James Best
Birthday: July 26, 1926
Birth Place: Powderly, Kentucky, USA
Height: 6' 1"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for James Best. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

Movie Credits

Moondance Alexander	(2007)
[ Don Johnson ]
Hot Tamale	(2006)
[ Jason Priestley ][ Harland Williams ][ Richard Riehle ][ Mike Starr ]
Once Not Far from Home	(2005)
[ Erik Per Sullivan ]
The Dukes of Hazzard: Return of the General Lee	(2004)
[ John Schneider ][ Tom Wopat ]
House of Forever	(2004)
The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood	(2000)
[ John Schneider ][ Tom Wopat ][ Tom Poston ][ Amaury Nolasco ]
The Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home	(1999)
[ Tom Wopat ]
Finders Keepers	(1998)
Death Mask	(1998)
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!	(1997)
[ John Schneider ][ Tom Wopat ]
The Dukes in Hollywood	(1984)
[ John Schneider ][ Tom Wopat ]
The Fortune Tellers	(1984)
[ John Schneider ][ Tom Wopat ]
Close Call for Daisy	(1984)
[ John Schneider ][ Tom Wopat ]
How to Succeed in Hazzard	(1984)
[ Tom Wopat ]
The End	(1978)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ John Williams ][ Dom DeLuise ][ Robby Benson ][ Carl Reiner ]
Hooper	(1978)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ Jan-Michael Vincent ][ Brian Keith ][ Terry Bradshaw ][ David R. Ellis ]
Rolling Thunder	(1977)
[ Tommy Lee Jones ][ Tommy Lee ][ Dabney Coleman ][ William Devane ]
McLaren's Riders	(1977)
The Brain Machine	(1977)
[ Gerald McRaney ]
Nickelodeon	(1976)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ John Ritter ][ Ryan O'Neal ][ M. Emmet Walsh ][ Brian Keith ]
The Savage Bees	(1976)
[ Ben Johnson ]
Gator	(1976)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ Mike Douglas ]
Ode to Billy Joe	(1976)
[ Robby Benson ]
The Runaway Barge	(1975)
[ Nick Nolte ][ Tim Matheson ][ G.W. Bailey ]
Savages	(1974)
[ Andy Griffith ][ Aaron Spelling ][ Sam Bottoms ]
Sounder	(1972)
[ Paul Winfield ]
Run, Simon, Run	(1970)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ Aaron Spelling ]
Firecreek	(1968)
[ James Stewart ][ Henry Fonda ][ Jack Elam ][ Bill McKinney ]
First to Fight	(1967)
[ Gene Hackman ][ Claude Akins ][ Wings Hauser ]
Meeting at Devil's Fork	(1967)
Lisa	(1966)
Three on a Couch	(1966)
[ Jerry Lewis ][ Scatman Crothers ]
Flame Out	(1966)
Shenandoah	(1965)
[ James Stewart ][ George Kennedy ][ Warren Oates ][ Harry Carey Jr. ][ Strother Martin ]
Black Spurs	(1965)
[ DeForest Kelley ][ Lon Chaney Jr. ]
Sixty-Seven Miles of Gold	(1964)
The Glory and the Mud	(1964)
[ Dennis Weaver ]
The Quick Gun	(1964)
Shock Corridor	(1963)
The Legacy	(1963)
The Case of the Surplus Suitor	(1963)
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast	(1963)
With a Smile	(1963)
Incident of the Rawhiders	(1963)
Incident at Spider Rock	(1963)
The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank	(1962)
Satonka	(1962)
Black Gold	(1962)
[ Claude Akins ]
The 5,000 Sack of Flower	(1962)
The Fugitive	(1961)
The Grave	(1961)
[ Lee Marvin ]
The Arsonist	(1961)
Quiet Night in Town: Part 1	(1961)
The Mountain Road	(1960)
[ James Stewart ][ Harry Morgan ]
The Colonel Harris Story	(1960)
Aftermath	(1960)
