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James Best

Acting

Born July 26, 1926 · Powderly, Kentucky, USA

Died April 6, 2015

Also known as Jewel Franklin Guy · James K. Best · Jimmy Best

Biography

Jewel Franklin Guy, known professionally as James Best, was an American television, film, stage, and voice actor, as well as a writer, director, acting coach, artist, college professor, and musician. During a career that spanned more than 60 years, Best, who was known for his high-pitched, exasperated voice, performed not only in feature films, but also in scores of television series.

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Filmography50+ titles

The Twilight Zone

1959as Billy-Ben Turner

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

2013as Self (archive footage)

Combat!

1962as Trenton

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Tom Carmody

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Bish Darby

Perry Mason

1957as Allan Winford

In the Heat of the Night

1988

The Andy Griffith Show

1960as Jim Lindsey

Sounder

1972as Sheriff Charlie Young

Bonanza

1959as Sheriff Vern Schaler

The Green Hornet

1966as Yale Barton

The Fugitive

1963as Dan Murray

The Dukes of Hazzard

1979as Rosco P. Coltrane

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

Winchester '73

1950as Crater

Rawhide

1959as Brock Quade

Forbidden Planet

1956as Crewman (uncredited)

The Caine Mutiny

1954as Lt. JG Jorgensen

Stories of the Century

1954

The Rifleman

1958

Shenandoah

1965as Carter, Rebel Soldier

Daniel Boone

1964as Jethro Wyatt

Shock Corridor

1963as Stuart

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958as Luke Perry

The Mountain Road

1960as Niergaard

Tombstone Territory

1957

Rolling Thunder

1977as Texan

Laramie

1959

Ride Lonesome

1959as Billy John

Gunsmoke

1955as Charlie Noon

Lux Video Theatre

1950as Clem Wallace

Verboten!

1959as Sgt. David Brent

Cast a Long Shadow

1959as Sam Mullen

Cole Younger, Gunfighter

1958as Kit Caswell

The Rack

1956as Millard Chilson Cassidy

The Yellow Tomahawk

1954as Private Bliss

The Battle at Apache Pass

1952as Cpl. Hassett

The Virginian

1962as Curt Westley

Top of the World

1955as Col. French's Orderly (uncredited)

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

1952as Marvin Johnson

The Quick Gun

1964as Scotty Wade

Hooper

1978as Cully

Firecreek

1968as Drew

Black Spurs

1965as Ralph Elkins

Apache Drums

1951as Bert Keon

Nickelodeon

1976as Jim

Flipper

1964

City of Bad Men

1953as Deputy Gig (uncredited)

Column South

1953as Primrose

Ode to Billy Joe

1976as Dewey Barksdale