Thursday, January 4, 2006

Sorrell Booke, easily recognized on sight and from his distinctive voice as his most famous character, The Dukes Of Hazzard's Boss Hogg, was born on this date. Though appearing on television and in film for over forty years, the Duke family's nemesis, corrupt city commissioner J.D. Hogg, a role he got after two decades of steady work as a character actor, guest starring on shows as diverse as The Patty Duke Show, Mission: Impossible and soap opera The Guiding Light was the character that made him a household name.



In the item we've chosen, Sorrell Booke is depicted as Boss Hogg's "good twin" Abraham Lincoln Hogg.