
July 26, 1926 · 100 years old
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Best (born Jewel Franklin Guy; July 26, 1926 – April 6, 2015) was an American television, film, character, voice, and stage actor, as well as a writer, director, acting coach, artist, college professor, and musician, whose career spanned seven decades of…

The adventures of the fast-drivin', rubber-burnin' Duke boys of Hazzard County.

Bent on winning a Pulitzer Prize, a journalist commits himself to a mental institution to solve a strange and unclear murder.

A recently-returned Vietnam POW loses his family and his right hand during a violent home invasion, and seeks retribution against those responsible.

A Virginia farmer who has vowed to remain neutral during the Civil War is spurred into action when his youngest son is taken by Union soldiers.

Aging Hollywood stuntman Sonny Hooper wants to prove that he's still got what it takes to be a great professional in this risky, under-recognized line of work.

A bounty hunter escorts a killer to be tried for murder, with the killer's brother after them.

On an isolated island, a small group of people is terrorized by giant voracious shrews during a hurricane.

The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.

After his employer is murdered by rival cattlemen, a troubled and uneducated young cowboy vows revenge on the murderers.

A peace-loving, part-time Sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.

In 1950s Mississippi, teenager Bobbie Lee Hartley navigates her blossoming hormones as she is courted by Billy Joe McAllister, who is headed for tragedy.

Set during the Pacific War against the Japanese, this WW2 drama discerns between achieving one's mission at any cost versus preserving the lives under one's command and enforcing discipline through fear as opposed to mutual respect.

Outraged by Redleg atrocities, the James and Younger Brothers along with Kit Dalton join Quantrill's Raiders and find themselves participating in even worse war crimes.

A cavalry lieutenant recounts his efforts to make peace with the Seminole Indian tribe, under an evil major.

A road trip to Los Angeles inadvertently leads a young man from Wyoming into a wild maze of psychotic hit-men, racy women, jewel thieves and a salsa band.

A big-city housewife is dumped by her sleazy husband, and she finds herself having to adjust to small town life in her father's bakery.

A US Army Major stationed in East China in 1944 is ordered to blow up military installations in order to slow down the advancing Japanese Army.

A young American serviceman stationed in Germany after the fall of the Third Reich jeopardizes his position with the Marshall Plan relief effort by breaking the non-fraternization rule and falling in love with a young German woman...

Gunslinger Clint Cooper returns to his hometown to help fight off a raid by his former gang.

A gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches.

After stealing a gangster's money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico.

Sheriff McKew and experts face killer bees at Mardi Gras.

White settlers plan to defy the agreement between the government and the Comanche in order to mine for silver on Comanche lands, while scout Jim Bowie tries to keep the peace in the territory.

Before the Civil War, Lt. Jed Sayre's efforts to conciliate the cavalry and the Navajo are undermined by his racist C.O. and Confederate sympathizers.

A young man without surname inherits a big indebted ranch and has to prove his worthiness managing a cattle drive

A young cavalry doctor, against orders, treats very sick Indians who are forced to stay on unhealthy land, which could lead to a war.

In 1920s Arkansas, after a 12 year absence, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too.

Ma and Pa are trying to raise enough money at the county fair to send their daughter Rosie to college. Ma competes in baking and Pa enters a trotter in a horse race, while Rosie takes up with handsome young Marvin Johnson.

During the Korean War, aboard the U.S.S. Princeton, Navy Commander Dan Collier reminisces about his first assignment on the same aircraft carrier in the war against Japan.

In 1950s California, the police force tries to infiltrate and neutralize a shoplifting crime ring operating in major department stores.

Francis the talking mule gets his owner in and out of trouble while he is taking basic training at West Point.

Fifty-three years after being attacked by killer shrews on a remote island, Captain Thorne Sherman is hired by a reality television crew to return to the island in question. The shrews attack again in short order.