Portrait of James Best

Acting

James Best

Titles
71movies80TV shows
Career

Active from 1952 to 2013, with a break from 1984 to 1996, 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 91 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 6.0Style
James Best Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.5, average 5.2
  • Psychological
    4.4, average 5.6
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.8
  • Melancholy
    3.7, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Car Chases 3
  • Classic Western 3
  • Rural Setting 2
  • Good Ol' Boys 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Feel-Good Movie 2
  • Action 2
  • Romantic Comedy 2
  • Lighthearted 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

80
TypeAllTV shows80Movies69
RoleAnyActing80
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1950s431960s271970s41980s41990s12000s1
GenreAnyDrama50Western32Action & Adventure19Crime15Mystery9Comedy9Sci-Fi & Fantasy4Family4War & Politics3Animation1Documentary1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

2000s

1 title

1990s

1 title · average score 48

1980s

4 titles · average score 53
GoodWatch50
Poster for The Dukes

TV show · as Rosco Coltrane (voice)

1970s

4 titles · average score 77
GoodWatch75
Poster for The Dukes of Hazzard

TV show · as Rosco P. Coltrane

GoodWatch76
Poster for Hawkins

TV show · as Sheriff John Early

1960s

27 titles · average score 66
GoodWatch43
Poster for The Mod Squad

TV show · as Clay Lynch

GoodWatch74
Poster for The Green Hornet

TV show · as Yale Barton

GoodWatch73
Poster for Honey West

TV show · as Vince Zale

GoodWatch47
Poster for Daniel Boone

TV show · as Jethro Wyatt

GoodWatch84
Poster for The Fugitive

TV show · as Dan Murray

GoodWatch68
Poster for Burke's Law

TV show · as Tucson, 'The Cowboy'

GoodWatch54
Poster for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV show · as Tom Carmody

GoodWatch70
Poster for The Virginian

TV show · as Curt Westley

GoodWatch81
Poster for Combat!

TV show · as Trenton

GoodWatch81
Poster for The Andy Griffith Show

TV show · as Jim Lindsey

All 27 titles from the 1960s

1950s

43 titles · average score 70
GoodWatch91
Poster for The Twilight Zone

TV show · as Jeff Myrtlebank / Billy-Ben Turner

GoodWatch73
Poster for Bonanza

TV show · as Sheriff Vern Schaler

GoodWatch50
Poster for Rawhide

TV show · as Brock Quade / Willie Cain

GoodWatch50
Poster for Wanted: Dead or Alive

TV show · as Luke Perry / Stoner

GoodWatch82
Poster for Perry Mason

TV show · as Allan Winford / Martin Potter

GoodWatch85
Poster for Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV show · as Hennessy / Bish Darby

GoodWatch76
Poster for Gunsmoke

TV show · as Charlie Noon / Beal

All 43 titles from the 1950s
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