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Obituary for JAMES BEST - Beloved as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on The Dukes of Hazzard

HICKORY, N.C., April 6, 2015 James Best, the actor best known for his portrayal of bumbling yet endearing Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on TV's The Dukes of Hazzard, died at 9:28 p.m. ET Monday after a brief illness and complications of pneumonia. He was 88.


The youngest of eight brothers and a sister, James was born Jewel Franklin Guy in hardscrabble Powderly, Ky., on July 26, 1926, to parents Lena Mae Everly Guy (sister of Ike Everly, who was father of musical legends Don and Phil) and Larkin Jasper Guy. After spending a short time in an orphanage following his mother's death in 1929, the young boy was adopted by Essa and Armen Best and moved with them to their home in Corydon, Ind.


When his adoptive parents asked what name he wanted to be called, young Jewel said, Jimmie, likely a toddler's recollection of the name of one of his older brothers. Jimmie's adoptive father taught him boxing skills, marksmanship with assorted firearms and a lifelong passion for fishing and the outdoors. During his youth, Jimmie also sacked groceries at the local Kroger with a future governor of Indiana (Frank annon), was a Boy Scout and acted in his first play, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.


Jimmie's experiences and observations as a boy growing up in the Great Depression would later be inspiration for his writing the play Hell-Bent for Good Times, which he also produced, directed and starred in with leading lady Peggy Stewart to rave reviews from Atlanta to Los Angeles. Jimmie also adapted the play for the screen and had even filmed some sample scenes for his Best Friend Films production company.


While ideas for future creative works percolated, Jimmie, fresh out of high school in 1944, enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps with dreams of being a pilot. But the Air Corps at that point needed gunners and radio operators more than pilots, so Jimmie trained for those duties instead. Once most of the enemy aircraft were out of commission and there was less need for him to be fighting in the sky, Jimmie was transferred to the military police to help handle dangerous problems on the ground in Germany. Many of Jimmie's experiences as an MP contending with the Werwolf resistance in Germany during the war were incorporated into Samuel Fuller's acclaimed 1959 film Verboten! in which Jimmie starred as Sergeant David Brent.

It was during his real wartime on the ground in Germany that Sergeant Best became enlightened about how servicemen who entertained the troops as part of Special Services were given better food and living quarters and, most important, got to travel and socialize with the pretty actresses in those units. And he noticed that the folks in Special Services also generally didn't have people shooting at them.


Jimmie used his stellar record with the military police as leverage to join the military theatrical company. His first role was playing a drunk in director Arthur Penn's production in Germany of My Sister Eileen. Jimmie's show business career was now officially locked and loaded.


After the war, Jimmie had stars in his eyes and headed to New York City with visions of Broadway. He ended up honing his acting skills in winter stock and summer stock productions. He also did some fashion modeling, which got him noticed by an influential Hollywood casting director. That led to Jimmie's leap to Hollywood as a contract player for Universal Studios, where Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Shelley Winters and war hero Audie Murphy were among the group of budding contract players with Jimmie at the time.


Jimmie stayed busy in lots of films, including classic westerns with movie legends who would become friends, such as James Stewart (four films together, including Winchester ?3) and Paul Newman (two films, including The Left-Handed Gun, which was also a nice reunion for Jimmie with director Arthur Penn). Mr. Stewart, as Jimmie always referred to him, was JimmieÃÔ icon and mentor. They became great friends. JimmieÃÔ prize possession was the framed sketch that Mr. Stewart drew for him of Harvey the rabbit. Jimmie called it his Oscar. Farther from Oscar, Jimmie also starred in purely popular fare during this period, including a Ma and Pa Kettle film, as well as one with Francis the Talking Mule.


Jimmie himself could be mule-likeÍÕhat is, hard-kicking, ornery and stubborn. JimmieÃÔ storied reputation as a renegade eventually led to his essentially being prematurely turned out to pasture at Universal, while also being considered too hot to handle by other studios, with one key exception. Gene Autry gave Jimmie good work when he needed it most. Jimmie was soon back working steadily, first on AutryÃÔ TV show and then for many others. He performed in hundreds of episodes for TV, including iconic roles in multiple installments of hits such as ŵhe Twilight Zone, Å¢lfred Hitchcock and ŵhe Andy Griffith Show.


