Sorrell Booke - Famous Actor

Sorrell Booke Net Worth

$1,500,000

Famous actor Sorrell Booke, best known for his role as ‘Boss’ Hogg in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard, had a net worth of $1.5 million at the time of his death in 1994. Booke, who passed away from colorectal cancer at the age of 64, had over 120 acting credits to his name and also had recurring roles in Naked City, Dr. Kildare, M*A*S*H, Rich Man, Poor Man – Book II, All in the Family, Soap, Love Boat, among others.

Key facts:

  • Sorrell Booke was an American actor with over 120 acting credits to his name.
  • He was a counterintelligence officer during the Korean War and later earned a theater degree from Yale University.
  • Booke is best known for playing the role of Jefferson Davis 'Boss' Hogg in the iconic television series The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979 to 1985 and in the spinoff series The Dukes in 1983.
  • Booke had recurring roles in several other popular TV series including M*A*S*H, All in the Family, and Soap, and was also featured in several movies such as What's Up, Doc? and Slaughterhouse-Five.
  • Booke received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1964 for his work in Dr. Kildare, a medical drama TV series.

Basic Information About Sorrell Booke

CategoryCelebrities › Actors
ProfessionsActor
Net worth$1,500,000
Date of birth1930-01-04
Place of birthBuffalo
Date of death1994-02-11 (aged 64)
NationalityUnited States of America
Spouse6 September - Miranda Knickerbocker ( 1958 - 1973) (divorced) (2 children)
GenderMale
Social Media↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb

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Sorrell Booke awards

Award Name State Movie / Series Name Year
Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an ActorNomineeDr. Kildare1964

Sorrell Booke roles

Movie / Series Role
Freaky FridayMr. Dilk
What's Up, Doc?Harry
Slaughterhouse-FiveLionel Merble
Rock-A-DoodlePinky - The Manager (voice)
Fail SafeCongressman Raskob
Full HouseLionel 1 episode, 1988
SoapCharles Lefkowitz 4 episodes, 1978
12 O'Clock HighSgt. Herschel Aronson 1 episode, 1965
Kolchak: The Night StalkerMr. Eddy 1 episode, 1975
Mission: ImpossiblePeter Kiri 1 episode, 1967
Little House on the PrairieMr. Watson 1 episode, 1978
M*A*S*HGen. Wilson Spaulding Barker 2 episodes, 1972
ColumboBertie Hastings / ... 2 episodes, 1974-1977
Match Game/Hollywood Squares HourSelf - Panelist 5 episodes, 1984
Kung FuSheriff Hodges 1 episode, 1974
Good TimesMr. Galbraith 1 episode, 1978
The Dukes of HazzardDirector
The Dukes of HazzardBoss Hogg / ... 146 episodes, 1979-1985
The Love BoatLucius Kergo 2 episodes, 1980
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.Sydney Morehouse 1 episode, 1967
Baa Baa Black SheepFather Phillipe 1 episode, 1977
Mary Hartman, Mary HartmanRabbi Weintraub 1 episode, 1977
What's Happening!!Mr. Finley 1 episode, 1978
Dr. KildareMacAllister Thane / ... 3 episodes, 1963-1965
The Bob Newhart ShowMr. Perlmutter 1 episode, 1976
The F.B.I.Chip Tyler 1 episode, 1971
All in the FamilyJoseph Sanders / ... 5 episodes, 1972-1977
The Wild Wild WestHeisel 1 episode, 1968
The Streets of San FranciscoQuincy Lloyd 1 episode, 1975
Crazy Like a FoxBernard 'Bernie' Sinclair 1 episode, 1986
The NursesAdler 1 episode, 1962
Route 66Sam Frazier 1 episode, 1962
Operation PetticoatCaptain 'Noway' Sawyer / ... 2 episodes, 1977
The New Dick Van Dyke ShowHerbie Vincent / ... 2 episodes, 1973-1974
CannonLeon 1 episode, 1971
Hawaii Five-ODr. Sam Berman 1 episode, 1970

Sorrell Booke's Quotes

  • The final day had to come sooner or later. In this case, it was later. [on the end of Dukes of Hazzard]

Interesting Facts about Sorrell Booke

  1. Has two children: Alexandra and Nicholas
  2. Was only slightly overweight and had to wear a fat suit to play Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard, making him five feet around.
  3. 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.
  4. Ex-wife, Miranda, is the daughter of Hubert Renfro (H.R.) Knickerbocker (1898-1949), a Pulitzer prize-winning war correspondent.
  5. Was a close friend of his The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) costar James Best (1926-2015).
  6. 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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