Boss Hogg Sorrell Booke
4 1930 feb.
Boss hogg sorrell booke. He went on to study at yale and columbia university and mastered five languages. Virtually any american tv viewer alive in the 1970s or 80s remembers sorrell booke jan. The role of boss hogg was played by sorrell booke who appeared for many years on radio stage and film before finding the role that made him a household name. His namesake is jefferson davis the president of the confederate states of america during the american civil war.
Sorrell booke a film television and stage actor whose best known role was that of boss hogg the flamboyant bumbling mayor in the television series the dukes of hazzard died on friday at his. Sorrell booke january 4 1930 february 11 1994 was an american actor who performed on stage screen and television. He is best known for his role as corrupt politician jefferson davis boss hogg in the television show the dukes of hazzard. 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. Boss hogg sorrell booke was a counter intelligence agent in the korean war. During the korean war booke worked. The dukes of hazzard.