<Li> Bo Duke (John Schneider) is the blond - haired, younger Duke boy (Wopat and Schneider are nine years apart from each other's age when Bo and Luke are supposed to be three years apart from each other's age). He is more of the "shoot first, ask questions later" type than Luke, and is often the one to get the duo into the various scrapes in which they find themselves, although the character did mature slightly as the series progressed; he is also the one more likely to have his eye, or heart, distracted by a pretty girl . Bo has a crush on many women in some episodes, which proves to be the Achilles' heel that leads the Dukes into trouble in several episode plots . Bo usually wears a cream - yellow shirt; it is a stronger yellow in the first and second season, a lighter cream color from the third season, and in the sixth and seventh season has more of a grey hue to it, in season 6 and season 7 he wears a tan brown shirt and more of dark blue jeans . (The only break from this norm is in the second episode produced and broadcast, "Daisy's Song," where Bo wears a red shirt for much of the story, and a sequence in the fifth episode, "High Octane," where he wears a light blue shirt . Many early publicity shots show the character to be wearing a dark blue denim shirt .) For the first two seasons he wears a blue T - shirt underneath (brown in the first episode); this was slowly phased out during the third season . An ex-stock car driver, Bo is the one who drives The General Lee most of the time with Luke riding shotgun . He and Luke take turns of driving the General Lee in some episodes as they share the car with each other (very early episodes suggest that it belongs solely to him; Luke is said to have a car that Cooter had wrecked shortly prior to the start of the opening episode, "One Armed Bandits"). Bo is known for his rebel yell, "Yeeeee - Haaa," which he usually yells when the General Lee is airborne during a jump . The Duke boys share the CB call sign or handle "Lost Sheep". </Li> <Li> Daisy Duke (Catherine Bach) is Bo, Luke, Coy, and Vance's cousin . She is beautiful, honest, and kind, although she can sometimes be slightly over-trusting and naïve, which has led the Duke family into trouble on a number of occasions, but for the most part can handle herself well . She sometimes aspires to be a songwriter and singer, and at other times, a reporter . She races around Hazzard with her cousins, first in a yellow and black 1974 Plymouth Road Runner (later a 1972 model was used) and then, from mid-Season 2 on, in her trademark white 1980 Jeep CJ - 7, christened "Dixie" with a golden eagle emblem on the hood (and the name "Dixie" on the hood sides). Daisy works as a waitress at the Boar's Nest, the local bar and pub owned by Boss Hogg, as part of an agreement with Boss Hogg so that he would give Uncle Jesse and the boys a loan for a lower interest rate so the boys could purchase the entry fee for a race in which they wished to race the General Lee . The arrangement was supposed to be for an indefinite time, but there are several times throughout the series when Hogg fires her . However, he always ends up rehiring her at the end of each episode because of various circumstances . Although Hogg is a nemesis to Daisy and her family, she is best friends with Hogg's wife Lulu . Daisy often uses her looks and her position at the restaurant to get insider information to help the Dukes in foiling Hogg's various schemes . She also has the distinction of having her trademark provocatively high - cut jean short shorts named after her: "Daisy Dukes". Her CB handle is "Bo Peep ." Occasionally, the variant of "Country Cousin" is used . </Li> <Li> Jesse Duke (Denver Pyle), referred to by just about everyone in Hazzard other than Boss Hogg as "Uncle Jesse", is the patriarch of the Duke clan, and the father - figure to all Dukes who stay with him on the somewhat dilapidated "Duke Farm ." Jesse apparently has no children of his own, and happily provides for his nephews and niece in the unexplained absence of all of their parents (Gy Waldron, the creator of the show, states on the DVDs that their parents were killed in a car wreck, but it was never mentioned in the show). In the third broadcast episode, "Mary Kaye's Baby", Jesse says that he has delivered many babies, including Bo and Luke . Jesse Duke, in his youth, had been a ridge - runner in direct competition with Boss Hogg whom he always calls "JD". However, while both Boss Hogg and Uncle Jesse would scowl at the mention of the other's name, the two enjoyed a lifelong "friendship" of sorts, with one helping the other when in desperate need . Jesse educated his nephews against Hogg, and often provides the cousins with inspirational sage advice . Uncle Jesse drives a white 1973 Ford F - 100 pickup truck . In the barn, he also has his old moonshine - running car, called "Sweet Tillie" in its first appearance (in the first - season episode "High Octane"), but referred to as "Black Tillie" in subsequent appearances . In the second - season episode "Follow That Still" and the sixth - season episode "The Boars Nest Bears", the marriage to and death of his wife is mentioned; he also mentions marrying her in the first - season episode "Luke's Love Story". His CB handle is "Shepherd ." </Li> <Li> Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (James Best) (1979--1985, 1997, 2000) is the bumbling and corrupt sheriff of Hazzard County and right - hand man and brother - in - law of its corrupt county administrator, Jefferson Davis "J.D." Hogg ("Boss Hogg"), whom Rosco calls his "little fat buddy", "Little Chrome Dome", "Little Meadow - Muffin", and several other names . In the early episodes, it is mentioned that Rosco spent the first 20 years of his career as a mostly honest lawman, but after the county voted away his pension Rosco joined Hogg in an effort to fund his retirement in his last couple of years as sheriff . Early episodes also portray him as a fairly hard - nosed, somewhat darker policeman character, who even shoots a criminal during the first season . As the series progressed and producers recognized how popular it had become with children, James Best altered his portrayal into a more bumbling, comical character . By the end of the first season, his origin had been virtually forgotten (and his job as sheriff appeared to become open ended). Rosco is also the younger brother of Lulu Coltrane Hogg (Boss Hogg's wife). Rosco frequently initiates car chases with Bo and Luke Duke, but the Duke boys usually elude Rosco by outwitting him, with Rosco typically wrecking his patrol car as a result from which he would nearly always escape unscathed . (Only two episodes--the fourth season's "Coltrane vs. Duke" and season six's "Too Many Roscos"--toy with the concept of him being injured . The first episode has him faking injury so the Duke Boys would lose the General Lee while the latter has James Best playing two characters . His normal character, Rosco, is presumed drowned while a criminal that looks like Rosco has a headache .) These chases are often the result of Rosco setting up illegal speed traps such as false or changing speed limit signs and various other trickery, which would evolve into being increasingly more cartoonish and far - fetched as the seasons passed . While he enjoys "hot pursuit" he seemingly (Boss Hogg as well) never intends for anyone to get seriously hurt . His middle initial,' P', was added at the start of the second season, and only one episode (the third season's "Mrs. Rosco P. Coltrane", in which he is subjected to a scam marriage) reveals his middle name, "Purvis". Rosco also has a soft spot for his basset hound Flash, introduced at the start of the third season . His radio codename is "Red Dog". When James Best briefly boycotted the show during the mid-second season, he was temporarily replaced by several "one - off" Sheriffs, the longest standing being Sheriff Grady Bird, played by Dick Sargent, who appeared in two episodes ("Jude Emery" and "Officer Daisy Duke"). </Li>

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