Spoiler : Best, James Born in Powderly, Kentucky 7/26/1926. Raised in Corydon, Indiana. Screen debut in Winchester 73 (1950). Gotch on Temple Houston for NBC-TV (1963-1964). Sheriff Rosco Coltrane on The Dukes Of Hazzard for CBS-TV (1979-1985).

Spoiler : July 26, 1926 – April 6, 2015 (88) Born Jewel Franklin Guy, he was orphaned at three and adopted by Armen and Essa Best, who re-named him James K. Best. Best became a television, film, character, voice, and stage actor, as well as a writer, director, acting coach, artist, college professor, and musician. His career spanned seven decades of television. He appeared as a guest on various country music and talk shows. In 2009, he completed his autobiography Best In Hollywood: The Good, The Bad and The Beautiful. The book, published in 2009 through BearManor Media, premiered at the Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in Aberdeen, Maryland.

Spoiler : Best had a son, Gary, with his first wife. In 1959, Best married his second wife, Jobee Ayers. The couple had two daughters, Janeen and Jojami, before divorcing in 1977. Janeen is an actress, screenwriter and producer, first as Janeen Best then as Janeen Damian, after her 1998 marriage to actor and producer Michael Damian. Best married his third wife, Dorothy Collier, in 1986. He had 3 grandchildren. His cousins were Don and Phil Everly.