Still of James Best in The Dukes of Hazzard (1979)
				
				
						 Caption: Still of James Best in The Dukes of Hazzard (1979)
																																				
						Actor, Director, Writer
						Born: July 26, 1926
						Star sign: Leo
						Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
						Known for: The Dukes of Hazzard (1979), The Killer Shrews (1959), Shock Corridor (1963), Sounder (1972)
						Source: IMDB
						American character actor and teacher. Born Jules 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...