James Best, Who Played Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on 'The Dukes of Hazzard,' Dies
Actor (189 credits)
2013 The Sweeter Side of Life (TV Movie)
Paddy Kerrigan
2012 Return of the Killer Shrews
Thorne Sherman
2007 Moondance Alexander
Buck McClancy
2006 Once Not Far from Home (Short)
The Doctor
2006 Hot Tamale
Hank Larson
2004 The Dukes of Hazzard: Return of the General Lee (Video Game)
Sheriff Rosco. P. Coltrane (voice)
2004 House of Forever (Short)
William Clancy
2000 The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood (TV Movie)
Rosco P. Coltrane
1999 The Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home (Video Game)
Rosco (voice)
1998 Death Mask
Wilbur Johnson
1998 Finders Keepers (Short)
John Massey
1997 Raney
Uncle Nate
1997 The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (TV Movie)
Boss / Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
1991 In the Heat of the Night (TV Series)
Nathan Bedford
- Sweet, Sweet Blues (1991) ... Nathan Bedford
1990 B.L. Stryker (TV Series)
Mr. Parkinson
- Night Train (1990) ... Mr. Parkinson
1979-1985 The Dukes of Hazzard (TV Series)
Sheriff Rosco Coltrane / Rufus Z. Coltrane / Woody
- Opening Night at the Boar's Nest (1985) ... Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
- Enos and Daisy's Wedding (1985) ... Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
- Strange Visitor to Hazzard (1985) ... Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
- When You Wish Upon a Hogg (1985) ... Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
- The Haunting of J.D. Hogg (1985) ... Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
1983 The Dukes (TV Series)
Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
- A Hogg in the Foggy Bogg (1983) ... Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (voice)
- The Dukes in Hollywood (1983) ... Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (voice)
- The Canadian Caper (1983) ... Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (voice)
- A Dickens of a Christmas (1983) ... Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (voice)
- The Kid from Madrid (1983) ... Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (voice)
1983 The CBS Saturday Morning Preview Special (TV Movie)
Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
1981 Enos (TV Series)
Rosco P. Coltrane
- Horse Cops (1981) ... Rosco P. Coltrane
1979 How the West Was Won (TV Series)
Sheriff Gruner
- Luke (1979) ... Sheriff Gruner
1979 Centennial (TV Mini Series)
Hank Garvey
- The Scream of Eagles (1979) ... Hank Garvey
1978 Hooper
Cully
1978/I The End
Pacemaker Patient
1977 McLaren's Riders (TV Movie)
Lamarr Skinner
1977 Rolling Thunder
Texan
1977 Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series)
Anne's Father
- The Nomads (1977) ... Anne's Father
1976 Nickelodeon
Jim
1976 The Savage Bees (TV Movie)
Pelligrino
1976 Gator (unconfirmed)
1976 Ode to Billy Joe
Dewey Barksdale
1975 The Runaway Barge (TV Movie)
Bingo Washington
1974 Savages (TV Movie)
Sheriff Bert Hamilton
1973 Hawkins (TV Series)
Sheriff John Early
- Blood Feud (1973) ... Sheriff John Early
1972 The Brain Machine
Rev. Emory Neill
1972 Sounder
Sheriff Young
1970 West Texas
Wilbur
1970 Run, Simon, Run (TV Movie)
Henry Burroughs
1970 Dan August (TV Series)
Wiley
- In the Eyes of God (1970) ... Wiley
1970 Lancer (TV Series)
Clayt
- Goodbye, Lizzie (1970) ... Clayt
1963-1969 Gunsmoke (TV Series)
Charlie Noon / Beal / Dal
- Charlie Noon (1969) ... Charlie Noon
- The Glory and the Mud (1964) ... Beal
