- Films
- 34
- Avg rating
- 6.38
- Peak run
- 1968’78
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
James by the numbers
Average
6.38
21 rated films
Vote weighted
6.40
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.70
rating spread
Career
63y
1950 to 2012
Total votes
93.4K
across every film
Best
7.5
Sounder
Worst
4.2
The Killer Shrews
Newest first
Filmography
| 2012 | Return of the Killer Shrews | Thorne Sherman | · | 459 |
| 2007 | Moondance Alexander | Buck McClancy | 6.3 | 1,561 |
| 2006 | Hot Tamale | Hank Larson | 5.5 | 1,369 |
| 1998 | Death Mask | Wilbur | · | 257 |
| 1978 | Hooper | Cully | 6.4 | 9,040 |
| 1977 |  Rolling Thunder | Texan | 6.9 | 14,944 |
| 1976 | Ode to Billy Joe | Dewey Barksdale | 6.6 | 2,467 |
| 1972 | Sounder | Sheriff Young | 7.5 | 5,407 |
| 1972 | The Brain Machine | Rev. Emory Neill | · | 604 |
| 1968 | Firecreek | Drew | 6.8 | 4,491 |
| 1967 | First to Fight | Sgt. Carnavan | · | 424 |
| 1966 | Three on a Couch | Dr. Ben Mizer | 5.8 | 1,335 |
| 1965 | Black Spurs | Sheriff Ralph Elkins | · | 532 |
| 1964 | The Quick Gun | Scotty Grant | 5.9 | 1,136 |
| 1963 |  Shock Corridor | Stuart | 7.3 | 14,195 |
| 1960 | The Mountain Road | Niergaard | 6.2 | 1,278 |
| 1959 | Verboten! | Sgt. David Brent | 6.7 | 1,087 |
| 1959 | Cast a Long Shadow | Sam Mullen | · | 912 |
| 1959 | The Killer Shrews | Thorne Sherman | 4.2 | 6,187 |
| 1959 | Ride Lonesome | Billy John | 7.1 | 7,737 |
Better together?
James Best's regulars
- Audie MurphyCo-star · 3 films · 6.10 avg▼−0.31
- Steve LatshawDirector and actor · 2 films
- Steve LatshawWriter · 2 films
- Samuel FullerDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.00 avg▲+0.44
- Budd BoetticherDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.70 avg▲+0.18
- Michael DamianDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.90 avg▼−0.40
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On James Best
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