Where to watch James Best in the UK
Find every James Best film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 19 September 2026.
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 television. He appeared as a guest on various country music and talk shows. One of the busiest actors in Hollywood, who began his contract career with Universal Studios in 1949, where he met unfamiliar actors Julie Adams, Piper Laurie, Tony Curtis and Rock Hudson. Best's long career began in films …
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- Perry Mason (1957) as Allan Winford
- Bonanza (1959) as Sheriff Vern Schaler
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Tom Carmody
- The Rifleman (1958) Cast
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960) as Jim Lindsey
- The Fugitive (1963) as Dan Murray
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Jeff Myrtlebank
- Have Gun, Will Travel (1957) Cast
- The Virginian (1962) as Curt Westley
- Cheyenne (1955) Cast
- Climax! (1954) as Shag
- Daniel Boone (1964) as Jethro Wyatt
- Ben Casey (1961) Cast
- Combat! (1962) as Trenton
- Rawhide (1959) as Willie Cain
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Norman Frayne
- Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) as Stoner
- The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) as Rosco P. Coltrane
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Beal
- Burke's Law (1963) as Tucson, 'The Cowboy'
- Hawaiian Eye (1959) Cast
- In the Heat of the Night (1988) Cast
- Surfside 6 (1960) Cast
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958) Cast
- Bat Masterson (1958) as Joe Best
- The Millionaire (1955) as Fred Morgan
- The Texan (1958) Cast
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957) as Jack Milhoan
- Laramie (1959) Cast
- The Rebel (1959) as Ted Evans
- Bronco (1958) Cast
- Trackdown (1957) Cast
- Felony Squad (1966) Cast
- The Mod Squad (1968) as Clay Lynch
- Lancer (1968) Cast
- The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959) as Jovan Wilanskov
- The Gene Autry Show (1950) Cast
- Startime (1959) as Duke
- Honey West (1965) as Vince Zale
- Tombstone Territory (1957) Cast
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James Best's films and TV shows are available across UK streaming services. Click any title in the filmography below to see exactly which UK service has it — Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, NOW, Sky, MUBI and more — updated daily.
What are James Best's most popular films?
Most-watched James Best films currently: Forbidden Planet (1956), Shenandoah (1965), Hot Tamale (2006), The Caine Mutiny (1954), Ride Lonesome (1959).
What TV shows has James Best appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Perry Mason (1957), Bonanza (1959), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), The Rifleman (1958), The Andy Griffith Show (1960).
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