FrameThrower · Actors · Sorrell Booke
Sorrell Booke
2 films · 168 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1972–1987
Born 4 January 1930 · Buffalo, New York, USA · died 11 February 1994
Sorrell Booke January 4, 1930 – February 11, 1994) was an American actor. He found his calling early in life, like most actors, when his family encouraged him to entertain relatives by doing impressions and telling jokes. He went on to study at Yale and Columbia University, and mastered five languages. During the Korean War, Booke worked in counter-intelligence where his lingual talents served him well. His intelligence and subtlety are often overlooked when considering his signature role as Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg during his run on The Dukes of Hazzard (1979). He died of cancer in 1994, just after his 64th birthday.
How their films are shot
Measured across 168 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Sorrell takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 63% of their frames are night, 55% natural — the look of the work Sorrell takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 168 frames from Sorrell Booke's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.