==John Schneider== 
 The IMDB is an idiot website and isn't considered a reliable source for anything. It's a second,third,fourth-hand source. See this - a first hand source - It explains where the "1954" legend came from - http://www.kryptonsite.com/johnschneider.htm 

 "John Schneider was born in 1954 in Snailville, Georgia. Or so the legend goes, when John auditioned for the role of "Bo Duke" on the popular TV series The Dukes of Hazzard. The producers were looking for a 24-year-old from the South. At the time, John (born in 1960) was only 18 years old and hailed from Mt. Kisco, New York. John's ruse worked, however; and he got the role of the blond Duke cousin, a role that made him famous."