Company Man	(1960)
Cell 227	(1960)
[ Brian Keith ]
The Guitar Player	(1960)
High Lonesome	(1960)
Night on a Rainbow	(1960)
The Andrew Hale Story	(1959)
[ Clu Gulager ]
Cast a Long Shadow	(1959)
Portrait	(1959)
The Lawbreakers	(1959)
The Killer Shrews	(1959)
[ Ken Curtis ]
Verboten!	(1959)
Ride Lonesome	(1959)
[ Lee Van Cleef ][ Randolph Scott ][ Pernell Roberts ]
Good Deed	(1959)
Death Sentence	(1958)
Sheriff of Red Rock	(1958)
The Mistake	(1958)
The Naked and the Dead	(1958)
[ Cliff Robertson ][ Aldo Ray ]
Stampede at Tent City	(1958)
The Left Handed Gun	(1958)
[ Paul Newman ]
Cole Younger, Gunfighter	(1958)
Man on the Prowl	(1957)
Hot Summer Night	(1957)
[ Leslie Nielsen ][ Claude Akins ]
Last of the Badmen	(1957)
Marple Brothers	(1957)
[ Robert Culp ]
The Long Night	(1957)
The Rack	(1956)
[ Paul Newman ][ Lee Marvin ][ Robert Blake ]
Calling Homicide	(1956)
The Texicans	(1956)
Gaby	(1956)
When Gangland Strikes	(1956)
[ Slim Pickens ]
Forbidden Planet	(1956)
[ Leslie Nielsen ][ Robert Dix ]
Come Next Spring	(1956)
[ Walter Brennan ]
One Day at a Time	(1955)
Million Dollar Wedding	(1955)
The Stone Heart	(1955)
The Eternal Sea	(1955)
[ Sterling Hayden ]
A Man Called Peter	(1955)
Seven Angry Men	(1955)
[ Dennis Weaver ][ Jeffrey Hunter ][ Dabbs Greer ]
Holdup	(1954)
The Raid	(1954)
[ Lee Marvin ][ Peter Graves ][ Claude Akins ]
Return from the Sea	(1954)
Outlaw Mesa	(1954)
The Caine Mutiny	(1954)
[ Humphrey Bogart ][ Lee Marvin ][ Fred MacMurray ][ Van Johnson ][ Claude Akins ]
The Yellow Tomahawk	(1954)
[ Lee Van Cleef ][ Peter Graves ]
They Rode West	(1954)
Riders to the Stars	(1954)
Night Strike	(1953)
City of Bad Men	(1953)
[ Carl Betz ]
Column South	(1953)
[ Dennis Weaver ]
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms	(1953)
[ Lee Van Cleef ]
The President's Lady	(1953)
[ Charlton Heston ][ Carl Betz ]
Seminole	(1953)
[ Anthony Quinn ][ Rock Hudson ][ Lee Marvin ]
Skip Taylor	(1953)
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair	(1952)
About Face	(1952)
Steel Town	(1952)
The Battle at Apache Pass	(1952)
[ Jack Elam ][ Richard Egan ]
The Cimarron Kid	(1952)
Flat Top	(1952)
[ Sterling Hayden ]
Francis Goes to West Point	(1952)
[ Leonard Nimoy ]
Apache Drums	(1951)
Target Unknown	(1951)
Air Cadet	(1951)
[ Rock Hudson ]
Kansas Raiders	(1950)
[ Tony Curtis ][ Richard Egan ]
Winchester '73	(1950)
[ James Stewart ][ Tony Curtis ][ Rock Hudson ]
Peggy	(1950)
[ Rock Hudson ]
I Was a Shoplifter	(1950)
[ Tony Curtis ][ Rock Hudson ]
Comanche Territory	(1950)
[ Maureen O'Hara ]
One Way Street	(1950)
[ Rock Hudson ][ James Mason ][ Jack Elam ]

Trivia

• His billing for Three on a Couch (1966) read: "Introducing James Best", despite the fact that he had been in movies for 16 years and had appeared in over 30 films.
• Cousin of singers Don Everly and Phil Everly.
• Father of Janeen Damian.
• Director Quentin Tarantino has said that the work of Best "taught me how to act". Ironically, when Tarantino appeared in a 1990s Broadway revival of the play "Wait Until Dark", he received some of his worst acting reviews ever.
• Father-in-law of Michael Damian.
• Brother-in-law of John Collier.

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