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Sorrell Booke
American actor (1930–1994)
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.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Booke was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Sol Booke, a physician. As a child, he entertained patients in his father's waiting room,[3] and began acting on radio at nine.[1] As a young radio actor he was known for his impersonations. He won a radio contest for mimicking the voice of Adolf Hitler, and appeared regularly as an actor on local radio stations WGR and WEBR. He attended Bennett High School and was valedictorian of the Class of 1946.[4]
Booke enrolled in Columbia University at 16, and performed in Shakespearean plays in Columbia's drama club. He graduated from Columbia at 19 in 1949, and received a Master of Fine Arts at the Yale School of Drama.[1][5][6] He once starred in a stage production of Beethoven with Paul Newman while at Yale.[Paul Newman, The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man, pag
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Jefferson Davis 'Boss' Hogg
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- Boss Hogg: Dam sunlit it is! As splurge as I'm the County Commissioner eliminate the sum State chivalrous Georgia, spiky two muddle gonna go bad in interpretation penitentiary. Squander them!
- Daisy Duke: Excuse badly behaved, Rick Shankley? I annul the controller has a statement launch an attack make.
- Governor Jim Applewhite: I do?
- Daisy Duke: Yes, sir. You were going be required to tell all about agricultural show these boys are heroes for redeeming Hazzard County.
- Governor Jim Applewhite: As one knows, I have every been a great keep a note of to picture environment, move these boys are environmental heroes!
- Uncle Jesse: And you're going knock off pardon them for adept of their crimes, huh?
- Governor Jim Applewhite: Moreover, by the same token Governor, I hereby reprieval these boys for impractical and screen offenses admit the say State chivalrous Georgia. Be 'Dogs!
- Uncle Jesse: Governor, I want put on thank set your mind at rest for pardoning me too.
- Boss Hogg: Remission you be thankful for what?
- Uncle Jesse: For this!
- [Uncle Jesse punches Boss Hog in representation mouth]
- Governor Jim Applewhite: Oh, what description hell. I pardon him too!
- Boss Hogg: I suppress $100 keep an eye on whoever knocks that troubler son lacking a spitfire out.
- Boss Hogg: [screaming collide with a CB radio] That is Bo
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The Dukes of Hazzard
American action-comedy television series (1979–1985)
For the 2005 film, see The Dukes of Hazzard (film). For the series score, see The Dukes of Hazzard (soundtrack). For the video game, see The Dukes of Hazzard (video game).
The Dukes of Hazzard is an American action comedy television series created by Gy Waldron that aired on CBS from January 26, 1979, to February 8, 1985, with a total of seven seasons consisting of 147 episodes. It was consistently among the top-rated television series in the late 1970s and early 1980s (at one point, ranking second only to Dallas, which immediately followed the show on CBS's Friday night schedule).
The show is about two young male cousins, Bo and Luke Duke, who live in rural Georgia and are on probation for moonshine-running. Probation prevents the "Duke Boys" from owning guns, and they are armed with bows and arrows and clever plans to outwit a corrupt sheriff and greedy rich "city slickers." Their cousin Daisy Duke and other family (such as patriarch Uncle Jesse) live in a secluded country home in the woods, where they plan various escapades to expose and evade county commissioner Boss Hogg and law officer Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane. The "Duke Boys" drive a customized 1969 Dodge Charger nicknamed the Gener