James Best's biography

James Best is 89 years old actor born at Powderly. He was born on Monday 26th of July 1926. He is often nicknamed as Jimmie. According to year of birth 1926 he belongs to Greatest Generation. Birthday on 26th of July means he is Leo. As sign in itself indicates “Lion” or “King”, hence people born under Leo sign are considered to be leaders in every aspects of life. They are royal in nature.

He is native english speaker. He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be actor. You can know him also as autobiographer, television actor, film actor, voice actor, screenwriter. He is recently known as film producer.

James Best's schools

Detailed informations about his schools

Graduated from Corydon Central High School in Corydon, Indiana, in 1944.

James Best's career

His main focus is to be actor.

How did James Best die

He died on on Monday 6th of April 2015 when he was 89 years old at Hickory. James Bests death was caused by complications from pneumonia. It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

James Best's Awards

Had received the Magnolia Award at the Dixie Film Festival in Athens, Georgia. [29 October 2006].
He was a Boy Scout, once winning a lifesaving award for rescuing a fellow Scout at a Scout camp.
He was presented the Florida Motion Picture and Television Association's Lifetime Achievement Award. [23 August 2008].

What James Best has done for a first time

Founded the first school to teach actors motion picture technique in the 1970s. He taught in Hollywood for 25 years and worked with such stars as Burt Reynolds, Clint Eastwood, Gary Busey, Teri Garr, Lindsay Wagner, Farrah Fawcett and Quentin Tarantino.
Had a son, Gary, from his first marriage and two daughters, JoJami and Janeen, from his second marriage. He had three grandchildren.

James Best's quotes

When I was putting the "Best of Hollywood" book together, I sat down and added up just the list of Westerns I've done, and it came to well over 200.
[on his early career] Well, I was very lucky, because I was under contract with Universal Studios for two years, and after I got out of there, I got up with Gene Autry and his series. So I was working constantly.
[in 2009, about his role as Rosco Coltrane in The Dukes of Hazzard (1979)] I acted the part, as good as I could. Rosco, let's face it, was a charmer. It was a fun thing.
[on Sorrell Booke] Scenes with Boss Hogg were 90% ad-libbed. He was such a professional.
[in 2013] I did meet The Everly Brothers once and we talked for awhile. Then we figured out we were first cousins! My late mother was the sister of [Don Everly and Phil Everly]'s father, Ike Everly.
I started painting when I was in high school.
I just kept painting. I paint every day now and have sold some to Europe, and I do commission paintings. I paint Southern landscapes and some still-lives. What I love to paint mostly is old barns and ponds and creeks that I might conjure up in my mind.
Kentucky holds a special place in my heart.
[in 2011] They put the camera practically in my mouth and said we want to introduce you to your brother and it was . . . it was one of my brothers I'd never met.
I went to Rome, Paris and these places, and see people come up and go "'Kew-kew-kew-kew,' Rosco."
I'm sitting in the audience, old country boy, and the curtain goes up and I'm like a kid in Disneyland. I said, "Wait a minute, I'm getting shot at every night, and these guys are traveling around with pretty girls. I'm in the wrong outfit!".
From the time I was adopted when I was four years old up to now, my life has been like a roller coaster. There have been more ups than downs and I have been enjoying everything. I thank God every day for it.
[on his move from Hollywood to Florida, after having been burned out on the industry] It's a job. It's different than most people's job, but it's a job. You work four to five days on one project and then move on to the next.
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