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Portrait of James Best

Acting

James Best

Titles
72movies80TV shows
Career

Active from 1952 to 2013, with a break from 1984 to 1994, busiest in 1959 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
14
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Shock Corridor
Shock Corridor
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 92 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.7EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 6.0Style
James Best Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.8, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    4.3, average 5.6
  • Cringe Humor
    1.0, average 2.2
  • Uncanny
    1.4, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Western 3
  • Car Chases 3
  • Action 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Rural Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

150

2010s

2 titles Β· average score 39

2000s

5 titles Β· average score 53

1990s

3 titles Β· average score 48

1980s

4 titles Β· average score 53

TV show Β· as Rosco Coltrane (voice)

1970s

16 titles Β· average score 60

TV show Β· as Rosco P. Coltrane

as Pacemaker Patient

as Dewey Barksdale

Production Assistant

as Sheriff Bert Hamilton

as Rev. Emory Neill

as Sheriff Charlie Young

as Henry Burroughs

All 16 titles from the 1970s

1960s

37 titles Β· average score 66

as Ralph Elkins

TV show Β· as Jethro Wyatt

TV show Β· as Dan Murray

as Jericho Larkin

TV show Β· as Tom Carmody

TV show Β· as Curt Westley

TV show Β· as Trenton

TV show Β· as Jim Lindsey

All 37 titles from the 1960s

1950s

83 titles Β· average score 65

as Sgt. David Brent

TV show Β· as Billy-Ben Turner / Jeff Myrtlebank

as Doug Gerhardt

TV show Β· as Martin Potter / Allan Winford

as Bitter Creek Dalton

All 83 titles from the 1950s