"The Dukes of Hazzard" (1979) TV series 1979-1985

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Creator:

Gy Waldron
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

26 January 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

Plot:

The adventures of the fast-drivin', rubber-burnin' Duke boys of Hazzard County.

Plot Keywords:

Cousin | Sheriff | Hazzard County | Farm | Rural

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Denver Pyle	...	Uncle Jesse (146 episodes, 1979-1985)
Sorrell Booke	...	Boss Hogg (146 episodes, 1979-1985)
Catherine Bach	...	Daisy Duke (145 episodes, 1979-1985)
Ben Jones	...	Cooter (142 episodes, 1979-1985)
James Best	...	Sheriff Rosco Coltrane (141 episodes, 1979-1985)
Tom Wopat	...	Luke Duke (128 episodes, 1979-1985)
John Schneider	...	Bo Duke (128 episodes, 1979-1985)
Waylon Jennings	...	The Balladeer / ... (127 episodes, 1979-1985)
Sonny Shroyer	...	Enos (100 episodes, 1979-1985)

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Series Directed by
Hollingsworth Morse		(17 episodes, 1979-1983)
Denver Pyle		(12 episodes, 1980-1983)
Rodney Amateau		(6 episodes, 1979-1980)
Dick Moder		(5 episodes, 1979-1981)
Don McDougall		(4 episodes, 1979-1983)
Sorrell Booke		(4 episodes, 1983-1985)
Paul Baxley		(3 episodes, 1979-1983)
James Best		(3 episodes, 1981-1984)
Tom Wopat		(3 episodes, 1983-1985)
Jack Starrett		(2 episodes, 1979-1980)
Jack Whitman		(2 episodes, 1979-1980)
William Asher		(2 episodes, 1979)
Bob Claver		(2 episodes, 1979)
Mark Warren		(2 episodes, 1982)
Bernard McEveety		(1 episode, 1983)
Gabrielle Beaumont		(unknown episodes)
George Bowers		(unknown episodes)
William Crain		(unknown episodes)
John Florea		(unknown episodes)
Bob Sweeney		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Gy Waldron		(146 episodes, 1979-1985)
Myles Wilder		(12 episodes, 1979-1983)
Bruce Howard		(9 episodes, 1979-1983)
William Raynor		(9 episodes, 1979-1981)
Martin Roth		(6 episodes, 1979-1984)
Si Rose		(6 episodes, 1979-1983)
Paul Savage		(3 episodes, 1979)
Len Kaufman		(3 episodes, 1983)
Marty Roth		(2 episodes, 1979-1983)
Jim Rogers		(2 episodes, 1980)
Michael Michaelian		(1 episode, 1983)
Michael Sevareid		(1 episode, 1983)
Bill Kelley		(unknown episodes)
Simon Muntner		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Paul R. Picard	....	executive producer / producer (49 episodes, 1979-1984)
Ralph Riskin	....	co-producer / producer (41 episodes, 1979-1984)
Skip Ward	....	associate producer / producer (38 episodes, 1979-1984)
Gy Waldron	....	co-producer / producer (37 episodes, 1979-1983)
Rodney Amateau	....	supervising producer (28 episodes, 1979-1980)
Albert J. Salzer	....	associate producer (23 episodes, 1979-1980)
Myles Wilder	....	producer / senior producer (12 episodes, 1980-1984)
Robert Jacks	....	supervising producer (10 episodes, 1983)
Skip Ward	....	associate producer (8 episodes, 1983)
Joseph Gantman	....	supervising producer (5 episodes, 1979)
Bill Kelley	....	co-producer (5 episodes, 1979)
Philip Mandelker	....	executive producer (5 episodes, 1979)
Wesley J. McAfee	....	associate producer / executive producer (5 episodes, 1982-1984)
Hy Averback	....	supervising producer (3 episodes, 1979)
Gilles de Turenne	....	associate producer (1 episode, 1981-1983)

