
Sorrell Booke
Department: Acting
Biography
Sorrell Booke January 4, 1930 – February 11, 1994) was an American actor. He found his calling early in life, like most actors, when his family encouraged him to entertain relatives by doing impressions and telling jokes. He went on to study at Yale and Columbia University, and mastered five languages. During the Korean War, Booke worked in counter-intelligence where his lingual talents served him well. His intelligence and subtlety are often overlooked when considering his signature role as Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg during his run on The Dukes of Hazzard (1979). He died of cancer in 1994, just after his 64th birthday.
Known For

Fail Safe
1964

The Borgia Stick
1967

What's Up, Doc?
1972

Slaughterhouse-Five
1972

The Iceman Cometh
1973

Up the Down Staircase
1967

Freaky Friday
1976

Joy House
1964

The Pound Puppies
1985

Bye Bye Braverman
1968

Devil Times Five
1974

Black Like Me
1964

Record City
1978

The Bank Shot
1974

Adventures of the Queen
1975

Matchless
1967

Mastermind
1976

Making 'M*A*S*H'
1981

The Adventures of Nick Carter
1972

Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers
1987

Dr. Max
1974

The Take
1974

The Cat from Outer Space
1978

The Man Hunter
1972

Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
1980

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977

Special Delivery
1976

The Other Side of Midnight
1977

Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
1992

A Fine Madness
1966

Brenda Starr
1976

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
1975

Rock-A-Doodle
1991

Gone Are the Days!
1963

The Iceman Cometh
1960

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
1977

The Last Angry Man
1974

The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977

Demon and the Mummy
1976

The CBS Saturday Morning Preview Special
1983

Victoria Regina
1961

The Great Adventure
1963

Good Times
1974

Columbo
1971

M*A*S*H
1972

The Dukes of Hazzard
1979

Kung Fu
1972

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966

The F.B.I.
1965

What's Happening!!
1976

Hawaii Five-O
1968

All in the Family
1971

Route 66
1960

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

Alias Smith and Jones
1971

Naked City
1958

Room 222
1969

Newhart
1982

Gunsmoke
1955

Full House
1987

Soap
1977

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Ironside
1967

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974

Crazy like a Fox
1984

Play of the Week
1959

Harry O
1974

Temperatures Rising
1972

The Dukes
1983

Police Story
1973

The Patty Duke Show
1963

Joe and Sons
1975

CBS Playhouse
1966

The Manhunter
1974

Blacke's Magic
1986

Dr. Kildare
1961

Archer
1975

On the Rocks
1975

All in the Family
1971

Naked City
1958

Naked City
1958

Naked City
1958

Naked City
1958

Naked City
1958

Naked City
1958

Naked City
1958

Cannon
1971

Dr. Kildare
1961

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976

The Alcoa Hour
1955

The Rockford Files
1974

Mission: Impossible
1966

The Love Boat
1977

Tom & Jerry Kids Show
1990

Columbo
1971

Gravedale High
1990

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963