James Best

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

7/26/1926

Place of Birth

Powderly, Kentucky, USA

Also Known As

Jewel Franklin GuyJames K. BestJimmy Best

James Best

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Best (born Jewel Franklin Guy; July 26, 1926 – April 6, 2015) was an American television, film, character, voice, and stage actor, as well as a writer, director, acting coach, artist, college professor, and musician, whose career spanned seven decades of television. He appeared as a guest on various country music and talk shows. One of the busiest actors in Hollywood, who began his contract career with Universal Studios in 1949, where he met unfamiliar actors Julie Adams, Piper Laurie, Tony Curtis and Rock Hudson. Best's long career began in films ...

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