Dukes of Hazzard cast now: As Catherine Bach is seen, see what happened to co-stars 40 years later

Catherine Bach grew to become a worldwide intercourse image when she starred because the beautiful Daisy Duke within the in style action-comedy sequence The Dukes of Hazzard again within the late ’70s and ’80s – however on Sunday, the now-68-year-old actress swapped her iconic hotpants for leggings as she stepped out for some retail remedy in Los Angeles, California.

Nearly 4 many years have handed for the reason that hit present got here to an finish, however Catherine’s legacy as on-screen siren Daisy nonetheless lives on – as does the recognition of the teeny tiny bottoms that she was well-known for sporting within the sequence. 

The CBS present first premiered in 1979, and it additionally starred Tom Wopat, John Schneider, Denver Pyle, James finest, and Sorrell Booke. It went on for seven seasons earlier than it concluded in February 1985, and it remained one of essentially the most top-rated exhibits throughout a lot of its run.

But what are the celebs of the present doing now – practically 40 years later? As Catherine is noticed out and about in LA sporting a really completely different look than she did throughout her Daisy Duke days, FEMAIL has uncovered what precisely she – and the remainder of her castmates – have been up to during the last three-and-a-half many years.

The Dukes of Hazzard adopted three cousins – Daisy, Bo, and Luke Duke, who lived in Georgia and constantly brought on hassle whereas attempting to evade the corrupt county commissioner Boss Hogg, in addition to native police officer Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane.

It was impressed by the film Moonrunners, and it shortly grew to become a fan favourite. It went on to encourage the 2005 film of the identical title, which starred Jessica Simpson, Johnny Knoxville, and Seann William Scott.

While some of the Dukes of Hazzard stars went on to launch main careers for themselves, others stepped out of the highlight and fell fully off the grid – swapping their performing careers for extra low-key professions like educating and flipping homes.

Some of them even confronted a slew of controversies during the last 37 years – together with arrests, substance abuse, and a number of divorces. From their careers and different performing roles to their loves lives and scandals, here is every part the cast of The Dukes of Hazzard has accomplished since their time within the present got here to an finish. 

Luke Duke performed by Tom Wopat

Tom, 70, was born in Lodi, Wisconsin, on September 9, 1951. He made his performing debut within the cleaning soap opera One Life to Live, which premiered in 1968.

He was then cast as Luke Duke within the sequence The Dukes of Hazzard. After that got here to an finish, he did not decelerate – launching a serious music career for himself which included 11 albums.

He additionally continued to act, starring within the sitcom Cybill, the comedy-drama film Bonneville, DC’s Jonah Hex, Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained (alongside Jamie Foxx, Christopher Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson), rom-com All in Time, and western film County Line, in addition to its sequel County Line: All In.

Tom even took to the Broadway stage a couple of occasions all through his career, showing in I Love My Wife, City of Angels, Guys and Dolls, Annie Get Your Gun, and Chicago, amongst others. 

As for his love life, he has been married twice – first to a girl named Vickie Allen, which resulted in divorce. He then wed a filmmaker named Kirsten Larvick, whom he is nonetheless married to. 

In 2017, the actor confronted controversy when he was arrested for indecent assault and battery after he allegedly ‘grabbed a girl’s behind and put his finger between her butt cheeks’ throughout rehearsals for the play forty second Street, TMZ reported. 

During his arrest, police discovered ‘two baggage of white powder’ in his automotive, and he later admitted to shopping for ‘massive portions of cocaine’ and utilizing it ‘over time,’ per Page Six.

In a press release on the time, he shared his ‘deepest regrets to associates, household, and his many loyal followers’ for the ‘unlucky occasions.’ He added that he can be ‘taking personal time to deal with his ongoing battle with substance abuse.’

The assertion continued: ‘While dying and sickness within the household, mixed with the depth of his current schedule, definitely contributed to his misstep, Tom positively understands that sobriety is the only real course for a profitable future and can take instant steps to obtain it.’

He pleaded responsible to two counts of annoying and accosting an individual of the alternative intercourse in July 2018, and was sentenced to one year probation. 

Bo Duke performed by John Schneider

John, 62, was born on April 8, 1960, in Mount Kisco, New York. When he was cast as Bo Duke in Dukes of Hazzard at age 18, it was his first performing function. 

It shortly skyrocketed him into the highlight, and it was only the start for him. After its success, he most famously went on to star as Jonathan Kent within the in style ABC sequence Smallville. 

He additionally acted within the western Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, fantasy drama Touched by an Angel, Freeform present Secret Life of the American Teenager, crime drama Leverage, and Desperate Housewives (alongside Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, and Eva Longoria).

That’s not all. He additionally launched the manufacturing company John Schneider Studios, the place he has written and produced a slew of impartial films.

On high of all that, he additionally entered the music trade, dropping 32 albums over 4 many years. He additionally starred in some Broadway performs – together with Chicago and Grand Hotel. 

