James Best Autographs
Jewel Franklin Guy (July 26, 1926 – April 6, 2015), known professionally as James Best, was an American television, film, stage, and voice actor, as well as a writer, director, acting coach, artist, college professor, and musician. During a career that spanned more than 60 years, Best, who was known for his high-pitched, exasperated voice, performed not only in feature films, but also in scores of television series. His appearances were almost all on Western programs, as well as various country music programs and talk shows. He gained recognition for his starring role as the bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in the action comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard, which originally aired on CBS between 1979 and 1985. He reprised the role in 1997 and 2000 for the made-for-television movies The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! and The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood (2000).
James Best was born Jewel Franklin Guy on July 26, 1926, in Powderly, Kentucky, to Lark and Lena (née Everly) Guy. Lena Guy's brother was Ike Everly, the father of the pop duo the Everly Brothers. Best was raised by adoptive parents in Corydon, Indiana.
Best served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, training in 1944 in Biloxi, Mississippi, as a gunner on a B-17 bomber; but by the time he completed his training the war had almost ended, so he was assigned to the army's law enforcement section. In the military police, Best served in war-torn Germany immediately after the Nazi government's surrender in May 1945. While stationed in Germany, he transferred from the military police to an army unit of actors, who traveled around Europe performing plays for troops. Those experiences formed the beginning of his acting career.
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Traded items with a signature of James Best
The most expensive item with a signature of James Best (SIGNED Daisy James Best Dukes of Hazzard General Lee Sheriff Rosco Shirt Badge) was sold in December 2025 for $830.00 while the cheapest item (JAMES BEST SIGNED 2000 TWILIGHT ZONE CARD #110) found a new owner for $0.99 in June 2019. The month with the most items sold (19) was June 2025 with an average selling price of $115.00 for an autographed item of James Best. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2026 with $500.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was June 2019. In average, an autographed item from James Best is worth $49.99.
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