He was best known for playing Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in the TV series "The Dukes ... high school and ended up serving with the military police in Germany during World War II.

James Best as ‘Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane’ on The Dukes of Hazzard ... probably defined our show as much as the car chases. He was a fine actor, director and mentor, and an even better friend.

James Best, the prolific actor best known for his role as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on "The Dukes of ... probably defined our show as much as the car chases," Tom Wopat, who played Luke Duke ...

James Best, known for playing the bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on the 1980s comedy ... Army Air Corps and later served in the military police in Germany. In an interview posted on YouTube ...

AP Photo / Patrick McMullan Co. RALEIGH, N.C. -- The prolific actor best known for his role as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on "The Dukes of Hazzard" has died. James Best was 88. His wife ...

HICKORY, N.C. — Actor James Best, who is best known for his role as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on “The Dukes ... probably defined our show as much as the car chases. He was a fine actor ...

RALEIGH, N.C. | James Best, whose prolific career included 83 movies and 600 TV shows but is best remembered for his role as Rosco P. Coltrane ... s good ol’ boy car chases.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Actor James Best, famous for his role as the bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on The Dukes ... Best served as a military police officer in Germany during World War ...

James Best played Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane, the bumbling minion of Jefferson ... Best played his part wide open, like the show’s good ol’ boy car chases. Scenes with Boss Hogg, played by ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — The prolific actor best known for his role as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on “The Dukes of Hazzard” has died. James Best was 88. His wife, Dorothy Best, said Tuesday that Best ...

HICKORY, N.C. -- Prolific character actor James Best, best known for playing the giggling and inept Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on "The Dukes of Hazzard," has died. He was 88. His wife of 29 years ...