- With a Smile (1963) ... Dal
1967-1969 The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV Series)
Harley Bass / Rake Hanley
- Robber's Roost (1969) ... Harley Bass
- Meeting at Devil's Fork (1967) ... Rake Hanley
1966-1968 The Felony Squad (TV Series)
George Collins / Arnold Wyatt
- The Distant Shore (1968) ... George Collins
- Flame Out (1966) ... Arnold Wyatt
1968 Mod Squad (TV Series)
Clay Lynch
- The Price of Terror (1968) ... Clay Lynch
1966-1968 I Spy (TV Series)
The Doctor / Sam
- Suitable for Framing (1968) ... The Doctor
- Lisa (1966) ... Sam
1961-1968 Bonanza (TV Series)
Sheriff Vern Schaler / Page / Carl Reagan
- The Price of Salt (1968) ... Sheriff Vern Schaler
- The Legacy (1963) ... Page
- The Fugitive (1961) ... Carl Reagan
1968 Firecreek
Drew
1967 First to Fight
Gunnery Sgt. Ed Carnavan
1966 Hawk (TV Series)
Emile White
- Blind Man's Bluff (1966) ... Emile White
1966 The Green Hornet (TV Series)
Yale Barton
- Deadline for Death (1966) ... Yale Barton
1966 Iron Horse (TV Series)
Chico Trent
- High Devil (1966) ... Chico Trent
1963-1966 Perry Mason (TV Series)
Allan Winford / Martin Potter
- The Case of the Unwelcome Well (1966) ... Allan Winford
- The Case of the Surplus Suitor (1963) ... Martin Potter
1966 Three on a Couch
Dr. Ben Mizer
1965 The Virginian (TV Series)
Curt Westley
- Letter of the Law (1965) ... Curt Westley
1965 Honey West (TV Series)
Vince Zale
- A Matter of Wife and Death (1965) ... Vince Zale
1965 Burke's Law (TV Series)
Tucson, 'The Cowboy'
- Steam Heat (1965) ... Tucson, 'The Cowboy'
1965 Shenandoah
Carter - Rebel Soldier
1965 Black Spurs
Sheriff Ralph Elkins
1965 Flipper (TV Series)
Dr. Peter Kellwin
- The Call of the Dolphin (1965) ... Dr. Peter Kellwin
1963-1965 Ben Casey (TV Series)
Dr. Joe Sullivan / Simon Waller
- A Little Fun to Match the Sorrow (1965) ... Dr. Joe Sullivan
- Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast (1963) ... Simon Waller
1965 Daniel Boone (TV Series)
Wyatt
- The Devil's Four (1965) ... Wyatt
1955-1964 Death Valley Days (TV Series)
Jim Campbell / Jimmy Burns / Ruel Gridley / ...
- The Hero of Fort Halleck (1964) ... Jim Campbell
- Sixty-Seven Miles of Gold (1964) ... Jimmy Burns
- The $275,000 Sack of Flour (1962) ... Ruel Gridley
- Million Dollar Wedding (1955) ... Tiny Stoker
1964 The Quick Gun
Scotty Grant
1963-1964 Rawhide (TV Series)
Art Fuller / Brock Quade / Willie Cain
- Incident of El Toro (1964) ... Art Fuller
- Incident of the Rawhiders (1963) ... Brock Quade
- Incident at Spider Rock (1963) ... Willie Cain
1964 Destry (TV Series)
Curly Beamer
- Go Away, Little Sheba (1964) ... Curly Beamer
1963-1964 Temple Houston (TV Series)
Gotch
- Do Unto Others, Then Gallop (1964) ... Gotch
- The Case for William Gotch (1964) ... Gotch
- Fracas at Kiowa Flats (1963) ... Gotch
1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series)
Tom Carmody
- The Jar (1964) ... Tom Carmody
1964 Combat! (TV Series)
Trenton
- Mail Call (1964) ... Trenton
1963 The Fugitive (TV Series)
Dan Murray
- Terror at High Point (1963) ... Dan Murray
1963 Redigo (TV Series)
Les Fay
- Little Angel Blue Eyes (1963) ... Les Fay
1963 Shock Corridor
Stuart
1963 The Gallant Men (TV Series)
Pvt. Hook
- The Warriors (1963) ... Pvt. Hook
1961-1963 The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
Billy Ben Turner / Jeff Myrtlebank / Johnny Rob
- Jess-Belle (1963) ... Billy Ben Turner
- The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank (1962) ... Jeff Myrtlebank
