James Best

American actor, musician, artist (1926-2015)

Jewel Franklin Guy, 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, who was known for his high-pitched, exasperated voice, performed not only in feature films, but also in scores of television series.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 26 films (1950–1978) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 4 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1950	Comanche Territory.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	76 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1950	I Was A Shoplifter.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	74 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1950	Kansas Raiders.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	80 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1950	Winchester ’73.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	92 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1951	Air Cadet.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	94 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1951	Apache Drums.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	75 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1951	The Cimarron Kid.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	84 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1952	Francis Goes To West Point.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	81 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1952	Steel Town.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	85 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1952	The Battle At Apache Pass.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	85 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1953	Column South.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	85 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1953	Seminole.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	86 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1954	THE RAID.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp	82 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1955	A Man Called Peter.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp	119 min	35mm	Color	sound
1955	Come Next Spring.	Republic Pictures Corp	92 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1957	Man On The Prowl.	Jana Film Enterprises Inc.	86 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1958	Cole Younger, Gunfighter.	Allied Artists Pictures Corp.	79 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1958	The Naked And The Dead	Ideal Pictures Inc	130 min	16mm	Color	sound
1959	Cast A Long Shadow.	Mirisch Co. Inc.	82 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1959	The Killer Shrews.	Hollywood Pictures Corp.	70 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1959	Verboten.	RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc.	94 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1960	The Man And The Challenge	Ivan Tors Films, Inc	30 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1964	The Quick Gun.	Admiral Pictures Inc.	87 min	35mm	Color	sound
1965	Shenandoah.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	100 min	35mm	Color	sound
1977	Rolling Thunder	American International Pictures, Inc	99 min		Color	sound
1978	Hooper	Hal Needham	98 min		Color