The first time I can remember seeing a guy with a cigar on tv (hope i am not giving away my age) was good old Boss Hogg.


J.D. (Jefferson Davis) Hogg (better known as "Boss" Hogg) is a fictional character featured in the United States television series, The Dukes of Hazzard. He is the greedy, unethical commissioner of Hazzard County.

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His namesake is Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.


Boss Hogg is the wealthiest man in Hazzard County, and owns most of its property and businesses — whether directly or by holding the mortgages over the land. His lust for money often drives him to participate in criminal activities, usually by enlisting the aid of associates.

He always had a nice big cigar in his hand.


Hogg's right hand man and partner in crime is the dim-witted, bumbling sheriff, Rosco P. Coltrane. Together, the two scheme to frame the Duke family (Hogg's most steadfast adversaries) for crimes they did not commit. Rosco's deputies Enos Strate and Cletus Hogg (Boss's cousin) have also aided Boss Hogg, though Enos was decidedly more reluctant to do so.



Burt Reynolds played Boss Hogg in The Dukes of Hazzard (2005), the big-screen remake of the TV series.