Sorrell Booke

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 counterintelligence 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