Jerry Best is an actor who appeared as an Enterprise sciences crewmember in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. He received no credit for this appearance.
In 1971, Best worked as extra casting director on the comedy Cold Turkey which featured Graham Jarvis, Harvey Jason, and Ted Knight.
As a background actor, Best appeared as a townsman in The Waltons episode "The Wager" (1979, with Ronnie Claire Edwards and Jonathan Banks), as a ticket taker in the Falcon Crest episode "Dark Journey" (1982, with Robert Foxworth, Fritz Weaver, Michael Zaslow, Mario Marcelino, and Robert Sampson), as a flight captain at the airport in the Dynasty episode "The Iago Syndrome" (1982, with Lee Bergere, Joan Collins, Tim O'Connor, David Armstrong, Robert Buckingham, and Tim Werner), and as a party planner in the Dynasty episode "The Party" (1982, with Joan Collins, Lee Bergere, Tim O'Connor, Dave Armstrong, and John Hugh McKnight).
Film work includes the drama New York, New York (1977, with Dick Miller, David Armstrong, Robert Buckingham, Eddie Smith, Shirley Anthony, Tony Dante, Bob Harks, Robert Strong, and Arthur Tovey), the comedy S.O.B. (1981, with Jennifer Edwards, Hamilton Camp, Corbin Bernsen, Alexandra Johnson, Shelby Leverington, Charles Parks, Karen Austin, Robert Buckingham, Peter Eastman, and Ron Gans), and the comedy My Favorite Year (1982, with Peter Paul Eastman, Nick Dimitri, Richard E. Butler, Dave Armstrong, Robert Hitchcock, and David LeBell).