JimmieÃÔ work with Jerry Lewis on a 1965 episode of TVÃÔ Å£en Casey led to more work with Lewis (including Three on a Couch) and a long friendship filled with laughs, not a little tomfoolery and some fishing. Likewise, Jimmie first worked with Burt Reynolds in a 1963 episode of Ũunsmoke. Their friendship and appreciation of each otherÃÔ work led to later collaboration on film (including Hooper) and theater projects and many legendary adventures.


JimmieÃÔ natural curiosity and creative energy were qualities that always made him an interesting person to work with and just to be around. He was a prolific and respected painter of oils and watercolors. He was a black belt in karate. He also founded a highly regarded school of motion-picture technique for actors, which he operated in various forms and locations for more than 25 years. (Students included Lindsay Wagner, Roger Miller, Glen Campbell, Quentin Tarantino and Regis Philbin.) His expertise not only in writing, directing and performing in plays and films but also in teaching acting technique led to his being named artist in residence at the University of Mississippi during an ÅÆscape from Hollywood in the early 1970s. He also taught acting and film technique at the University of Central Florida.

He returned to Hollywood in the 1970s to work on camera and behind the scenes on a string of hit films, including Best Picture nominee Sounder, Ode to Billy Joe and three with Burt Reynolds. But what happened next was as unexpected as it was stupendously successful. Lured both by the prospect of filming a TV series in prime fishing country in Georgia and by the chance to work with old pal Denver Pyle, Jimmie agreed to work on a mid-season replacement series for CBS called ŵhe Dukes of Hazzard.


If there were ever any question that the cool, dashing and sometimes rough-edged actor of dozens of gritty westerns and war films could be believable in a comedy, the answer came in 1979 in the person of Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane, which would become the signature role of JimmieÃÔ long Hollywood career. In many ways, it was an ironic yet natural fit for Jimmie, the fabled Hollywood rebel, to comically portray a character who is a blundering fool at trying to enforce laws and outwit rural rule-benders like ÅÕhose Duke boys.


Throughout the decades that followed its seven-season run and two reunion movies, ťukes continued to keep Jimmie busy with reunions and personal appearances at festivals and fan gatherings. Through the enormous viewership of ťukes reruns, the popularity of the show has now spanned several generations of fans.


Keenly devoted to dogs and an advocate for their humane treatment, Jimmie was always especially thrilled to meet fans who, as homage to RoscoÃÔ beloved basset hound Flash, brought their own basset hounds to meet Jimmie, who kept some ÅÅoggie num nums handy to offer as treats. Jimmie reveled in the enthusiasm for the show that was displayed by fans of all ages, many of whom were also among the ardent admirers of his paintings, most of which depict the great outdoors and rustic subjects, including, in recent years, some inspired by Å¥ukes.


Even while happily satisfying the huge public demand to see and meet Rosco, Jimmie continued with his passion for writing (including songs, poems, plays and screenplays), producing, directing and performing for stage and screen. His skills and taste ranged from solemn to silly and from heartfelt to campy. The common denominators were his passion, talent, true grit, genuine wit and boundless work ethic.


There is perhaps no better example of his persistence than his dream pet project of producing a sequel to The Killer Shrews, the 1959 cult horror classic in which Jimmie starred. JimmieÃÔ dream came true with the 2012 release of the nightmarish Return of the Killer Shews, with Jimmie not only reprising his original role, but also helping to develop and write the film over a period of years. It is a movie that never would have been made without Jimmie and wife DorothyÃÔ sheer force of will that it simply must be done. It was just too obvious of a chance for some great fun for everybody involved.


Once again showing his wide range, JimmieÃÔ last completed film was 2013ÃÔ The Sweeter Side of Life, a tender movie for Hallmark that was written and produced by daughter Janeen Damian and her husband, Michael, who also directed. And back on stage, James won a Best Actor award for a 2014 production of On Golden Pond. At the time of his death, he also was scheduled to star in Old Soldiers, a feature film about World War II veterans that was set to begin filming this year. And he was hard at work on co-writing a screenplay about the Civil War.


