If you guessed the singer you would be wrong. It's James Best, the actor. His real name was Jewel F. Guy, and he appeared in so many TV shows and movies you'd be amazed. Here he is as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in The Dukes of Hazard.
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Does anyone under the age of 40 know him though? Jewel (the singer) has sold 30 million albums worldwide, has 4 Grammy nominations and is part of several large philanthropic projects. I think she's far more famous
@Fungirlmmm Obviously if you're from the south, the show might be more iconic. It pretty much never played here in NZ and certainly wouldn't get played today
@Qwerty14 Guess it was a good thing for those producers that there are lots of southern Americans in the world. But not all my nieces and nephews live in the South. I have nieces and nephews in the midwest USA and in Europe.
@Qwerty14 James Best has probably had billions of views on TV and in movies. He starred alongside many iconic movie actors and appeared in a huge number of iconic TV series. He's easily the most famous Jewel of all time, if not currently the most easily recalled. People will be watching and discovering him long after the singer is forgotten.
@Nika2002 Not only do I disagree but I've asked a bunch of people I know (some as old as 65yo) and none of them knew who James Best was. All of them knew of Dukes of Hazard but none could name a character from the show. They couldn't even name the car. I think it's safe to say that in my country (or at least my circle) Best isn't a well known person at all.
@Qwerty14 If we go by name, then you're right. If we compare his face with her voice, then yes- he is better recognized thus more famous. I'm 18 and I can only recall one Jewel song: something about God on a bus.