- The Grave (1961) ... Johnny Rob
1963 G.E. True (TV Series)
Ernie Swift
- Open Season (1963) ... Ernie Swift
1962 Hawaiian Eye (TV Series)
Johnny Olin
- Day in the Sun (1962) ... Johnny Olin
1962 Cheyenne (TV Series)
Ernie Riggins
- Satonka (1962) ... Ernie Riggins
1962 Black Gold
Jericho Larkin
1962 Bronco (TV Series)
Frankie Banton
- Then the Mountains (1962) ... Frankie Banton
1962 The Rifleman (TV Series)
Bob Barrett
- The Day a Town Slept (1962) ... Bob Barrett
1962 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series)
Babe Mackie
- The Long Shot Caper (1962) ... Babe Mackie
1959-1962 Laramie (TV Series)
Johnny Best / Ben Leach / Dallas
- The Runaway (1962) ... Johnny Best
- Company Man (1960) ... Ben Leach
- The Lawbreakers (1959) ... Dallas
1961 Rio (TV Movie)
Matt Comerford
1961 Surfside 6 (TV Series)
Ernie Jordan
- One for the Road (1961) ... Ernie Jordan
1961 Whispering Smith (TV Series)
Hemp Reeger
- The Hemp Reeger Case (1961) ... Hemp Reeger
1958-1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)
Bish Darby / Hennessy / Norman Frayne
- Make My Death Bed (1961) ... Bish Darby
- Cell 227 (1960) ... Hennessy (as James K. Best)
- Death Sentence (1958) ... Norman Frayne
1960-1961 The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series)
Jim Lindsey
- The Guitar Player Returns (1961) ... Jim Lindsey
- The Guitar Player (1960) ... Jim Lindsey
1960-1961 Stagecoach West (TV Series)
Mike Pardee / Jack Craig / Les Hardeen
- The Dead Don't Cry (1961) ... Mike Pardee
- The Arsonist (1961) ... Jack Craig
- High Lonesome (1960) ... Les Hardeen
1961 The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV Series)
Joe
- The Choice (1961) ... Joe
1961 Michael Shayne (TV Series)
Danny
- Strike Out (1961) ... Danny
1957-1961 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV Series)
Roy Smith / Andy Fisher
- A Quiet Night in Town: Part 2 (1961) ... Roy Smith
- A Quiet Night in Town: Part 1 (1961) ... Roy Smith
- The Long Night (1957) ... Andy Fisher
1960 Aftermath (TV Movie)
Hardy Couter
1958-1960 Bat Masterson (TV Series)
Danny Dakota / Joe Best
- Dakota Showdown (1960) ... Danny Dakota
- Stampede at Tent City (1958) ... Joe Best
1960 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV Series)
Jovan Wilanskov
- Love on Credit (1960) ... Jovan Wilanskov
1960 The Rebel (TV Series)
Abel Waares / Ted Evans
- Deathwatch (1960) ... Abel Waares
- Night on a Rainbow (1960) ... Ted Evans
1960 Lock Up (TV Series)
Roy Duggan
- The Beau and Arrow Case (1960) ... Roy Duggan
1960 The Mountain Road
Niergaard
1960 Overland Trail (TV Series)
Pvt. Frank Cullen
- Escort Detail (1960) ... Pvt. Frank Cullen
1960 Men Into Space (TV Series)
Lt. John Leonard
- Beyond the Stars (1960) ... Lt. John Leonard
1960 Markham (TV Series)
Don Lennard
- The Sitting Duck (1960) ... Don Lennard
1960 The Texan (TV Series)
Clay Kirby
- Killer's Road (1960) ... Clay Kirby
1960 General Electric Theater (TV Series)
Hardy Coulter
- Aftermath (1960) ... Hardy Coulter
1960 Pony Express (TV Series)
Bart Gentry
- The Story of Julesberg (1960) ... Bart Gentry
1959-1960 Wagon Train (TV Series)
Art Bernard / Bowman Lewis / Garth English
- The Clayton Tucker Story (1960) ... Art Bernard
- The Colonel Harris Story (1960) ... Bowman Lewis
- The Andrew Hale Story (1959) ... Garth English
1959 Startime (TV Series)
Duke
- Cindy's Fella (1959) ... Duke
1955-1959 The Lineup (TV Series)
Rhodes / Jim Kasino
- Lonesome as Midnight (1959) ... Rhodes
- The Kasino Case (1955) ... Jim Kasino
- San Francisco Playboy (1955)