Series Original Music by
Fred Werner		(25 episodes, 1979-1983)
Earle Hagen		(9 episodes, 1983)
Deane Hagen		(unknown episodes, 1984-1985)

Series Cinematography by
Jack Whitman		(22 episodes, 1979-1982)
Arthur R. Botham		(9 episodes, 1983)
Robert C. Jessup		(5 episodes, 1979)
Dominic Palmieri		(5 episodes, 1979)
William Cronjager		(4 episodes, 1979-1980)
Robert F. Sparks		(unknown episodes, 1984-1985)
Bradley B. Six		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Albert P. Wilson		(10 episodes, 1979)
Russell Livingstone		(9 episodes, 1979)
Howard Epstein		(7 episodes, 1980-1984)
Martin J. Bram		(5 episodes, 1979-1980)
Robert M. Ross		(5 episodes, 1979-1980)
Jamie Caylor		(4 episodes, 1979-1983)
Asa Boyd Clark		(3 episodes, 1980)

Series Casting by
Melissa Skoff		(112 episodes, 1980-1985)
Vivian McRae		(31 episodes, 1979-1981)

Series Art Direction by
James Martin Bachman		(18 episodes, 1979-1980)
Al Rohm		(10 episodes, 1983-1984)
Kirk Axtell		(8 episodes, 1979)
Charles L. Hughes		(5 episodes, 1979)
Rafael Caro		(4 episodes, 1979-1980)
Robert I. Jillson		(1 episode, 1980-1982)

Series Set Decoration by
Rochelle Moser		(19 episodes, 1979-1981)
Joanne MacDougall		(14 episodes, 1979-1980)
Tom Bugenhagen		(10 episodes, 1983-1984)
Frank Lombardo		(3 episodes, 1979)
Jackie Martin		(unknown episodes, 1984-1985)

