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Sorrell R Booke 1930 - 1994

Sorrell R Booke of Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles County, CA was born on January 4, 1930 in Buffalo, Comté d'Érié County, NY États-Unis, and died at age 64 years old on February 11, 1994 at Sherman Oaks in Los Angeles, Comté de Los Angeles County, CA. Sorrell Booke was buried at Hillside Memorial Park 6001 W Centinela Ave, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County.

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    Sorrell Booke was born in Buffalo, New York in 1930, the son of a local physician. 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 Shérif, fais-moi peur! (1979). He died of cancer in 1994 just after his 64th birthday. Has two children: Alexandra and Nicholas Was only slightly overweight and had to wear a fat suit to play Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard, making him five feet around. 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. Ex-wife, Miranda, is the daughter of Hubert Renfro (H.R.) Knickerbocker (1898-1949), a Pulitzer prize-winning war correspondent. Was a close friend of his Shérif, fais-moi peur! (1979) costar James Best (1926-2015). A graduate of Yale and Columbia University, Booke spoke five languages fluently. This would have been an asset to him as an officer in the counterintelligence services during the Korean War.
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    Spouse Miranda Knickerbocker (6 September 1958 - 1973) (divorced) (2 children)

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