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Sorrell graduated from high school when he was only 16.
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Sorrell was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
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Sorrell received an Emmy nomination for his guest starring role in Dr. Kildare in the episode, "What's God to Julius?"
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Sorrell is buried in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.
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Sorrell got divorced from his wife in 1971.
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Sorrell studied at Yale and Columbia Universities and mastered five languages.
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Sorrell was 5'6".
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Sorrell was the son of a local physician.
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He was encouraged from an early age to entertain his relatives with jokes, songs, and imitations.
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Booke had two children Alexandra and Nicholas, and he also has a brother named Fred.
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His tombstone reads: Beloved Pa, Grandpa, Brother and Boss.
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He once conducted the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Not only did Sorrell Booke star in The Dukes of Hazzard but he also directed a few of the episodes.
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In the episode, "Baa, Baa, White Sheep," Sorrell Booke is credited both as playing Boss Hogg as per-usual on the opening credits, and as Special Guest Star playing Abraham Lincoln Hogg on the closing credits.
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Sorrell had to wear a fat suit to play Boss Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard.
