James again portrayed a Southern character when he played Sheriff Lester Crabb, a temporary one-off replacement for regular Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (James Best) in the second season "Dukes of Hazzard" episode "Treasure of Hazzard" (1980). He appeared on 13 episodes of the sitcom "Lewis & Clark" in 1981–1982. Other television credits include the 1976 private-eye drama "City of Angels" and the miniseries "Captains and the Kings" (1976). He appeared in two episodes of "The A-Team": as murderous prison warden Beale in the first-season episode "Pros and Cons" (1983) and as corrupt Sheriff Jake Dawson in the second season's "The White Ballot" (1983). In 1996, he played the role of Red Kilgreen on "All My Children". James appeared in the 1979 pilot episode of "Hart to Hart" playing the part of a highway cop. James also played the train passenger Wilkes on the "Gunsmoke" episode "Snow Train" (1970).