James Best - Partial Filmography

Partial Filmography

• Winchester '73 (1950) as Crator
• Comanche Territory (1950) as Sam
• Kansas Raiders (1950) as Cole Younger
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) as Tommy Nelson (Arthur Franz's stand-in)
• The Battle at Apache Pass (1952) as Cpl. Hassett
• The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) as an unnamed radar operator
• Seminole (1953) as Capt. Gerard
• The Caine Mutiny (1954) as Lt. Jorgensen (uncredited)
• Forbidden Planet (1956) as an unnamed crewmember
• The Naked and the Dead (1958) as Pvt. Rhidges
• The Left Handed Gun (1958) as Tom Folliard
• The Killer Shrews (1959) as Thorne Sherman
• Verboten! (1959) as David Brent
• The Andy Griffith Show (TV series, 1960–1968) as Jim Lindsey
• The Mountain Road (1960) as Niergaard
• Shock Corridor (1963) as Stuart Couter
• The Quick Gun (1964) as Sheriff Scotty Wade
• Shenandoah (1965) as Carter
• Three On A Couch (1966) as Dr. Ben Mizer
• Firecreek (1968) as Drew
• Sounder (1972) as Sheriff Young
• Ode to Billy Joe (1976) as Dewey Barksdale
• Nickelodeon (1976) as Jim
• Rolling Thunder (1977) as Texan
• Hooper (1978) as Cully
• The End (1978) as Pacemaker Patient
• Centennial (TV miniseries, 1978) as Hank Garvey
• The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series, 1979–1985) as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
• The Dukes (TV series, 1983) as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
• In the Heat of the Night (TV series, 1991) as retired Sheriff Nathan Bedford - Crystal Reel Award, Best Actor
• Moondance Alexander (2007) as friend and storekeeper of the Alexander's (based on life of real-life daughter Janeen)