
Sorrell Booke
Acting
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.
TV Shows(49)

Tom & Jerry Kids Show
Wrestling Announcer (voice)
1990

Gravedale High
Big Daddy (voice)
1990

Full House
Lionel
1987

Blacke's Magic
1986

Crazy like a Fox
Bernard 'Bernie' Sinclair
1984

The Dukes
Boss Hogg (voice)
1983

Newhart
1982

The Dukes of Hazzard
Boss Hogg
1979

The Love Boat
Lucius Kergo
1977

Soap
Mr. Lefkowitz
1977

The Amazing Howard Hughes
Fiorello LaGuardia
1977

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Phil Greenberg
1976

What's Happening!!
Mr. Finley
1976
On the Rocks
1975
Joe and Sons
1975
Archer
1975

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974

The Rockford Files
Wade G. Ward
1974

Harry O
Edward Tabor
1974

The Manhunter
1974

Good Times
1974

Police Story
1973

Kung Fu
Sheriff Hodges
1972

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

M*A*S*H
General Wilson Spaulding Barker
1972

Temperatures Rising
Harry Green
1972

The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Mayor Otto
1971

Columbo
Bertie Hastings
1971

Cannon
Leon
1971

All in the Family
Joseph Sanders
1971

Alias Smith and Jones
1971

Room 222
1969

Hawaii Five-O
Dr. Sam Berman
1968

Ironside
1967
CBS Playhouse
Timmons
1966

Mission: Impossible
Peter Kiri
1966

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

The F.B.I.
Chip Tyler
1965
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Louie Goodman
1963

The Great Adventure
E.W. Ross
1963

The Patty Duke Show
1963

Dr. Kildare
Julius Orloff
1961

The Iceman Cometh
Hugo
1960

Route 66
1960

Play of the Week
1959

Naked City
Uncle George
1958

The Alcoa Hour
Bartender
1955

Gunsmoke
Gerald Pandy
1955

Hallmark Hall of Fame
James
1951
Movies(41)

Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
Big Daddy Boo (voice)
1992

Rock-A-Doodle
Pinky (voice)
1991

Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers
Sheriff Rufus Buzby / T.J. Buzby (voice)
1987

The Pound Puppies
The Mayor (voice)
1985
The CBS Saturday Morning Preview Special
Boss Hogg
1983
Making 'M*A*S*H'
Self (archive footage)
1981

Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
Self
1980

The Cat from Outer Space
Presiding Judge (uncredited)
1978

Record City
Coznowski
1978

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
King of Hesse
1977

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Samuelson
1977

The Other Side of Midnight
Lanchon
1977

The Amazing Howard Hughes
Fiorello LaGuardia
1977

Freaky Friday
Mr Dilk
1976

Mastermind
Max Engstorm
1976

Special Delivery
Hubert Zane
1976

Brenda Starr
A.J. Livwright
1976

Demon and the Mummy
1976

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
Dr. Melon
1975

Adventures of the Queen
Robert Dwight
1975

The Bank Shot
Al G. Karp
1974

Devil Times Five
Harvey Beckman
1974

The Take
Oscar
1974

The Last Angry Man
Dr. Max Vogel
1974

Dr. Max
Dr. Scott Herndon
1974

The Iceman Cometh
Hugo Kalmar
1973

The Man Hunter
Carl Auscher
1972

Slaughterhouse-Five
Lionel Merble
1972

What's Up, Doc?
Harry
1972

The Adventures of Nick Carter
Dr. Zimmerman
1972

Bye Bye Braverman
Holly Levine
1968

Matchless
Colonel Coolpepper
1967

Up the Down Staircase
Dr. Bester
1967

The Borgia Stick
Alton
1967

A Fine Madness
Leonard Tupperman
1966

Fail Safe
Congressman Raskob
1964

Joy House
Harry
1964

Black Like Me
Dr. Jackson
1964

Gone Are the Days!
Ol' Cap', Stonewall Jackson Cotchipee
1963

Victoria Regina
James
1961

The Iceman Cometh
Hugo
1960