Series Makeup Department
Ray Brooks	....	makeup artist (23 episodes, 1979-1983)
Virginia Darcy	....	hair stylist (23 episodes, 1979-1982)
Jeff Angell	....	makeup artist (8 episodes, 1979)
Monique DeSart	....	hair stylist (8 episodes, 1979)
Renate Leuschner	....	hair stylist (7 episodes, 1983-1984)
Judy Crown	....	hair stylist (6 episodes, 1983-1985)
Don Marando	....	makeup artist / makeup designer (6 episodes, 1983-1984)
Paul Stanhope	....	makeup artist (6 episodes, 1983-1984)
Irene Aparicio	....	hair stylist (5 episodes, 1979)
Guy Del Russo	....	makeup artist (5 episodes, 1979)
John Rizzo	....	makeup department head (3 episodes, 1984)
Joan Phillips	....	hair stylist (unknown episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Production Management
Albert J. Salzer	....	unit production manager (28 episodes, 1979-1980)
John Burrows	....	unit production manager (8 episodes, 1979-1981)
Wesley J. McAfee	....	unit production manager / production manager (6 episodes, 1982-1984)
Ronald R. Grow	....	unit production manager (6 episodes, 1983-1984)
Gilles de Turenne	....	production manager (1 episode, 1981-1983)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Baxley	....	second unit director (45 episodes, 1979-1984)
Jon Paré	....	first assistant director: second unit / second assistant director / ... (27 episodes, 1979-1983)
Kelly A. Manners	....	first assistant director / first assistant director: second unit / ... (17 episodes, 1979-1984)
Kurt Baker	....	first assistant director / first assistant director: second unit (15 episodes, 1979-1983)
Nicholas Batchelor	....	second assistant director (15 episodes, 1979-1983)
Jack W. Cash	....	first assistant director: second unit (15 episodes, 1979-1980)
Fred Wardell	....	second assistant director (11 episodes, 1979)
Robert D. Nellans	....	second assistant director (10 episodes, 1982-1984)
Bill Baker	....	first assistant director (7 episodes, 1979)
Peter Gries	....	first assistant director (6 episodes, 1979)
Scott U. Adam	....	first assistant director: second unit (5 episodes, 1979)
Kenneth D. Collins	....	first assistant director: second unit (5 episodes, 1983)
Wendy Shear	....	second assistant director / first assistant director: second unit (3 episodes, 1979)
Steve Barnett	....	first assistant director: second unit (2 episodes, 1979)
Venita Ozols	....	first assistant director: second unit (1 episode, 1984-1985)
K.C. Colwell	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes, 1984-1985)
Craig R. Baxley	....	second unit director (unknown episodes)
Christian Drew Sidaris	....	second director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Daniel Stoltenberg	....	property master (25 episodes, 1979-1980)
Beverly Hadley	....	property master / property / ... (15 episodes, 1980-1985)
Marco A. Campos	....	propmaker / property maker (13 episodes, 1979)
Ernie Sawyers	....	property master (7 episodes, 1979)
Thomas R. Cahill	....	set dresser (unknown episodes)
Dale Gordon	....	location foreman (unknown episodes)
Richard M. Kristy	....	lead man (unknown episodes)
Kandy Stern	....	set designer (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Jerry Jacobson	....	adr editor / sound editor (85 episodes, 1979-1982)
Victor Goode	....	sound (33 episodes, 1979-1984)
Ed Scheid	....	sound editor (22 episodes, 1979-1980)
Ron Tinsley	....	sound editor (7 episodes, 1979-1983)
Andrew Gilmore	....	sound (6 episodes, 1979)
Vincent Connelly	....	sound editor (5 episodes, 1979-1980)
Don Sanders	....	sound (5 episodes, 1979)
Gary Vaughan	....	sound editor (4 episodes, 1979-1980)
Alex Bamattre	....	sound editor (4 episodes, 1980-1983)
Richard Taylor	....	sound editor (3 episodes, 1979-1980)
Andrew Chulack	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1979-1980)
Don Rush	....	sound (2 episodes, 1979)
Corinne Sessarego	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1983-1984)
Chick Camera	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1983)
Sid Lubow	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1983)
Harlan Riggs	....	sound (unknown episodes, 1984-1985)
Glenn E. Anderson	....	production sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Robert S. Birchard	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Robert R. Rutledge	....	foley artist / supervising sound editor (unknown episodes)
