Sorrell Booke was an American actor who performed on stage, screen, and television. He is best known for his role as the corpulent, corrupt politician Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg in the television show The Dukes of Hazzard.
February 11, 1994, Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Buffalo
Height
5' 6" (1.68 m)
Profession
Actor
Education
Yale University, Columbia University
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Miranda Knickerbocker (m. 1958–1973)
Children
Alexandra Booke, Nicholas Booke
Siblings
Fred Booke
Nicknames
Sorrell Brooke , Sorrel Booke , Sorell Booke
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance In A Supporting Role By An Actor
Movies
Fail Safe, What's Up, Doc?, Peopletoys, Bank Shot, Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers, Up the Down Staircase, Rock-a-Doodle, Joy House, The Other Side of Midnight, Black Like Me, Freaky Friday, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Iceman Cometh, Gone Are the Days!, Record City, A Fine Madness, The Manchu Eagle M...
TV Shows
The Dukes of Hazzard, The Dukes, Rich Man, Poor Man Book II
Ex-wife, Miranda, is the daughter of Hubert Renfro (H.R.) Knickerbocker (1898-1949), a Pulitzer prize-winning war correspondent.
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According to John Schneider in the DVD commentary for the first episode of "The Dukes Of Hazzard", Sorrell could speak fluent Japanese. He recounts that in one episode, Booke and guest star Andrew Robinson, who also spoke Japanese, played a trick on James Best (Sherriff Roscoe P. Coltrane) where they spoke all of their dialog in a scene in Japanese, thus leaving Best confused.
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Was only slightly overweight and had to wear a fat suit to play Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard, making him five feet around.
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Has two children: Alexandra and Nicholas
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Manhunter
1974
TV Series
Bank Shot
1974
Al G. Karp
Devil Times Five
1974
Harvey Beckman
The Take
1974
Oscar
The Last Angry Man
1974
TV Movie
Dr. Max Vogel
Dr. Max
1974
TV Movie
Dr. Scott Herndon
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1973-1974
TV Series
Herbie Vincent / Otto
Kung Fu
1974
TV Series
Sheriff Hodges
The Iceman Cometh
1973
Hugo Kalmar
The New Perry Mason
1973
TV Series
Milo Vernon
Young Dr. Kildare
1973
TV Series
Alias Smith and Jones
1972
TV Series
Conrad Meyer Zulick
Gunsmoke
1972
TV Series
Gerald Pandy
The New Temperatures Rising Show
1972
TV Series
Harry
M*A*S*H
1972
TV Series
Gen. Wilson Spaulding Barker
The Manhunter
1972
TV Movie
Carl Auscher
Slaughterhouse-Five
1972
Lionel Merble
What's Up, Doc?
1972
Harry
Adventures of Nick Carter
1972
TV Movie
Dr. Zimmerman
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
1971-1972
TV Series
Herman Daden / Murray Gale
Cannon
1971
TV Series
Leon
The F.B.I.
1971
TV Series
Chip Tyler
Room 222
1971
TV Series
Mr. Bomberg
Hawaii Five-O
1970
TV Series
Dr. Sam Berman
CBS Playhouse
1969
TV Series
Timmons
The Wild Wild West
1968
TV Series
Heisel
Ironside
1968
TV Series
Arthur Justin
Bye Bye Braverman
1968
Holly Levine
Matchless
1967
Colonel Coolpepper
Up the Down Staircase
1967
Dr. Bester
Mission: Impossible
1967
TV Series
Peter Kiri
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1967
TV Series
Sydney Morehouse
The Borgia Stick
1967
TV Movie
Alton
T.H.E. Cat
1966
TV Series
William Smith
Preview Tonight
1966
TV Series
Baker
A Fine Madness
1966
Leonard Tupperman
New York Television Theatre
1965-1966
TV Series
He (segment: "Bedlam Galore for Two or More")
Dr. Kildare
1963-1965
TV Series
MacAllister Thane / Julius Orloff
Slattery's People
1965
TV Series
Max Rice
12 O'Clock High
1965
TV Series
Sgt. Herschel Aronson
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963-1965
TV Series
Larry Gorman / Sid Jarman
Barnaby
1965
TV Movie
W.C. Fields
The Patty Duke Show
1964
TV Series
Gilbert Tugwell
Fail-Safe
1964
Congressman Raskob
Joy House
1964
Harry
Black Like Me
1964
Dr. Jackson
Look Up and Live
1964
TV Series
Torte / Tobit
The Great Adventure
1964
TV Series
E.W. Ross
NBC Children's Theatre
1964
TV Series
Sheriff of Nottingham
Chronicle
1963
TV Series
Gone Are the Days!
1963
Ol' Cap', Stonewall Jackson Cotchipee
The DuPont Show of the Week
1963
TV Series
Jake Resnick
Naked City
1960-1963
TV Series
Fentus / Mr. Leventhal / Detective / ...
