James Best

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.

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 CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1978 Hooper Hal Needham 98 min Color
1977 Rolling Thunder American International Pictures, Inc 99 min Color sound
1965 Shenandoah. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 100 min 35mm Color sound
1964 The Quick Gun. Admiral Pictures Inc. 87 min 35mm Color sound
1960 The Man And The Challenge Ivan Tors Films, Inc 30 min 16mm B&W 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
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
1957 Man On The Prowl. Jana Film Enterprises Inc. 86 min. 35mm B&W 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
1954 THE RAID. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 82 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
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
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
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