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Don Pedro Colley
American actor (1938ā2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Don Pedro Colley (August 30, 1938 ā October 11, 2017) was an American actor.[1] Some of his best known roles include Gideon on Daniel Boone, Ongaro in Beneath the Planet of the Apes,[2] SRT in George Lucas' THX 1138,[3] Joshua in The Legend of Nigger Charley[4] and Sheriff Little in the 1980s TV series The Dukes of Hazzard.
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Colley was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon. He studied at the University of Oregon. He played American football and track and field (athletics), which led to an unsuccessful try-out for the 1960 Summer Olympics. Colley died on October 11, 2017 in Klamath Falls after a battle with cancer at the age of 79.[5]