NV: James Best aka Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane has passed away

[CornFromAJar]

I grew up watching "The Dukes of Hazzard." It wasn't until I was older that he was the "misunderstood" guitar player on "The Andy Griffith Show," among other roles. Shoot, I still find myself saying "Goo goo goo" every now and then. He was 88. Sorry to hear the news.

[Tnphil]

I was the other way around....I never watched the DOH very much but love him as Brisco Darling on Andy Griffith Show.

I was watching a movie a few weeks back and he was in it....couldn't have been over 25.

RIP

[LouisVOL]

Wrong guy.  Denver Pyle was Briscoe Darling.  James Best played guitarist Jim Lindsey, who Andy finagled into a job with the Bobby Fleet Band.  In a later episode, he was on the outs with Bobby Fleet and Andy smooths it over and they all lived happily everafter. 

I was the other way around....I never watched the DOH very much but love him as Brisco Darling on Andy Griffith Show.

I was watching a movie a few weeks back and he was in it....couldn't have been over 25.

RIP

[Tnphil]

Wrong guy.  Denver Pyle was Briscoe Darling.  James Best played guitarist Jim Lindsey, who Andy finagled into a job with the Bobby Fleet Band.  In a later episode, he was on the outs with Bobby Fleet and Andy smooths it over and they all lived happily everafter. 

You are correct...I jumped the gun. Jim Lindsey played the guitar and was on 2 episodes IIRC. Didn't Denver Pyle play on Dukes of Hazzard too?

[73Volgrad]

I also remember James Best was in three episodes on The Twilight Zone in successive years I think. He was in a lot of movies and TV shows. A better actor than he got credit for because he was not a Star.

[CornFromAJar]

I also remember James Best was in three episodes on The Twilight Zone in successive years I think. He was in a lot of movies and TV shows. A better actor than he got credit for because he was not a Star.

He also played a hired gun in an episode of The Rifleman. I have to admit it was strange seeing him playing a bad guy, but he played it well. He was indeed a fine actor that did not get the credit he probably should have.

[CornFromAJar]

You are correct...I jumped the gun. Jim Lindsey played the guitar and was on 2 episodes IIRC. Didn't Denver Pyle play on Dukes of Hazzard too?

Yes. Denver Pyle played Uncle Jesse. Now that I think about it, the way those two played off each other was really good acting (although Roscoe and Boss Hogg playing off each other was some of the funniest stuff on TV, although that, too, doesn't get a lot of credit).