He competed in season 27 of Dancing with the Stars, however was eradicated sixth; he co-founded the Children’s Miracle Network in 1982, a nonprofit group that raises funds for kids’s hospitals. 

He married former Miss America Tawny Elaine Godin in 1983, however they went their separate methods in 1986. He then tied the knot with a girl named Elly Castle in 1993, however they cut up in 2014 – after 21 years collectively. 

They welcomed one daughter collectively, named Karis. In 2019, he married his producing accomplice, Alicia Allain.

In 2018, he was sentenced to three days in jail after he failed to pay alimony to Elly; he additionally had to full 240 hours of group service and was advised to give his ex-wife the money he owed her or he’d face up to 5 years in jail. 

Daisy Duke performed by Catherine Bach

Catherine Bach, 68, was born on March 1, 1954, and hails from Cleveland, Ohio. In 1973, she landed her first performing function within the film The Midnight Man. 

It’s been stated that Catherine wowed Dukes of Hazzard administrators a lot throughout her audition that she was employed on the spot to play Daisy Duke. 

The function earned her huge stardom – and a poster of her posing as Daisy bought 5 million copies after its launch, and it even caught the attention of First Lady Nancy Reagan.

The bombshell star made headlines throughout her time within the present, after it was revealed that she had insured her legs for $1 million.

‘You know what it is? I do issues that I shouldn’t actually do,’ she one defined of her determination to get them insured. ‘I ski.

‘I had a airplane after I began the sequence, which they made me get rid of… [I do] lots of issues. And I type of take probabilities. So they thought that they need to insure my legs.’

After Dukes of Hazzard ran its course, Catherine acted in a couple of extra titles together with the motion movie Street Justice, 1989 flick Driving Force, motorbike film Masters of Menace, and comedy-drama The Breakup Girl. Her final function was in 2015, when she starred within the film Book of Fire.

She additionally launched her personal jewellery line at Debenhams in 2002, however has saved a low profile in current years. She married a person named David Shaw in 1976, however they divorced after 5 years collectively.

She then wed leisure lawyer Peter Lopez in 1990 and collectively, they welcomed two daughters, named Sophia and Laura. Her husband tragically died in 2010 at age 60 from an obvious suicide. 

Jesse Duke performed by Denver Pyle

Denver was born on May 11, 1920, in Bethune, Colorado. He briefly attended Colorado State University however dropped out to develop into a drummer. He then spent a while within the Army, Marines, and the Navy, however acquired a medical discharge in 1942. 

Throughout the Fifties, ’60s and ’70s, he starred in additional than 100 roles, together with The Lone Ranger, anthology sequence Frontier, the western present Fury, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffith Show, and NBC’s The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams. 

His most well-known function was in all probability when he performed Jesse Duke in Dukes of Hazzard. Afterwards, he solely acted in a couple of extra issues earlier than ending his career as an actor.

His later roles embrace the 1987 film Delta Fever, the rom-com Return to Mayberry, and the western comedy movie Maverick. 

He invested within the oil trade by buying oil wells after they have been solely $2.15 per barrel. After the 1973 oil disaster, they shot up in value to over $46 a barrel, incomes him a big revenue. It’s been stated that he made extra money from promoting oil than he did over 30 years as an actor.

He married a Fox manufacturing assistant named Marilee Carpenter in 1955. They welcomed two sons collectively, named David and Tony, however divorced in 1970.

He then married a girl named Tippie Johnston in 1983, whom he was nonetheless with when he handed away of lung most cancers in 1997 at age 77. 

Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane performed by James Best

James, who was born on July 26, 1926, in Powderly, Kentucky, served within the Army throughout World War II, throughout which, he travelled round Europe performing performs for his fellow troops.

Early in his performing career, he signed a contract with Universal Studios, which helped him earn some small roles in films like The Cimmaron Kid in 1952, Seven Angry Men in 1955, and Ride Lonesome in 1959. 

He visitor starred in additional than 280 completely different exhibits over the years, earlier than touchdown his breakthrough function as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in Dukes of Hazzard.

After it concluded, he acted in a couple of films like comedy-drama Hot Tamale, 2007 flick Moondance Alexander, sci-fi film The Killer Shrews, and rom-com The Sweeter Side of Life.

In his later years, James stopped performing and moved to Florida, the place he taught on the University of Central Florida (Orlando).

He additionally launched his personal manufacturing company and commenced portray – typically promoting his portraits, some of which have been scenes from Dukes of Hazzard.

He was additionally a black belt in karate, performed guitar, and ultimately opened his personal performing college, the place he taught for 25 years.

He was married 3 times – first, to a girl named Matilda Engleberg, whom he wed in 1949. The actual year that they obtained divorced is unknown, however he married his second spouse, JoBee Croskery in 1959. They have been collectively till 1977. 

He tied the knot along with his third spouse, Dorothy Collier in 1986, they usually have been collectively till his dying in 2015.

