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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 the heavyset, corrupt politician
"Boss" Jefferson Davis Hogg in the television show
The Dukes of Hazzard.
Born in
Buffalo, New York, and fluent in five languages including Japanese, Sorrell Booke graduated from
Columbia and
Yale Universities and served in the
Korean War as a counterintelligence officer. Booke had parts in noteworthy 1960s films such as
Black Like Me,
A Fine Madness and
Fail-Safe before focusing primarily on television parts in the 1970s and voice acting in the 1980s and 1990s.
Booke earned himself an
Emmy nomination for his appearance in the TV series,
Dr. Kildare in the episode entitled, "What's God to Julius?" He can also be seen in an episode of
Mission: Impossible from the first season in 1966. Booke also appeared in two early episodes of
M*A*S*H, one of which, "
Chief Surgeon Who?", marked the debut of the character
Corporal Klinger, whom Booke's character had previously dealt with. Additionally, he had a recurring role in
Norman Lear's groundbreaking sitcom
All in the Family as Mr. Sanders, personnel manager at Archie Bunker's workplace,
Pendergast Tool and Die.
His most notable role was in
The Dukes of Hazzard as the humorously wicked antagonist to Bo and Luke Duke,
J.D. 'Boss' Hogg. The series ran from 1979-1985, and spawned an animated series,
The Dukes (1983), two reunion TV specials, and a
feature film. Booke was actually only slightly overweight and wore a fat suit during the entire run of the series.
He also once
conducted the
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Booke continued to work professionally until he succumbed to
colorectal cancer in
Sherman Oaks, California at age 64. He is interred in the
Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in
Culver City, California.
His tombstone reads "Beloved Pa, Grandpa, Brother and Boss".
Booke had two children, Alexandra and Nicholas, and a brother named Fred.