
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/26/1926
Place of Birth
Powderly, Kentucky, USA
Also Known As
James Best
Biography
Known For

The Rack
as Millard Chilson Cassidy

Shock Corridor
as Stuart

Kansas Raiders
as Cole Younger

Moondance Alexander
as McClancy

Three on a Couch
as Dr. Ben Mizer

Winchester '73
as Crater

Black Spurs
as Ralph Elkins

Shenandoah
as Carter, Rebel Soldier

The Raid
as Lt. Robinson

The Killer Shrews
as Thorne Sherman

The Caine Mutiny
as Lt. JG Jorgensen

The Left Handed Gun
as Tom Folliard

Calling Homicide
as Det. Arnie Arnhoff

The Sweeter Side of Life
as Paddy Kerrigan

Hooper
as Cully

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
as Self

The End
as Pacemaker Patient

Peggy
as Frank Addison

The Cimarron Kid
as Bitter Creek Dalton

Steel Town
as Joe Rakich
Career Timeline
2013
2002
1966
1963
1962
1960
1959
Hawaiian Eye
Role unknown
Startime
Role unknown
The Rebel
as Ted Evans
The Rebel
as Abel Waares
The Twilight Zone
as Jeff Myrtlebank
The Twilight Zone
as Billy-Ben Turner
Men Into Space
Role unknown
Lock-Up
Role unknown
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Jovan Wilanskov
Laramie
Role unknown
The Man and the Challenge
Role unknown
Bonanza
as Sheriff Vern Schaler
Cast a Long Shadow
as Sam Mullen
The Killer Shrews
as Thorne Sherman
The David Niven Show
as Boland
Verboten!
as Sgt. David Brent
Ride Lonesome
as Billy John
Black Saddle
as Ben Travers
Rawhide
as Willie Cain
Rawhide
as Brock Quade
1958
77 Sunset Strip
Role unknown
Bat Masterson
as Joe Best
Bat Masterson
as Danny Dakota
Behind Closed Doors
as Webb
The Rifleman
Role unknown
The Texan
Role unknown
Bronco
Role unknown
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Stoner
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Luke Perry
The Naked and the Dead
as Rhidges
The Left Handed Gun
as Tom Folliard
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
as Kit Caswell
1957
Man on the Prowl
as Doug Gerhardt
Tombstone Territory
Role unknown
Trackdown
Role unknown
Perry Mason
as Allan Winford
Perry Mason
as Martin Potter
Have Gun, Will Travel
Role unknown
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Jack Milhoan
Last of the Badmen
as Ted Hamilton
Hot Summer Night
as Kermit
1956
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Norman Frayne
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Hennessy
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Bish Darby
Frontier
Role unknown
Cheyenne
Role unknown
Gunsmoke
as Beal
Gunsmoke
as Charlie Noon
Top of the World
as Col. French's Orderly (uncredited)
Seven Angry Men
as Jason Brown
Buffalo Bill Jr.
Role unknown
The Millionaire
as Fred Morgan
1954
They Rode West
as Lt. Finlay (uncredited)
Climax!
as Shag
The Lineup
Role unknown
The Raid
as Lt. Robinson
Return from the Sea
as Barr
The Caine Mutiny
as Lt. JG Jorgensen
The Yellow Tomahawk
as Private Bliss
Stories of the Century
Role unknown
Riders to the Stars
as Dr. Sidney K. Fuller
1953
1952
Cavalcade of America
Role unknown
Cavalcade of America
as Harry
Cavalcade of America
as Slate Morley
Hopalong Cassidy
Role unknown
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
as Marvin Johnson
Francis Goes to West Point
as Corporal Ransom
The Battle at Apache Pass
as Cpl. Hassett
Steel Town
as Joe Rakich
The Cimarron Kid
as Bitter Creek Dalton