He had a son, named Gary, along with his first spouse, and two daughters, named Janeen and JoJami, along with his second spouse.  He handed away at age 88 from problems of pneumonia. 

Boss Hogg performed by Sorrell Booke

Sorrell was born on January 4, 1930, in Buffalo, New York. He began touchdown performing gigs on the radio at age 9, and have become well-known for his impersonations.

He graduated from Columbia University in 1949, and went on to obtain a Master of Fine Arts at Yale School of Drama. He served within the Army in the course of the Korean War for 2 years.

After leaving the Army he headed to New York the place he starred in an off-Broadway present earlier than he landed his first TV function within the sequence Omnibus. 

His different early performing credit embrace the flicks Black Like Me, A Fine Madness, What’s Up, Doc?, and Fail-Safe, in addition to exhibits like The Guiding Light, 12 O-Clock High, Dr. Kildare, Mission: Impossible, M*A*S*H, All within the Family, Soap, and Columbo.

He is finest recognized, nevertheless, for enjoying the Dukes of Hazzard’s antagonist Boss Hogg. Afterwards, he did not act in a lot, however as a substitute, he leant his voice to animated characters like Sheriff Rufus Buzby within the film Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers and Pinky in Rock-a-Doodle, and narrated a couple of exhibits like Fantastic Max, Gravedale High, and Capitol Critters. He additionally had an curiosity in restoring rundown homes. 

He married a girl named Miranda Knickerbocker in 1958, and collectively, they shared two children – a daughter named Alexandra and a son named Nicholas. They divorced in 1973.

He sadly handed away in February 1994 from colorectal most cancers at age 64. 

The Balladeer performed by Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings was born on June 15, 1937, in Littlefield, Texas. His mother taught him to play guitar when he was eight years previous, and by the point he was 14, he earned his personal weekly 30-minute program on KVOW.

He ultimately earned the eye of Buddy Holly, who employed him to play bass on his tour. During the tour, nevertheless, Waylon made a joke to Buddy that he hoped his ‘airplane crashed’ throughout some pleasant banter, however when it did lower than an hour and a half later, he was plagued with guilt for a lot of years to come. 

While Waylon is nonetheless beloved for voicing the narrator in Dukes of Hazzard, referred to as The Balladeer, his important focus was his music career. He launched 45 albums – 5 of which went gold within the US, and one of which went platinum. 

He starred in a couple of different issues, together with the film Maverick, the made-for-TV-flick Stagecoach, and western The Long Kill, however he principally labored on his music.

He struggled with drug dependancy all through his career, and was arrested in 1977 for conspiracy and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. The expenses have been later dropped after the police have been unable to present sufficient proof.

The actor and singer later admitted to spending $1,500 a day on medicine, which left him in $2 million debt – nevertheless, he grew to become clear in 1984.

He was married 4 occasions and had six kids, tying the knot along with his first spouse, Maxine Caroll Lawrence in 1956, when he was 18. She gave delivery to 4 of his kids – two sons named Terry and Buddy and two daughters named Julie and Deana.

He then married Lynne Jones in 1962 and collectively, they adopted a daughter named Tomi. They cut up in 1967, and he went on to wed Elizabeth Rood that very same year.

In 1969, he married his fourth spouse, nation singer Jessi Colter, they usually welcomed a son, whom they named Shooter, in 1979. 

He suffered from Type II Diabetes and had to have his left foot amputated in 2001 as a complication of the illness. He died in his sleep in 2002 at age 64.

Cooter Davenport performed by Ben Jones

Ben Jones, 80, was born on August 30, 1941, in Tarboro, North Carolina, however he moved to Portsmouth, Virginia, early on in his childhood. He started performing whereas attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Before starring as Cooter Davenport in Dukes of Hazzard, Ben principally acted in theater – starring in over 100 productions throughout the nation.

He additionally appeared in quite a few TV and radio commercials and landed a couple of small roles in films like Smokey and the Bandit, The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, and They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way.

He was cast in Dukes of Hazzard after starring within the film it was based mostly off of, The Moonrunners. After that ended, he went on to star within the drama Dakota, 1998’s Primary Colors, and Stanley Tucci-directed flick Joe Gould’s Secret, however he principally centered his career on politics.

In 1986, one year after Dukes got here to an finish, he ran for Congress in Georgia’s Fourth Congressional District and received. He was re-elected in 1990, however lost in opposition to Newt Gringrich in 1994.

He based a Dukes of Hazzard museum in 1999 in Sperryville, Virginia, which has since additionally opened areas in Pigeon Forge and Nashville, Tennessee, in addition to Luray, Virginia.

He additionally joined a band known as Cooter’s Garage Band, and collectively, they’ve launched 11 albums and launched into quite a few excursions across the nation.

He launched a memoir in 2007, known as Redneck Boy within the Promised Land, throughout which he revealed he had a longstanding battle with alcoholism.

Ben has additionally printed numerous fiction and poetry works, and shared political commentary for retailers just like the New York Times, the Washington Post, and USA Today.