1959 The Man and the Challenge (TV Series)
David Mallory
- Maximum Capacity (1959) ... David Mallory
1959 Cast a Long Shadow
Sam Mullen
1959 The David Niven Show (TV Series)
Frank Simms / Boland
- Good Deed (1959) ... Frank Simms
- Portrait (1959) ... Boland
1959 The Killer Shrews
Thorne Sherman
1959 Black Saddle (TV Series)
Ben Travers
- Client: Nelson (1959) ... Ben Travers
1959 Verboten!
Sgt. David Brent
1959 Ride Lonesome
Billy John
1959 Rescue 8 (TV Series)
Chad Curran
- Trial by Fire (1959) ... Chad Curran
1958-1959 Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series)
Luke Perry / Stoner
- Six-Up to Bannach (1959) ... Luke Perry
- Sheriff of Red Rock (1958) ... Stoner
1958 Behind Closed Doors (TV Series)
Webb
- The Enemy on the Flank (1958) ... Webb
1957-1958 Trackdown (TV Series)
Joe Sunday / Bud Ehlers / Rand Marple
- Sunday's Child (1958) ... Joe Sunday
- The Mistake (1958) ... Bud Ehlers
- The Marple Brothers (1957) ... Rand Marple
1958 The Restless Gun (TV Series)
Jim Kenyon
- Jebediah Bonner (1958) ... Jim Kenyon
1958 The Millionaire (TV Series)
Fred Morgan
- The Fred Morgan Story (1958) ... Fred Morgan
1958 The Naked and the Dead
Rhidges
1958 Target (TV Series)
- Assassin (1958)
1958 The Left Handed Gun
Tom Folliard
1958 Cole Younger, Gunfighter
Kit Caswell
1958 Tombstone Territory (TV Series)
Mitt Porter
- Guilt of a Town (1958) ... Mitt Porter
1958 Climax! (TV Series)
Shag
- The Secret Love of Johnny Spain (1958) ... Shag
1958 Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series)
- Guys Like O'Malley (1958)
1957 Man on the Prowl
Doug Gerhardt
1957 Code 3 (TV Series)
Arkansas Trueblood
- Death in an Alley (1957) ... Arkansas Trueblood
1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV Series)
Jack Milhoan
- Merry-Go-Round Case (1957) ... Jack Milhoan
1957 I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Kid at party who gets slapped (uncredited)
1957 West Point (TV Series)
William Purdom / Cadet Carl M Placek
- The Dragoon Patrol (1957) ... William Purdom
- The Manhunt (1957) ... Cadet Carl M Placek
1957 The People's Choice (TV Series)
Mr. Hunnicut
- One-Ring Circus (1957) ... Mr. Hunnicut
1957 Hot Summer Night
Kermit
1957 Last of the Badmen
Ted Hamilton
1957 The Sheriff of Cochise (TV Series)
Mike Norris
- Lynching Party (1957) ... Mike Norris
1957 Zane Grey Theatre (TV Series)
Pyke Dillon
- Three Graves (1957) ... Pyke Dillon
1956 Red Ryder (TV Series)
Perry Cochran
- Gun Trouble Valley (1956) ... Perry Cochran
1953-1956 Cavalcade of America (TV Series)
Slate Morley / Harry
- Woman's Work (1956) ... Slate Morley
- Crisis in Paris (1955)
- One Day at a Time (1955) ... Harry
- A Man's Home (1954)
- Night Strike (1953)
1956 The Rack
Millard Chilson Cassidy
1956 Calling Homicide
Det. Arnie Arnhoff
1956 Telephone Time (TV Series)
American Soldier
- The Gingerbread Man (1956) ... American Soldier
1956 Frontier (TV Series)
Jason Cartwright / Ben Reed
- Out from Texas (1956) ... Jason Cartwright (as Jim Best)
- The Texicans (1956) ... Ben Reed
1956 Gaby
Jim
1956 Crossroads (TV Series)
Pierre
- The White Carnation (1956)
- Anatole of the Bayous (1956) ... Pierre
1956 Forbidden Planet
Crewman (uncredited)
1956 When Gangland Strikes
Jerry Ames (uncredited)
1955-1956 The Adventures of Champion (TV Series)
Mace Kincaid / Paul Kenyon
- Andrew and the Deadly Double (1956) ... Mace Kincaid
- The Stone Heart (1955) ... Paul Kenyon
1956 Come Next Spring
Bill Jackson
1955 The Lone Ranger (TV Series)
Jim Blake
- Framed for Murder (1955) ... Jim Blake (as Jimmy Best)
1955 Cameo Theatre (TV Series)
- The Whisper of a Witness (1955)
1953-1955 Lux Video Theatre (TV Series)
Waldo / Clem Wallace
- The Inside Story (1955) ... Waldo
- Three Just Men (1953) ... Clem Wallace
1955 Top of the World
Col. French's Orderly (uncredited)
1955 The Eternal Sea
Student (unconfirmed)
1955 A Man Called Peter
Man with Jane at Youth Rally (uncredited)
1955 Seven Angry Men
Jason Brown
1955 Buffalo Bill, Jr. (TV Series)
Telegrapher Larry Martin
- The Death of Johnny Ringo (1955) ... Telegrapher Larry Martin (as Jimmy Best)
