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James Best

1926 - 2015

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Jewel Franklin Guy (July 26, 1926 – April 6, 2015), 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. His appearances were almost all on Western programs, as well as various country music programs and talk shows. He gained recognition for his starring role as the bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in the action comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard, which originally aired on CBS between 1979 and 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). James Best is the 5,578th most popular actor (down from 4,751st in 2024), the 8,666th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,954th in 2019) and the 2,552nd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, James Best ranks 5,578 out of 13,578. Before her are Joanna Moore, Shawn Weatherly, Damon Wayans Jr., Alec McCowen, Bill Daily, and Simon Abkarian. After her are Lewis Stone, Jules Berry, Charlotte Rae, Jonathan Brandis, Bronson Pinchot, and Julie Gayet.

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Among people born in 1926, James Best ranks 409. Before her are Alison Lurie, Robert Bly, Georgi Yumatov, Ken Olsen, Bob Benny, and Robert Jay Lifton. After her are Charlotte Rae, Bernard Nathanson, Roberto Goyeneche, A. N. R. Robinson, Bob Richards, and H. C. Robbins Landon. Among people deceased in 2015, James Best ranks 372. Before her are Scott Weiland, Surya Bahadur Thapa, Saeed Jaffrey, Grace Lee Whitney, Jonah Lomu, and Hellmuth Karasek. After her are Ivan Šantek, Alberto Cardaccio, Oganes Zanazanyan, Peter de Klerk, Osamu Hayaishi, and Raymond Gosling.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Best ranks 8,667 out of 20,380. Before her are Archie Mayo (1891), Nikki Haley (1972), Joseph Polchinski (1954), William Livingston (1723), and Willard Metcalf (1858). After her are Dick Durbin (1944), Lewis Stone (1879), Charlotte Rae (1926), Jonathan Brandis (1976), Bronson Pinchot (1959), Buddy DeFranco (1923), and Avery Dulles (1918).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, James Best ranks 2,553. Before her are Erin Moriarty (1994), Sarah Shahi (1980), Margaret Dumont (1882), Joanna Moore (1934), Shawn Weatherly (1959), and Damon Wayans Jr. (1982). After her are Lewis Stone (1879), Charlotte Rae (1926), Jonathan Brandis (1976), Bronson Pinchot (1959), Kitty Winn (1944), and Chill Wills (1902).

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