James Best

Full filmography

• Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! (2021) as Self
• The Sweeter Side of Life (2013) as Paddy Kerrigan
• Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (2013) as Self (archive footage)
• Return of the Killer Shrews (2012) as Thorne Sherman
• Return of the Killer Shrews (2012) Writer
• Moondance Alexander (2007) as McClancy
• Hot Tamale (2006) as Hank Larson
• CMT: Inside Fame (2005)
• The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002) as Sgt. David Brent (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood (2000) as Rosco P. Coltrane
• The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (1997) as Boss / Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
• E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
• Death Mask (1995) as Wilbur Johnson
• Death Mask (1995) Writer
• B.L. Stryker (1989)
• In the Heat of the Night (1988)
• The Dukes (1983) as Rosco Coltrane (voice)
• Enos (1980)
• The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) as Rosco P. Coltrane
• The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) Director
• Centennial (1978)
• Hooper (1978) as Cully
• Hooper (1978) Co-Writer
• The End (1978) as Pacemaker Patient
• The End (1978) Associate Producer
• Rolling Thunder (1977) as Texan
• Gator (1976) Production Assistant
• Nickelodeon (1976) as Jim
• Ode to Billy Joe (1976) as Dewey Barksdale
• The Savage Bees (1976) as Pellegrino
• The Runaway Barge (1975) as Bingo Washington
• The Manhunter (1974)
• Savages (1974) as Sheriff Bert Hamilton
• Hawkins (1973) as Sheriff John Early
• Sounder (1972) as Sheriff Charlie Young
• The Brain Machine (1972) as Rev. Emory Neill
• Run, Simon, Run (1970) as Henry Burroughs
• The Mod Squad (1968) as Clay Lynch
• Lancer (1968)
• Firecreek (1968) as Drew
• The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)
• First to Fight (1967) as Sergeant Carnavan
• Felony Squad (1966)
• The Green Hornet (1966) as Yale Barton
• Hawk (1966)
• Three on a Couch (1966) as Dr. Ben Mizer
• Honey West (1965) as Vince Zale
• Shenandoah (1965) as Carter, Rebel Soldier
• Black Spurs (1965) as Ralph Elkins
• Daniel Boone (1964) as Jethro Wyatt
• Flipper (1964)
• The Quick Gun (1964) as Scotty Wade
• The Fugitive (1963) as Dan Murray
• Burke's Law (1963) as Tucson, 'The Cowboy'
• Temple Houston (1963) as Gotch
• Redigo (1963)
• Shock Corridor (1963) as Stuart
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Tom Carmody
• The Virginian (1962) as Curt Westley
• Combat! (1962) as Trenton
• The Gallant Men (1962)
• General Electric True (1962)
• Black Gold (1962) as Jericho Larkin
• Ben Casey (1961)
• Whispering Smith (1961)
• The Andy Griffith Show (1960) as Jim Lindsey
• Surfside 6 (1960)
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Joe
• Stagecoach West (1960)
• Pony Express (1960) as Bart Gentry
• Overland Trail (1960)
• Michael Shayne (1960)
• The Mountain Road (1960) as Niergaard
• Aftermath (1960) as Hardy Coulter
• Bonanza (1959) as Sheriff Vern Schaler
• The Twilight Zone (1959) as Jeff Myrtlebank
• The Twilight Zone (1959) as Billy-Ben Turner
• Rawhide (1959) as Willie Cain
• Rawhide (1959) as Brock Quade
• The Rebel (1959) as Ted Evans
• The Rebel (1959) as Abel Waares
• Laramie (1959)
• Hawaiian Eye (1959)
• Lock-Up (1959)
• Startime (1959) as Duke
• Black Saddle (1959) as Ben Travers
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959) as Jovan Wilanskov
• Men Into Space (1959)
• The Man and the Challenge (1959)
• Verboten! (1959) as Sgt. David Brent
• Ride Lonesome (1959) as Billy John
• The David Niven Show (1959) as Boland
• The Killer Shrews (1959) as Thorne Sherman
• Cast a Long Shadow (1959) as Sam Mullen
• The Rifleman (1958)
• Bat Masterson (1958) as Joe Best
• Bat Masterson (1958) as Danny Dakota
• The Texan (1958)
• Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) as Stoner
• Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) as Luke Perry
• 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
• Bronco (1958)
• Behind Closed Doors (1958) as Webb
• The Left Handed Gun (1958) as Tom Folliard
• The Naked and the Dead (1958) as Rhidges
• Cole Younger, Gunfighter (1958) as Kit Caswell
• Perry Mason (1957) as Allan Winford
• Perry Mason (1957) as Martin Potter
• Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957) as Jack Milhoan
• Tombstone Territory (1957)
• Trackdown (1957)
• Last of the Badmen (1957) as Ted Hamilton
• Hot Summer Night (1957) as Kermit
• Man on the Prowl (1957) as Doug Gerhardt
• West Point (1956)
• Forbidden Planet (1956) as Crewman (uncredited)
• The Rack (1956) as Millard Chilson Cassidy
• Come Next Spring (1956) as Bill Jackson
• Gaby (1956) as Jim
• Calling Homicide (1956) as Det. Arnie Arnhoff
• Cheyenne (1955)
• Gunsmoke (1955) as Beal
• Gunsmoke (1955) as Charlie Noon
• The Millionaire (1955) as Fred Morgan
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Norman Frayne
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Hennessy
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Bish Darby
• Buffalo Bill Jr. (1955)
• Frontier (1955)
• Seven Angry Men (1955) as Jason Brown
• Top of the World (1955) as Col. French's Orderly (uncredited)
• Climax! (1954) as Shag
• Stories of the Century (1954)
• The Lineup (1954)
• The Caine Mutiny (1954) as Lt. JG Jorgensen
• The Yellow Tomahawk (1954) as Private Bliss
• The Raid (1954) as Lt. Robinson
• Riders to the Stars (1954) as Dr. Sidney K. Fuller
• They Rode West (1954) as Lt. Finlay (uncredited)
• Return from the Sea (1954) as Barr
• General Electric Theater (1953) as Hardy Coulter
• City of Bad Men (1953) as Deputy Gig (uncredited)
• Seminole (1953) as Corp. Gerad
• Column South (1953) as Primrose
• Skip Taylor (1953)
• Hopalong Cassidy (1952)
• Cavalcade of America (1952)
• Cavalcade of America (1952) as Harry
• Cavalcade of America (1952) as Slate Morley
• The Battle at Apache Pass (1952) as Cpl. Hassett
• The Cimarron Kid (1952) as Bitter Creek Dalton
• Francis Goes to West Point (1952) as Corporal Ransom
• Flat Top (1952) as Radio Operator
• Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952) as Marvin Johnson
• Steel Town (1952) as Joe Rakich
• The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
• Target Unknown (1951) as Sgt. Ralph Phelps
• Air Cadet (1951) as Jerry Connell
• Apache Drums (1951) as Bert Keon
• Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Clem Wallace
• The Gene Autry Show (1950)
• Winchester '73 (1950) as Crater
• Kansas Raiders (1950) as Cole Younger
• Comanche Territory (1950) as Sam
• One Way Street (1950) as Driver (uncredited)
• I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
• Peggy (1950) as Frank Addison