1954-1955 The Adventures of Kit Carson (TV Series)
Johnny / Henry Jordan
- The Phantom Uprising (1955) ... Johnny
- Frontier Empire (1954) ... Henry Jordan
1954 They Rode West
Lt. Finlay (uncredited)
1954 The Gene Autry Show (TV Series)
Ray Saunders / Bank Teller
- Hoodoo Canyon (1954) ... Ray Saunders
- Holdup (1954) ... Bank Teller
1954 The Raid
Lt. Robinson
1954 Return from the Sea
Barr
1954 Annie Oakley (TV Series)
Jess Dugan / Scott Warren
- Annie and the Outlaw's Son (1954) ... Jess Dugan
- Outlaw Mesa (1954) ... Scott Warren
1954 The Caine Mutiny
Lt. JG Jorgensen (uncredited)
1954 Stories of the Century (TV Series)
Dave Ridley
- Little Britches (1954) ... Dave Ridley
1954 The Yellow Tomahawk
Pvt. Bliss
1954 Hopalong Cassidy (TV Series)
Rick Ashton
- Silent Testimony (1954) ... Rick Ashton
1954 Riders to the Stars
Dr. Sidney K. Fuller (as James K. Best)
1953 Skip Taylor (TV Movie)
1953 Fireside Theatre (TV Series)
- The Wild Earth (1953)
- The Traitor (1953)
1953 McCoy of Abilene (TV Movie)
1953 City of Bad Men
Deputy Gig (uncredited)
1953 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Charlie - Radar Man (uncredited)
1953 The President's Lady
Samuel Donelson (uncredited)
1953 Column South
Primrose
1953 Seminole
Corp. Gerad
1952 Flat Top
Radio Operator (uncredited)
1952 Francis Goes to West Point
Cpl. Ransom
1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Marvin Johnson
1952 The Battle at Apache Pass
Cpl. Hassett
1952 Steel Town
Joe Rakich
1952 About Face
Joe - Hal's Roommate (unconfirmed)
1952 The Cimarron Kid
Bitter Creek Dalton
1951 Apache Drums
Bert Keon
1951 Air Cadet
Jerry Connell
1951 Target Unknown
Sgt. Ralph Phelps
1950 Kansas Raiders
Cole Younger
1950 Peggy
Frank Addison
1950 Winchester '73
Crater
1950 I Was a Shoplifter
Police Broadcaster in Surveillance Plane (uncredited)
1950 Comanche Territory
Sam
1950 One Way Street
Driver (uncredited)
Director (1 credit)
1981-1984 The Dukes of Hazzard (TV Series) (3 episodes)
- Cale Yarborough Comes to Hazzard (1984)
- Dead and Alive (1984)
- Diamonds in the Rough (1981)
Writer (3 credits)
2012 Return of the Killer Shrews
1998 Death Mask (writer)
1978 Hooper (uncredited)
Soundtrack (2 credits)
1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Make My Death Bed (1961) ... (performer: "Barbara Allen" - uncredited)
1960-1961 The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- The Guitar Player Returns (1961) ... (performer: "Midnight Special")
- The Guitar Player (1960) ... (performer: "New River Train")
Producer (1 credit)
1978/I The End (associate producer)
Additional Crew (1 credit)
1976 Gator (assistant to producers)
Self (9 credits)
2015 Earl Hamner Storyteller (Documentary)
Self
2006 CMT Insider (TV Series)
Self
- Special Edition: The Dukes of Hazzard (2006) ... Self
2005 After They Were Famous (TV Series documentary)
Self
- Crime-fighters (2005) ... Self
2005 The CMT Music Awards (TV Special)
Self
2005 Inside Fame (TV Series documentary)
Self
- Dukes of Hazzard (2005) ... Self
2004 The 20th Anniversary Hazzard County BBQ (Video documentary short)
Self
2002 TV Road Trip (TV Movie documentary)
Self (The Dukes of Hazzard)
1979-1982 All-Star Family Feud Special (TV Series)
Self - Celebrity Contestant
- Heroes vs. Villains (1982) ... Self - Celebrity Contestant
- Special #7: Ropers vs. Angie; Waltons vs. Dukes of Hazzard (1979) ... Self - Celebrity Contestant
1981 The Midnight Special (TV Series)
Self
- Episode #9.23 (1981) ... Self
Archive footage (6 credits)
2015 The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Self - In Memoriam
2014 Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks (TV Series documentary)
Thorne Sherman
- The Killer Shrews (2014) ... Thorne Sherman
2013 Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (Documentary)
2002 The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (TV Movie documentary)
Sgt. David Brent (uncredited)
1992 Gunfighters of the Old West (Video documentary)
Folliard (uncredited)
1959 Frontier Justice (TV Series)
Pyke Dillon
- The Three Graves (1959) ... Pyke Dillon
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