Dennis C. Salcedo	....	utility sound (unknown episodes)
Edward M. Steidele	....	assistant sound editor / foley artist (unknown episodes)
Lee Strosnider	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Michael Wood	....	special effects (31 episodes, 1979-1980)
Steve Purcell	....	special effects (6 episodes, 1983-1984)
Charles Spurgeon	....	special effects (5 episodes, 1979)
Larry L. Fuentes	....	special effects (4 episodes, 1983)
Ted Allen	....	special effects technician (unknown episodes)
Bob Shelley	....	special effects (unknown episodes)
Ken Speed	....	special effects assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Bob Orrison	....	stunt driver (146 episodes, 1979-1985)
Jack Gill	....	stunt driver (85 episodes, 1979-1982)
Gary Baxley	....	stunt driver (3 episodes, 1983)
Tim Card	....	stunt double (2 episodes, 1982)
Al Wyatt Jr.	....	stunt double: John Schneider / stunt driver (2 episodes, 1983)
Bob Ivy	....	stunts (2 episodes, 1984-1985)
Lance Turner	....	stunts (unknown episodes, 1980-1985)
Ray Lykins	....	stunts (unknown episodes, 1981-1984)
Steve Kelso	....	stunts (unknown episodes, 1981-1983)
Craig R. Baxley	....	stunt coordinator / stunt driver (unknown episodes)
Robert Jon Carlson	....	stunt driver (unknown episodes)
Doug Coleman	....	stunt performer (unknown episodes)
Jon H. Epstein	....	stunt coordinator / stunts (unknown episodes)
Debbie Evans	....	motorcycle stunts (unknown episodes)
Terry James	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Monty Jordan	....	stunt driver (unknown episodes)
Hubie Kerns Jr.	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Henry Kingi	....	stunt driver / stunts (unknown episodes)
Hannah Kozak	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Gene LeBell	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Eddie Paul	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Rich Sephton	....	stunt driver (unknown episodes)
Tony Snegoff	....	utility stunts (unknown episodes)
Jerry Summers	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Renaud Veluzat	....	stunt double: Tank Driver (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Dan Reilly	....	key grip (146 episodes, 1979-1985)
Gerald B. Wolfe	....	still photographer (93 episodes, 1980-1984)
Arthur R. Botham	....	director of photography: second unit (16 episodes, 1979-1980)
John C. Moulds	....	second assistant camera (12 episodes, 1979)
Bradley B. Six	....	director of photography: second unit (9 episodes, 1979-1980)
Dick Hutchings	....	director of photography: second unit (8 episodes, 1983)
George Koblasa	....	director of photography: second unit (6 episodes, 1979)
Alan S. Facemire	....	director of photography: second unit (5 episodes, 1979)
Al LaVerde	....	key grip (unknown episodes, 1979)
Howard Block	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Keith Brown	....	second assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Vincent Contarino	....	electrician (unknown episodes)
John Elsenbach	....	director of photography: second unit (unknown episodes)
Don E. FauntLeRoy	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Dave Friedman	....	still photographer (unknown episodes)
Adam Glick	....	set lighting technician (unknown episodes)
Rodney Mitchell	....	assistant camera / first assistant camera: second unit (unknown episodes)
Randall Robinson	....	first assistant camera: second unit (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Stratton Leopold	....	casting: Atlanta (5 episodes, 1979)
Vivian McRae	....	casting: Los Angeles (5 episodes, 1979)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bob Christenson	....	costume supervisor: men / wardrobe: men / ... (35 episodes, 1979-1984)
Darleen Engle	....	costume supervisor: women / wardrobe: women / ... (31 episodes, 1979-1981)
Joseph Roveto	....	costume supervisor: men (8 episodes, 1979)
Hope Slepak	....	costume supervisor: women (6 episodes, 1983-1984)
Paula Lynn Kaatz	....	wardrobe (5 episodes, 1979)
Violet N. Cane	....	costume supervisor: women (4 episodes, 1983-1984)
Susanna T. Sandke	....	costume supervisor: women (2 episodes, 1982-1983)
Linda Hickman	....	costume supervisor: women (unknown episodes, 1981-1982)
Nancy Wait	....	costume supervisor: women (unknown episodes, 1984-1985)

