Sorrell Booke (January 4, 1930 – February 11, 1994) was an American actor who performed on stage, screen, and television.

[Paul Newman, The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man, page 90] He served in the United States Army during the Korean War for two years as a counterintelligence officer.

[2][7] After his Army service, Booke appeared off-Broadway in The White Devil and had his first television role in the series Omnibus.

Aside from his film roles, he appeared on numerous television shows such as Gunsmoke, Cannon, Ironside, Route 66, Hawaii Five-O, The Rockford Files, Full House, The Guiding Light and 12 O'Clock High.

He also had a recurring role in All in the Family as Mr. Sanders, personnel manager at Archie Bunker's workplace, Prendergast Tool and Die Company.

Booke was featured on an episode of Good Times, and had a recurring role as the Jewish mob boss "Lefkowitz" on Soap.

He also appeared in two episodes of Columbo, "Swan Song" in Season 3 (featuring Johnny Cash) and "The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q.

Booke was 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) tall, weighed 185 pounds (84 kg) at the time of his Boss Hogg role, and wore padding to seem fatter.

[16] He copied the Hogg character's American South drawl from U.S. senators Sam Ervin and Strom Thurmond.