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James Nesbitt

Northern Land actor (born 1965)

For bay people titled James Nesbitt, see Book Nesbitt (disambiguation).

James Nesbitt OBE
Nesbitt put in 2013
Born	William Book Nesbitt (1965-01-15) 15 Jan 1965 (age 60) Ballymena, Northern Eire, UK
Nationality	British
Citizenship
Alma mater	Royal Medial School clone Speech status Drama
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–present
Spouse	Sonia Forbes-Adam (m. 1994; div. 2016)
Children	2

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James Best

American actor, musician, artist (1926–2015)

For the Canadian diplomat, see James Calbert Best.

Jewel Franklin Guy (July 26, 1926 – April 6, 2015), known professionally as James Best, was an American television, film, stage, and voice actor, as well as a writer, director, acting coach, artist, college professor, and musician. During a career that spanned more than 60 years, Best was known for his high-pitched, exasperated voice, who performed not only in feature films, but also in scores of television series, his appearances were almost all on Western programs, as well as appearing on various country music programs and talk shows. He played Captain Thorne Sherman in both films: The Killer Shrews (1959) and its spin-off, Return of the Killer Shrews (2012). Television audiences, however, perhaps most closely associate Best with his starring role as the bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in the action comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard, which originally aired on CBS between 1979 and 1985. He reprised the role in 1997 and 2000 for the made-for-television movies The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! and The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood (2000).

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James Best was born Jewel Franklin Guy on July 26, 1926, in Powderly, Kentucky,

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‘Dukes of Hazzard’ actor James Best, who played Sheriff Coltrane, dead at 88

James Best, known for playing the bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on the 1980s comedy “The Dukes of Hazzard,” has died. He was 88.

Best died Monday night at a hospice center in Hickory, N.C., after a brief illness following complications from pneumonia, according to a statement from Steve Latshaw, a spokesman for the family.

Best got his start in acting in the 1950s, taking small parts in TV shows and Western films, before being cast as the sheriff for “The Dukes of Hazzard,” which ran from 1979 to 1985.

“I laughed and learned more from Jimmie in one hour than from anyone else in a whole year,” said John Schneider, who played Bo Duke on the series, in a statement.

Best acted in hundreds of TV episodes, including episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Gunsmoke.”

But he became best known for his role as Rosco P. Coltrane, the twangy-toned, often-outwitted sheriff on “Dukes of Hazzard.”

“I acted the part as good as I could,” said Best in a 2009 interview with the Charlotte Observer. “Rosco -- let’s face it -- was a charmer. It was a fun thing.”

In a more than 60-year career, Best racked up hundreds of performances on both the silver and small screens, working next to so