Sorrell Booke

ActorDirector Jan 4 (died age 64) Buffalo, New York, USA 1951–1992 (41 year career)

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Biography

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 Je…

Known For

Film

Fail Safe

Congressman Raskob

Film

What's Up, Doc?

Harry

Film

The Dukes of Hazzard

Boss Hogg

Film

Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers

Sheriff Rufus Buzby / T.J. Buzby (voice)

Film

Slaughterhouse-Five

Lionel Merble

Film

Rock-A-Doodle

Pinky (voice)

Film

Freaky Friday

Mr Dilk

Film

Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation

Big Daddy Boo (voice)

Filmography

Acting (87)

Movies (41)

Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation

1992

as Big Daddy Boo (voice)

6.8

Rock-A-Doodle

1991

as Pinky (voice)

6.2

Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers

1987

as Sheriff Rufus Buzby / T.J. Buzby (voice)

7.4

The Pound Puppies

1985

as The Mayor (voice)

4.0

The CBS Saturday Morning Preview Special

1983

as Boss Hogg

Making 'M*A*S*H'

1981

as Self (archive footage)

Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary

1980

as Self

Record City

1978

as Coznowski

4.3

The Cat from Outer Space

1978

as Presiding Judge (uncredited)

5.9

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

1977

as King of Hesse

The Other Side of Midnight

1977

as Lanchon

5.9

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

1977

as Samuelson

The Amazing Howard Hughes

1977

as Fiorello LaGuardia

Demon and the Mummy

Freaky Friday

as Mr Dilk

Mastermind

as Max Engstorm

Brenda Starr

as A.J. Livwright

Special Delivery

as Hubert Zane

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery

1975

as Dr. Melon

5.2

Adventures of the Queen

as Robert Dwight

The Take

as Oscar

Devil Times Five

as Harvey Beckman

The Bank Shot

as Al G. Karp

Dr. Max

as Dr. Scott Herndon

The Last Angry Man

1974

as Dr. Max Vogel

The Iceman Cometh

as Hugo Kalmar

What's Up, Doc?

as Harry

Slaughterhouse-Five

as Lionel Merble

The Adventures of Nick Carter

as Dr. Zimmerman

The Man Hunter

as Carl Auscher

Bye Bye Braverman

as Holly Levine

Matchless

as Colonel Coolpepper

3.6

The Borgia Stick

1967

as Alton

7.8

Up the Down Staircase

as Dr. Bester

A Fine Madness

as Leonard Tupperman

Fail Safe

as Congressman Raskob

Joy House

as Harry

Black Like Me

as Dr. Jackson

Gone Are the Days!

as Ol' Cap', Stonewall Jackson Cotchipee

6.7

Victoria Regina

1961

as James

The Iceman Cometh

1960

as Hugo

7.1

Television (46)

Tom & Jerry Kids Show

1990

as Wrestling Announcer (voice)

Gravedale High

as Big Daddy (voice)

Full House

as Lionel

Blacke's Magic

Crazy like a Fox

as Bernard 'Bernie' Sinclair

The Dukes

as Boss Hogg (voice)

Newhart

The Dukes of Hazzard

as Boss Hogg

The Love Boat

as Lucius Kergo

Soap

as Mr. Lefkowitz

What's Happening!!

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

as Phil Greenberg

On the Rocks

Joe and Sons

Archer

The Rockford Files

as Wade G. Ward

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

The Manhunter

Good Times

Harry O

as Edward Tabor

Police Story

M*A*S*H

as General Wilson Spaulding Barker

7.9

The Streets of San Francisco

Temperatures Rising

as Harry Green

Kung Fu

as Sheriff Hodges

Columbo

as J.J. Stringer

Cannon

as Leon

All in the Family

as Mr. Bennett

Alias Smith and Jones

Room 222

Hawaii Five-O

as Dr. Sam Berman

Ironside

Mission: Impossible

as Peter Kiri

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

as Sydney Morehouse

CBS Playhouse

The F.B.I.

as Chip Tyler

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

as Louie Goodman

5.7

The Great Adventure

1963

as E.W. Ross

The Patty Duke Show

Dr. Kildare

as Julius Orloff

Route 66

Play of the Week

Naked City

as Uncle George

Gunsmoke

as Gerald Pandy

The Alcoa Hour

as Bartender

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as James

8.6

Crew (1)

Television (1)

The Dukes of Hazzard

1979

Director

7.3