Mini-Biography:
James Best was born under the given name Jewel Franklin Guy on July 26, 1926 in Powderly, Kentucky, USA. He was an American Actor, known for Hooper (1978), Sounder (1972), Ride lonesome (1959), James Best's first movie on record is from 1950. James Best died on April 6, 2015 in Hickory, North Carolina, USA. His last motion picture on file dates from 1978.
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1978: Hooper (Cast: Cully), Directed by Hal Needham, with Roger Deal, Sally Field,
1975: The Runaway Barge (Cast), Directed by Boris Sagal, with Bo Hopkins, Tim Matheson, Jim Davis,
1972: Sounder (Cast: Sheriff Young), Directed by Martin Ritt, with Kevin Hooks, ,
1970: Run, Simon, Run (Cast: Burroughs), Directed by George McCowan, with Royal Dano, Burt Reynolds,
1968: Firecreek (Cast), Directed by Vincent McEveety, with Inger Stevens, Henry Fonda, Morgan Woodward,
1967: First to Fight (Cast), Directed by Christian Nyby, with Claude Akins, Norman Alden,
1965: Three on a couch (Cast: Ben Mizer), Directed by Jerry Lewis, with Fritz Feld, Janet Leigh,
1965: Shenandoah (Cast: Carter - Rebel Soldier), Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, with James Stewart, Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett,
1959: Ride lonesome (Cast: Billy John), Directed by Budd Boetticher, with Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts,
1958: The left-handed gun (Cast: Tom Folliard ), Directed by Arthur Penn, with Paul Newman, Lita Milan, John Dehner,
1958: Cole Younger, Gunfighter (Cast), Directed by R.G. Springsteen, with Abby Dalton, Frank Lovejoy,
1958: Verboten! (Cast: Sgt. David Brent), Directed by Samuel Fuller, with Susan Cummings, Tom Pittman,
1957: Last of the badmen (Cast: Roberts), Directed by Paul Landres, with Douglas Kennedy, Keith Larsen,
1957: Hot Summer Night (Cast: Kermit), Directed by David Friedkin, with Leslie Nielsen, Colleen Miller, Edward Andrews,
1956: Gaby (Cast), Directed by Curtis Bernhardt, with John Kerr, Leslie Caron, Cedric Hardwicke,
1952: Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (Cast: Marvin Johnson), Directed by Charles T. Barton, with Oliver Blake, Esther Dale,
1951: The Cimarron Kid (Cast: Bitter Creek), Directed by Budd Boetticher, with Audie Murphy, Leif Erickson, ,
1950: Comanche Territory (Cast), Directed by George Sherman, with Maureen O'Hara, Macdonald Carey, Will Geer,