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Sorrell Booke, portryaing the character that made him famous, "Boss Hogg".
Sorrell Booke, portryaing the character that made him famous, "Boss Hogg".

Sorrell Booke (January 4, 1930February 11, 1994 in Buffalo, New York) was a Jewish-American actor best known for his role as the heavyset, corrupt politician "Jefferson Davis 'Boss' Hogg" in the television show The Dukes of Hazzard. File links The following pages link to this file: Sorrell Booke Categories: Images with unknown source ... File links The following pages link to this file: Sorrell Booke Categories: Images with unknown source ... Sorrell Booke, portraying the character that made him famous, Boss Hogg. Spoiler warning: J.D. (Jefferson Davis) Hogg (better known as Boss Hogg) is a fictional character featured in the United States television series, The Dukes of Hazzard. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Aerial view of downtown Buffalo, New York Buffalo, also known as The Queen City, The Nickel City, and the City of Good Neighbors, is an American city in western New York. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Sorrell Booke, portraying the character that made him famous, Boss Hogg. Spoiler warning: J.D. (Jefferson Davis) Hogg (better known as Boss Hogg) is a fictional character featured in the United States television series, The Dukes of Hazzard. ... The Dukes of Hazzard is an American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network from 1979 to 1985. ...


Fluent in five languages, Sorrell (rhymes with "moral") Booke attended Columbia and Yale Universities and served in the Korean War as a counterintelligence officer. Booke had parts in noteworthy 1960s films such as Black Like Me and A Fine Madness before transitioning to focus primarily on television parts in the 1970s and voice acting in the 1980s and 1990s. For other uses, see Yale (disambiguation). ... The Korean War (Korean: 한국전쟁/韓國戰爭), from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Black Like Me Black Like Me is a non-fiction book written by a caucasian journalist John Howard Griffin about his experiences passing as a black man in the segregated South in 1959. ... Spoiler warning: A Fine Madness (1966) is a motion picture that tells the story of Samson Shillitoe, a frustrated poet and a magnet for women. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ...


Booke earned himself an Emmy nomination for his appearance in the TV series, Dr. Kildare in the episode entitled, "What's God to Julius?" He also had a recurring role in Norman Lear's groundbreaking sitcom All in the Family as Mr. Sanders, personnel manager at Archie Bunker's workplace, Pendergast Tool and Die. An Emmy Award. ... Nomination is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to an office, or the bestowing of an honor or award. ... Dr. James Kildare was the primary character in a series of American theatrical films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, an early 1950s radio series, and a 1960s television series of the same name. ... Norman Lear Norman Lear (born July 27, 1922) is an American television writer and producer who produced such popular 1970s sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son and Maude. ... All in the Family is a popular and acclaimed American situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971 until April 8, 1979, when the final original episode aired. ...


Most notable to his career was being cast in The Dukes of Hazzard as the humorously-wicked antagonist to Bo and Luke Duke, J.D. 'Boss' Hogg. The series ran from 1979-1985, and spawned an animated series, The Dukes (1983), two reunion TV specials, and a feature film. The Dukes of Hazzard is an American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network from 1979 to 1985. ... Sorrell Booke, portraying the character that made him famous, Boss Hogg. Spoiler warning: J.D. (Jefferson Davis) Hogg (better known as Boss Hogg) is a fictional character featured in the United States television series, The Dukes of Hazzard. ... For the British Army regiment nicknamed The Dukes, see the Duke of Wellingtons Regiment. ... Promotional poster for The Dukes of Hazzard The Dukes of Hazzard is a movie based on the American television sitcom, The Dukes of Hazzard. ...


Booke continued to work professionally until he succumbed to cancer in 1994.

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Filmography

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TV Work

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Stage Appearances

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External links

  • Sorrell Booke at the Internet Movie Database
  • More about Sorrell and his character, "Boss Hogg".
  • A very popular site dedicated to the TV series, "The Dukes of Hazzard" with information about Sorrell Booke and the rest of the cast.
  • View more of Sorrell Booke on All in the Family

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Sorrell Booke (477 words)
Sorrell Booke was a very brilliant man. He taught himself five languages including Japanese and Russian.
Sorrell was born in Buffalo, New York on January 4, 1930.
When Sorrell was a young boy, he would send for all the scripts to radio shows he could get his hands on.
Sorrell Booke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (372 words)
Sorrell Booke (January 4, 1930 – February 11, 1994) was an American actor best known for his role as the heavyset, corrupt politician "Boss" Jefferson Davis Hogg in the television show The Dukes of Hazzard.
Born in Buffalo, New York, and fluent in five languages including Japanese, Sorrell (rhymes with "moral") Booke attended Columbia and Yale Universities and served in the Korean War as a counterintelligence officer.
Booke had parts in noteworthy 1960s films such as Black Like Me, A Fine Madness and Fail-Safe before focusing primarily on television parts in the 1970s and voice acting in the 1980s and 1990s.
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