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Sorrell Booke (January 4, 1930 – February 11, 1994) was an American actor who performed on stage, screen, and television. He acted in more than 100 plays and 150 television shows, [ 1 ] and is best known for his role as corrupt politician Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg in the television show The Dukes of Hazzard .
On set, Best was particularly close to Sorrell Booke, who played the character of Boss Hogg, who was both the boss and the brother-in-law of Rosco. The two actors became close friends; and according to interviews by the series' creators, the two often improvised their scenes together, making up their own dialogue as they went along.
Also played by Booke, A.L Hogg was the opposite of J.D.—he was kind, honest, law-abiding, dressed in black, and drove a black Cadillac—and was friendly with the Dukes, particularly Uncle Jesse. Boss and Lulu are childless , but have at least two nephews: Hughie Hogg and Jamie Lee Hogg ( Jonathan Frakes ).
Sorrell Booke, 64, American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, Fail-Safe, Freaky Friday), colorectal cancer. [49] William Conrad, 73, American actor (Jake and the Fatman, Cannon, The Killers), heart failure. [50] Joseph Cordeiro, 76, Pakistani Catholic priest. Paul Feyerabend, 70, Austrian philosopher of science, brain cancer. [51]
With the 2025 Academy Awards airing Sunday, March 2 (ABC and Hulu, 7 p.m. ET/4 PT), we look back at the biggest Oscar snubs of all time.
Waldron had written a version of the reunion script as early as 1988, three years after the original series had ended. For the reunion movie, this original pitch was then updated to reflect the passing of time, and to work around the death of Sorrell Booke in 1994. [citation needed] The film was shot in Los Angeles. [1]
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
Before she became an actress, Rea left UCLA to attend business school. She landed a job as a production secretary at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the 1940s. Later, she was an assistant to writer-musician Kay Thompson until Thompson dropped her in April 1948.