While he is probably most widely known for his role as Rosco P. Coltrane on the long-running television hit, The Dukes of Hazzard, James Best has built an impressive career on both stage and screen and has taught and guided the careers of some of the film industry's biggest stars.

Born in Kentucky and raised in Indiana, his first professional stage experience came in a European tour of My Sister Eileen which was produced and directed by Arthur Penn. Penn would later go on to direct such film classics as Bonnie and Clyde and The Left Handed Gun.

With the completion of the European tour, James returned to New York, where he performed in both summer and winter stock productions. Additionally, he performed on stage throughout the Northeast, and toured nationally for almost 18 months in the Broadway touring company musical, Marinka.

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