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James Best

Highest Rated:
100% The Left Handed Gun (1958)
Lowest Rated:
14% Nickelodeon (1976)
Birthday:
Jul 26, 1926
Birthplace:
Powderly, Kentucky, USA
Bio:
James Best started appearing on film in 1950 in such westerns as Winchester 73 and Kansas Raiders, he was touted as a bright new face on the cinematic scene. When Best showed up as a regular on the 1963 TV series Temple Houston, he was promoted as a "promising" performer. When co-starred in Jerry…

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 14% - 100%
Number of Movies: 47
Box Office Since 2001: --
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2007 Moondance Alexander
  • Mr. McClancy
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2000 The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood
  • Actor
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1998 Death Mask
  • Wilbur Johnson
  • Screenwriter
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1997 The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
  • Actor
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1978 Centennial
  • Hank Garvey
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1978 75% The End
  • Pacemaker Patient
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1978 63% Hooper
  • Cully
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1977 100% Rolling Thunder
  • Texan
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1977 The Brain Machine
  • Actor
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1976 Ode to Billy Joe
  • Dewey Barksdale
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1976 14% Nickelodeon
  • Jim
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1976 Savage Bees
  • Pelligrino
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1975 Runaway Barge
  • Bingo Washington
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1975 Savages
  • Actor
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1972 88% Sounder
  • Sheriff Young
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1970 Run, Simon, Run
  • Actor
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1968 Firecreek
  • Drew
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1968 Fire Creek
  • Actor
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1967 First to Fight
  • Sgt. Carnavan
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1966 Three on a Couch
  • Dr. Ben Mizer
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1965 Shenandoah
  • Carter
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1964 The Quick Gun
  • Scotty Grant
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1963 93% Shock Corridor
  • Stuart
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1960 The Mountain Road
  • Niergaard
--
1959 50% The Killer Shrews
  • Thorne Sherman
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1959 83% Ride Lonesome
  • Billy John
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1959 Verboten
  • Sgt. David Brent
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1958 100% The Left Handed Gun
  • Actor
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1958 The Naked and the Dead
  • Rhidges
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1958 Cole Younger, Gunfighter
  • Kit
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1956 The Rack
  • Millard Chilson Cassidy
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1956 Yellow Tomahawk
  • Actor
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1956 Come Next Spring
  • Bill Jackson
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1956 When Gangland Strikes
  • Actor
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1954 Raid
  • Lt. Robinson
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1954 They Rode West
  • Lt. Finlay
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1954 91% The Caine Mutiny
  • Lieutenant Jorgensen
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1953 91% The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
  • Radar Man
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1953 Seminole
  • Corporal Gerard
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1953 The President's Lady
  • Samuel
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1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
  • Marvin Johnson
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1952 Francis Goes to West Point
  • Corporal Ransom
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1951 Apache Drums
  • Bert Keon
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1951 The Cimarron Kid
  • Bitter Creek
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1950 Kansas Raiders
  • Cole Younger
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1950 Comanche Territory
  • Sam
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1950 100% Winchester '73
  • Crator
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