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Rick Hurst, the actor greatest generally known as candy Deputy Cletus Hogg on “The Dukes of Hazzard,” died Thursday at 79.
His passing was introduced by Cooter’s Place, a Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, museum at which he was scheduled to look in early July earlier than out of the blue canceling.
Born January 1, 1946, in Houston, Hurst was a busy TV presence after his 1972 debut on an episode of “Sanford and Son.”
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Different iconic exhibits he graced along with his cherubic, gentle-giant comedic presence included “The Doris Day Present” (1971 & 1972), “The Partridge Household” (1972), “The Bob Newhart Present” (1973), “Kung Fu” (1973), “Gunsmoke” (1973), “Little Home on the Prairie” (1974), “M*A*S*H” (1977), “Homicide, She Wrote” (1989), and “Melrose Place” (1993).
He was a daily on the short-lived “On the Rocks” (1975-1976) earlier than assuming the position of Cletus. He went on to look on greater than 50 episodes of the present from 1979-1982 and in two TV motion pictures: “The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!” (1997) and “The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood” (2000).
He left the present to look on what appeared like a sure-fire smash — a U.S. adaptation of the British collection “Fawlty Towers” starring Bea Arthur because the proprietor of a boutique resort. It lasted simply 13 episodes in 1983, proper earlier than she struck gold with “The Golden Women.”
Hurst’s work in options was much less in depth, however included “Tunnel Imaginative and prescient” (1976), Disney’s “The Cat from Outer House” (1978), “Going Ape!” (1981), “Earth Women Are Straightforward” (1988), “The Karate Child Half III” (1989), and “Metal Magnolias” (1989).
He solely labored on TV and in movie a handful of instances prior to now 25 years, however was a beloved presence at nostalgia exhibits.
Married and divorced twice, Hurst is survived by his two sons, together with “Sons of Anarchy’s” Ryan Hurst.