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James Best (TV Actor) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

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Birthday
*** ,1926
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Death day
April 6, 2015 (88 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Leo
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Celebrities born on July 26
Born in 1926
Born in Powderly, Kentucky
Leo named James
TV Actors from Kentucky
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First name James
James Best
Jewel Franklin Guy, known professionally as James Best, is an American voice, film, theater and television actor and writer, director, actor coach and artist, college professors and musicians. Over the course of a career spanning over 60 years, he has performed not only in feature films, but also in numerous television series, as well as numerous country music shows and talk shows. However, viewers probably associate Best most closely with the role of goofy Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in the action comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard, originally aired on CBS between 1979 and 1985. He reprized the role in 1997 and 2000 for the TV dramas The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion. ! and The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood. and Jim Linsey on The Andy Griffith Show.
BornJewel Franklin Guy, July 26, 1926, Powderly, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedApril 06, 2015, Hickory, North Carolina, U.S.
OccupationActor, artist, acting coach, college professor, singer-songwriter
Years active1950–2013
TelevisionThe Dukes of Hazzard
Spouse(s)Matilda Engleberg (m. 1949, div. 19?)
Children3
RelativesDon and Phil Everly (cousins), Michael Damian (son-in-law)

About James Best

James Best
James Best

TV Actor James Best was born on July 26, 1926 in Powderly, Kentucky, United States (He dies at the age of 88, on April 6, 2015).

Played the role of Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard with TV Actor Tom Wopat and guest starred more than 200 times across various shows.

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James Best before becoming famous

James Best was born in the Zodiac sign Leo (The Lion), and 1926 is also the year of Tiger (兎) in the Chinese Zodiac.

After WWII, he enlisted in the army.

Achievement of James Best

In the TV series Death Valley Days, he played Jim Campbell alongside Robert Taylor.

James Best's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

James Best
James Best

He had three children with his second wife, Dorothy Best, whom he married in 1986.

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James Best Collabed with

He starred alongside TV Actor Don Johnson in the film Moondance Alexander.

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James Best Income & Net worth

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Latest information about James Best updated on March 18 2023.