Series Editorial Department
Russell Livingstone	....	supervising editor (31 episodes, 1979-1983)
Virgil E. Hammond III	....	post-production (12 episodes, 1979-1980)
Steven I. Celniker	....	post-production coordinator (unknown episodes, 1985)

Series Music Department
Waylon Jennings	....	title song by / composer: theme music (146 episodes, 1979-1985)
Jay Alfred Smith	....	music editor (22 episodes, 1979-1980)
Richie Albright	....	music producer (13 episodes, 1979)
The Waylors	....	music performer (13 episodes, 1979)
Fred Werner	....	composer: additional music (13 episodes, 1979)
Abby Marable	....	music editor (12 episodes, 1979-1980)
Eugene Marks	....	music editor (5 episodes, 1983-1984)
Mark Southern	....	music editor (5 episodes, 1983)
Bruce Babcock	....	composer: additional music (4 episodes, 1984)
Donald Harris	....	music editor (2 episodes, 1979)
John Beal	....	composer: additional music / orchestrator (unknown episodes)

Series Transportation Department
Gina August	....	driver (27 episodes, 1981)
Chris Haynes	....	production driver (2 episodes, 1982)
Jack Carpenter	....	driver: camera car (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Alvin Mears	....	owner and trainer: "Flash" / trainer: Flash (88 episodes, 1980-1985)
Rich Sephton	....	car builder (88 episodes, 1981-1985)
Myles Wilder	....	executive story consultant (41 episodes, 1979-1984)
Philip Mandelker	....	creative consultant (37 episodes, 1979-1984)
Bruce Howard	....	story editor (32 episodes, 1979-1983)
William Raynor	....	executive story consultant (31 episodes, 1979-1982)
Len Kaufman	....	executive story editor / story editor (11 episodes, 1982-1984)
Si Rose	....	executive story supervisor / executive story consultant (10 episodes, 1983-1984)
Martin Roth	....	executive story editor (10 episodes, 1983-1984)
Gy Waldron	....	creative consultant (9 episodes, 1983-1984)
Ervin Melton	....	location manager (7 episodes, 1979-1982)
Fred Weintraub	....	consultant (5 episodes, 1979)
Tom Sarmento	....	car builder: second unit (2 episodes, 1983)
Nancy E. Barr	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes, 1979)
George Barris	....	car modifications (unknown episodes)
Ken Fritz	....	car builder (unknown episodes)
Ira S. Rosenstein	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
A.J. Thrasher	....	car builder (unknown episodes)
Andre Veluzat	....	car builder: second unit (unknown episodes)
Renaud Veluzat	....	car builder: second unit (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Lou Step Productions
• Piggy Productions
• Warner Bros. Television

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Television (1979-1985) (worldwide) (all media)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1979-1985) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 2)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 3)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 4)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 5)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD) (season 6)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD) (season 7)
• AVRO Television (1981-1984) (Netherlands) (TV)

Other Companies

• AMC Cars  automobiles provided by
• Angel Editorial  sound editing
• Martin Archery  archery equipment and program consideration

Runtime:

60 min (145 episodes) | Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:PG | USA:PG | Argentina:Atp | Singapore:PG | UK:PG (video rating) | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Lou Step Productions

Trivia:

Waylon Jennings's band, The Waylors, provided the in-episode music for early episodes.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The show's crew was not immune to the common misspelling of Rosco as "Roscoe". In the pilot, for example, a large banner celebrating "Sheriff Roscoe" had to be shot with balloons in front of the incorrect "e". In the third season, the door to Rosco's office can be seen with both spellings, depending on the episode. "Rosco" is correct.

Quotes:

Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane: FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Gilmore Girls: The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton (#1.2)" (2000)

Soundtrack:

Good Ol' Boys

I Liked All Five of Them!!

Tom Wopat and John Schneider were, of course, tremendous, as Bo and Luke on "The Dukes of Hazzard"!! What can you say about Catherine Bach (Daisy)? Every man's dream, we won't say what kind!! Also, Chip Mayer and Byron Cherry were really good as Bo and Luke's cousins!! I liked this show!! The "Dukes of Hazzard" exemplified the term, innocuous, and interjected humorous predicaments with a g-rated sex appeal, and hilariously classic car chase scenes!! The recent release of the '2005 movie only fortified American's interest in the original series!! Many people have a yearning to reminisce about the days of the Duke Boys of Hazzard County, and their naive chicanery!!...All of the ossified, pork barreling buffoons that tried to incarcerate the Duke boys and their cousins, contributed to the comical twist in this series as well!! I liked "Dukes of Hazzard", it was indicative of a bygone era in television which garnered a particularly fond remembrance to it!! Tom Wopat and John Schneider have an immense amount of talent, as their singing voices are spectacular!! It is an undeniable fact that both of them definitely fall into the category of Hollywood superstars!! Chip Mayer is a former super model, and Catherine Bach has been voted the seventh sexiest woman EVER!! on television. Accolades like this make "Dukes of Hazzard" very noteworthy in the wonderful world of hour long adventure comedies on television!! The creativity of this series manufactured a familiarity with the television audience in terms of the rural association we have always cherished for prime time to display every once in awhile!!