Visual trivia for A&C fans...
Early into James Best's contract at Universal, he doubled [uncredited] for actor Arthur Franz during production of ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE INVISIBLE MAN (1951), specifically for special effects photography. Franz played 'Tommy Nelson' aka 'The Invisible Man,' but so did James Best.
Here's a production still that shows Best at work.
Jim makes passing reference to his work on this comedy classic, in his autobiography
Best in Hollywood.
If James Best's name isn't familiar, although he has vast TV and film credits over the past 60 years, costarring with James Stewart, John Wayne, Audie Murphy, and even Jerry Lewis... he'll never get away from his 1979 - 1985 run on THE DUKES OF HAZZARD as 'Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane.'
