James Best

ACTOR, DIRECTOR, WRITER

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American character actor and teacher. Born Jewel Guy in Powderly, Kentucky, on July 26, 1926, he was orphaned at three and adopted by Armen and Essa Best, who re-named him James K. Best and raised him in Corydon, Indiana. Following high school he worked briefly as a metalworker before joining the Army during World War II in July 1944. The majority of his service was as an MP in Wiesbaden, Germany just after the end of the war. While still in Germany, Best was transferred to Special Services and began his acting career. According to Best, he first acted in a European tour of "My Sister Eileen" directed by Arthur Penn. Upon his return to the U.S., he toured in road and stock companies in plays and musicals, and was finally spotted by a scout from Universal Pictures, who put him under contract. A handsome young man, his rural inflections perhaps kept him from frequent leading man roles. During the 1950s and '60s, he was a familiar face in movies and television in a wide range of roles, from Western bad guys to craven cowards and country bumpkins. Physical ailments curtailed his work for a long period late in his career, and he established a well-respected acting workshop in Los Angeles. He also served as artist-in-residence at the University of Mississippi, teaching and directing. He worked in both acting and producing capacities for Burt Reynolds on several of the latter's films in the late 1970s, before taking on his greatest commercial success. Although the The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) TV series was far beneath his talents, his role as Sheriff Roscoe Coltrane was the part that gave him his greatest fame. He continued teaching, both in Hollywood and later in Florida (at the University of Central Florida). Semi-retired, he makes personal appearances and exhibits his paintings. James Best starred in the 2007 feature film, Moondance Alexander (2007), along with Don Johnson, Lori Loughlin, Kay Panabaker, Sasha Cohen and Whitney Sloan. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

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Streaming Availability

Amazon Video has the most number of James Best’s flixes, followed by Vudu compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.

Releases by Year

James Best on average has worked on 1 movies per year from 1970 to 2015. See the full graphs of the number of James Best movies released per year from 1977 till 2015.

Top Genres

James Best works mostly in Comedy Genre followed by Drama Genre flixes. 22% of James Best movies are Comedy Genre movies. See Top Genres that James Best worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that James Best has worked on is 6.1.

6.1 / 10

James Best's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

This is an unashamedly opinionated film. In Gore Vidal's America, the political coup has already happened. The right have triumphed and the human values of the liberals have been consigned ...

7.7/1083 min

Available in 6 platform(s).

The adventures of the fast-drivin', rubber-burnin' Duke boys of Hazzard County.

7.1/1060 min

Available in 5 platform(s).

Crime,Drama,Thriller
Rolling Thunder (1977)

A returning war veteran loses his family to a violent home invasion and decides to seek and retaliate against those responsible.

6.9/1095 min

Available in 3 platform(s).

Ben Campbell, a twenty-two-year-old gas station attendant in a small desert town, is looking to make some extra money. He is surprised when Madec, a wealthy lawyer, asks him to be his guide...

6.8/1074 min

Available in 3 platform(s).

Action,Comedy
Hooper (1978)

Hollywood aging stuntman Sonny Hooper wants to prove that he's still got what it takes to be a great professional in this risky and under-recognized line of work.

6.3/1099 min

Available in 6 platform(s).

Animation,Drama,Family
Moondance Alexander (2007)

The curiously named, Moondance Alexander is a spirited teen living with her eccentric mother. She is faced with another uneventful summer until she discovers a lost pinto pony named ...

6.2/1094 min

Available in 13 platform(s).

A big-city housewife is dumped by her sleazy husband, and she finds herself having to adjust to small town life in her father's bakery.

5.6/1081 min

Available in 5 platform(s).

The Duke Boys and company travel to Hollywood to sell some musical recordings in order to raise money to build a new hospital in Hazzard County. However, when their recordings and money are...

5.4/1088 min

Available in 1 platform(s).