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"The Dukes of Hazzard" star Denver Pyle had no ordinary career because, simply put, there was much more to this wanderer-turned-entertainer than met the eye.

By the time Denver Pyle became widely known as uncle Jesse Duke in "The Dukes of Hazzard," which ran from 1979 until 1985, he already had quite the career, and there was more to come.

Born in 1920 in Colorado, Pyle jumped from job to job after he left the family farm.

University didn't agree with Pyle, and when his aspiration to become a drummer didn't work out, he did everything from working shrimp boats to oil fields.

Dever Pyle on "Dukes of Hazzard" circa 1960 | Photo: Getty Images

HIS START IN LOS ANGELES

After moving to Los Angeles in 1940, he found work at NBC as a page, but then military service during World War II concluded with Pyle getting medically discharged in 1943.

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