Jimmie was always totally present in whatever he was doing. He was also always eager to see what interesting experiences he could get into next. He had the perspective and wisdom that comes with a long life lived to the fullest. As he wrote in his 2009 autobiography, Best in Hollywood: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful, ŵhe only thing that makes me sad about having so little time left is leaving the people I love and those who love me. There are also films and other projects that I want to get done, and there are always fish that need catching.


Realizing full well that he had lived a charmed life and that he was blessed to have been able to follow his rainbow, Jimmie looked forward to still more opportunities to embrace life with his legendary gusto. As he stated at the end of his autobiography: Ũod be willing, maybe I will touch my rainbow one more time before He takes my hand and leads me to eternity.


As full and accomplished as JimmieÃÔ professional career was, family and friends made his life complete. In 1986, he married actress Dorothy Collier, the love of his life and partner in all things for several years before their marriage and his beloved wife for the next 29 years, until his passing. He is also survived by son Gary Allen Best and wife Angela, daughter JoJami Best Tyler and husband Eric, and daughter Janeen Damian and husband Michael Damian; and by grandchildren Lauren Best, Cameron Tyler and Tessa Tyler.


Private arrangements are pending. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to a local humane society of choice.


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Statement from Tom Wopat, costar as Luke Duke on ŵhe Dukes of Hazzard?


ŵhe work he did with Sorrell Booke (Boss Hogg) probably defined our show as much as the car chases. He was a fine actor, director and mentor, and an even better friend. He will be greatly missed.


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Statement from John Schneider, costar as Bo Duke on ŵhe Dukes of Hazzard?


Å«immie BestÍÐf course, I laughed. But I learned more about acting in front of a camera from Jimmie Best in an afternoon than from anyone else in a year. When asked to cry on camera, he would say, Á´ure thing©Øhich eye? IÃÎ forever thankful to have cut my teeth in the company of such a fine man.


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Statement from Sonny Shroyer costar as Enos Strate on ŵhe Dukes of Hazzard?


Å«ames Best will go down as one of the greatest actors that ever livedÍÂ great

friend and the only sheriff I ever really loved. I will always miss him calling

me ÅÅipstick. I know he loved me and I loved him.


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Statement from Rick Hurst, costar as Cletus Hogg on ŵhe Dukes of Hazzard?


Å«immieÃÔ love of creativity and the arts was surpassed only by his love of familyÍÂnd maybe fishing. He was fiercely loyal to those around him, sometimes using a firebrand element of his nature for the common good. I will always love Jimmie for his kindness to me, remembering him for his sparkling, piercing wit, and envying him for his full head of hair. HereÃÔ to a life well and fully lived.


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Statement from Ben Jones, costar as Cooter Davenport on ŵhe Dukes of Hazzard?


Å«immie Best was the most constantly creative person I have ever known. Every minute of his long life was spent acting, writing, producing, painting, teaching, fishing, or involved in another of his lifeÃÔ many passions. As an actor, he could play it tough or gentle or hilariously and outrageously funny. He wrote plays and screenplays and poems. His oils and watercolors were wistful and they perfectly captured the rural life in which he had grown up and which he loved. As a teacher, he influenced a generation of actors. He was a world-class fisherman, an extraordinary raconteur, and a devoted friend, husband and father. That creative energy and zest for life were there until the end. He will be greatly missed, but his work will last for generations to come. He was one of a kind, and it was one of the blessings of my life to have worked with him for all these years. Alma and I are thinking of Dorothy and the family right now. Rest in peace, old friend.Ç÷Ben Jones and wife Alma Viator


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Statement from Corey Eubanks, stuntman on ŵhe Dukes of Hazzard?


ŵhe greatest pleasures in life are to love and to laugh. And I have met no man who has given more love or made more people laugh than James Best. To say the world is a better place because of him would be a ridiculous understatement. And to call him my friend is truly an honor.
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