The Doctors and the Nurses
1962
TV Series
Adler
Route 66
1962
TV Series
Sam Frazier
The Defenders
1962
TV Series
Prosecutor
The Catholic Hour
1962
TV Series
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1962
TV Series
Mr. Olivera
Car 54, Where Are You?
1962
TV Series
Police Commissioner Harper
Victoria Regina
1961
TV Movie
James
The Million Dollar Incident
1961
TV Movie
Press agent
Cry Vengeance!
1961
TV Movie
Doctor
Play of the Week
1960-1961
TV Series
Hugo
The Iceman Cometh
1960
TV Movie
Hugo
Brenner
1959
TV Series
Max Pappas
Omnibus
1957
TV Series
Mr. Brillby
The Alcoa Hour
1957
TV Series
Baratender
Producers' Showcase
1957
TV Series
Guiding Light
1952
TV Series
Dist. Atty. Ira Newton (1969)
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1994
TV Series
Sheriff Hebbs
Bonkers
1993
TV Series
Boss Hoss
Civil Wars
1993
TV Series
Charles Previn
Tom & Jerry Kids Show
1990-1993
TV Series
Announcer
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
1992
Video
Big Daddy Boo (voice)
Capitol Critters
1992
TV Series
Rock-A-Doodle
1991
Pinky - The Manager (voice)
The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda
1990
TV Series
Additional Voices
Gravedale High
1990
TV Series voice
Fantastic Max
1988-1989
TV Series
Additional Voices
Full House
1988
TV Series
Lionel
The Smurfs
1988
TV Series
Additional Voices
Yogi & the Invasion of the Space Bears
1988
TV Movie
Mountain Bear (voice)
Pound Puppies
1987
TV Series
Officer Edgar
Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers
1987
TV Movie
Sheriff Rufus Buzby / T.J. Buzby (voice)
Blacke's Magic
1986
TV Series
Karkin
You Again?
1986
TV Series
Roger Davidson
Crazy Like a Fox
1986
TV Series
Bernard 'Bernie' Sinclair
Newhart
1985
TV Series
Sheik Fraser
The Pound Puppies
1985
TV Movie
Mayor Fist aka The Mayor (voice)
The Dukes of Hazzard
1979-1985
TV Series
Boss Hogg
Abraham Lincoln Hogg
Alice
1983
TV Series
Jefferson Davis 'Boss' Hogg
The Love Boat
1980
TV Series
Lucius Kergo
Bigfoot and Wildboy
1979
TV Series
Greatest Heroes of the Bible
1978
TV Series
What's Happening!!
1978
TV Series
Mr. Finley
The Rockford Files
1978
TV Series
Wade G. Ward
Soap
1978
TV Series
Charles Lefkowitz
The Cat from Outer Space
1978
Presiding Judge (uncredited)
Record City
1978
Coznowski
Good Times
1978
TV Series
Mr. Galbraith
Little House on the Prairie
1978
TV Series
Mr. Watson
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
1977
TV Movie
King of Hesse
All in the Family
1972-1977
TV Series
Joseph Sanders / Mr. Bennett
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977
TV Movie
Samuelson
The Other Side of Midnight
1977
Lanchon
Columbo
1974-1977
TV Series
Bertie Hastings / J.J. Stringer
Kingston: Confidential
1977
TV Series
Lloyd Harwin
The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977
TV Movie
Fiorello LaGuardia
Black Sheep Squadron
1977
TV Series
Father Phillipe
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1977
TV Series
Rabbi Weintraub
Hunter
1977
TV Series
Mervyn
Freaky Friday
1976
Mr. Dilk
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
TV Series
Phil Greenberg
The Bob Newhart Show
1976
TV Series
Mr. Perlmutter
Special Delivery
1976
Hubert Zane
Brenda Starr
1976
TV Movie
A.J. Livwright
Harry O
1976
TV Series
Edward Tabor
Mastermind
1976
Max Engstrom
On the Rocks
1975
TV Series
Judge Arnold Davis
Joe and Sons
1975
TV Series
Mo Molonaire
The Streets of San Francisco
1975
TV Series
Quincy Lloyd
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
1975
Dr. Melon
Adventures of the Queen
1975
TV Movie
Robert Dwight
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1975
TV Series
Mr. Eddy
Archer
1975
TV Series
Leo Berkowitz
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974-1975
TV Mini-Series
Cochin
Police Story
1975
TV Series
Herbie
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Dukes of Hazzard
1983-1985
TV Series 4 episodes
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
1997
TV Movie in loving memory - as Sorrel Booke
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour
1984
TV Series
Himself
Password Plus
1981
TV Series
Himself
The Midnight Special
1981
TV Series
Himself
Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
1980
TV Special
Himself
All-Star Family Feud Special
1979
TV Series
Himself - Celebrity Contestant
Family Feud
1976
TV Series
Himself - Contestant / Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1982
TV Series
Principal Dilk / Presiding Judge
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1964
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor