Actor Rick Hurst, best known for playing Deputy Cletus Hogg in the hit sitcom “The Dukes of Hazzard,” has died at age 79.

Rick Hurst, the actor best known as Deputy Cletus Hogg in 'Dukes of Hazzard' and father of actor Ryan Hurst, died unexpectedly Thursday afternoon. He was 79.

Dukes of Hazzard star Rick Hurst has died at the age of 79. The actor, who was best known for his Eighties role as Deputy Cletus Hogg in the action comedy TV show, died in Los Angeles on Thursday, his first wife Candace Kaniecki told TMZ.