "Wanted: Dead or Alive" .... Luke Perry / ... (2 episodes, 1958-1959)
- Six-Up to Bannach (1959) TV episode .... Luke Perry
- Sheriff of Red Rock (1958) TV episode .... Stoner - Good Deed (1959) (TV) .... Frank Simms
... aka Gentry's People - "Behind Closed Doors" .... Webb (1 episode, 1958)
- The Enemy on the Flank (1958) TV episode .... Webb - "Trackdown" .... Bob Ahler / ... (3 episodes, 1957-1958)
- Sunday's Child (1958) TV episode .... Joe Sunday
- The Mistake (1958) TV episode .... Bob Ahler
- Marple Brothers (1957) TV episode .... Rand Marple - "The Restless Gun" .... Jim Kenyon (1 episode, 1958)
- Jebediah Bonner (1958) TV episode .... Jim Kenyon - "The Millionaire" .... Fred Morgan (1 episode, 1958)
... aka If You Had a Million
- The Fred Morgan Story (1958) TV episode .... Fred Morgan - "Target" (1 episode, 1958)
- Assassin (1958) TV episode - "Tombstone Territory" .... Matt Porter (1 episode, 1958)
- Guilt of a Town (1958) TV episode .... Matt Porter - "Climax!" .... Shag (1 episode, 1958)
... aka Climax Mystery Theater (USA: alternative title)
- The Secret Love of Johnny Spain (1958) TV episode .... Shag - "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1 episode, 1958)
... aka Herald Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
... aka Schlitz Playhouse (USA: new title)
... aka The Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
- Guys Like O'Malley (1958) TV episode - "Code 3" .... Arkansas Trueblood (1 episode, 1957)
- Death in an Alley (1957) TV episode .... Arkansas Trueblood - "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" .... Jack Milhoan (1 episode, 1957)
... aka Call Mr. 'D' (USA: syndication title)
- Merry-Go-Round Case (1957) TV episode .... Jack Milhoan - "West Point" .... William Purdom (1 episode, 1957)
... aka The West Point Story
- Dragoon Patrol (1957) TV episode .... William Purdom - "Sheriff of Cochise" .... Mike Norris (1 episode, 1957)
- Lynching Party (1957) TV episode .... Mike Norris - "Zane Grey Theater" .... Pyke Dillon (1 episode, 1957)
... aka Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (USA: complete title)
... aka The Westerners (USA: rerun title)
- Three Graves (1957) TV episode .... Pyke Dillon - "Cavalcade of America" .... Harry / ... (3 episodes, 1953-1956)
... aka DuPont Presents the Cavalcade Theatre (USA: fourth season title)
... aka DuPont Theater (USA: fifth season title)
- Women's Work (1956) TV episode .... Slate Morley
- One Day at a Time (1955) TV episode .... Harry
- Night Strike (1953) TV episode - "Telephone Time" .... American Soldier (1 episode, 1956)
- The Gingerbread Man (1956) TV episode .... American Soldier - "Frontier" .... Ben Reed / ... (2 episodes, 1956)
- Out from Texas (1956) TV episode (as Jim Best) .... Jason Cartwright
- The Texicans (1956) TV episode .... Ben Reed - "Crossroads" (1 episode, 1956)
- Anatole of the Bayous (1956) TV episode - "The Adventures of Champion" .... Mace Kincaid / ... (2 episodes, 1955-1956)
... aka Champion the Wonder Horse (UK)
- Andrew and the Deadly Double (1956) TV episode .... Mace Kincaid
- The Stone Heart (1955) TV episode .... Paul Kenyon - "Red Ryder" .... Perry Cochran (1 episode, 1956)
- Gun Trouble Valley (1956) TV episode .... Perry Cochran - "The Lone Ranger" .... Jim Blake (1 episode, 1955)
- Framed for Murder (1955) TV episode (as Jimmy Best) .... Jim Blake - "Buffalo Bill, Jr." .... Telegrapher Larry (1 episode, 1955)
- The Death of Johnny Ringo (1955) TV episode (as Jimmy Best) .... Telegrapher Larry - "The Adventures of Kit Carson" .... Henry Jordan (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
... aka Kit Carson
- The Phantom Uprising (1955) TV episode
- Frontier Empire (1954) TV episode .... Henry Jordan - "The Gene Autry Show" .... Bank Teller / ... (2 episodes, 1954)
... aka Melody Ranch
- Hoodoo Canyon (1954) TV episode .... Ray Saunders
- Holdup (1954) TV episode .... Bank Teller - "Annie Oakley" .... Scott Warren (2 episodes, 1954)
- Annie and the Outlaw's Son (1954) TV episode
- Outlaw Mesa (1954) TV episode .... Scott Warren - "Stories of the Century" .... Dave Ridley (1 episode, 1954)
... aka The Fast Guns (USA: reissue title)
- Little Britches (1954) TV episode .... Dave Ridley - "Hopalong Cassidy" .... Rick Alston (1 episode, 1954)
- Silent Testimony (1954) TV episode .... Rick Alston - "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1 episode, 1953)
... aka Hallmark Television Playhouse
- McCoy of Abilene (1953) TV episode - Skip Taylor (1953) (TV)
- The End (1978/I) (associate producer)
- Gator (1976) (assistant to producer)
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In 1957, he starred in the pilot for a proposed NBC western series called "Pony Express", but the series wasn't produced with the production team that made the pilot.
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