Andy Griffith
Andy Griffith receiving a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005
Birth name	Andy Samuel Griffith
Born	June 1, 1926 (1926-06-01) (age 81) Mount Airy, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Awards Grammy Awards Best Southern, Country/Bluegrass Gospel Album 1997 I Love to Tell the Story - 25 Timeless Hymns

Andy Samuel Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an iconic American actor, producer, writer, director and southern gospel singer.^[1] He gained prominence in the starring role of A Face in the Crowd before he was better known for his starring roles, playing the title characters in the 1960s sitcom, The Andy Griffith Show, for CBS and in the 1980s and 1990s legal drama, Matlock, on NBC and later ABC. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... The Presidential Medal of Freedom The Presidential Medal of Freedom is one of the two highest civilian awards in the United States and is bestowed by the President of the United States (the other award which is considered its equivalent is the Congressional Gold Medal, which is bestowed by an... is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mount Airy is a city in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... The Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album has been awarded since 1991. ... Not to be confused with Andy Griffith. ... is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... The primary role of a television producer is to coordinate and control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking. ... A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A television director is usually responsible for directing the actors and other taped aspects of a television production. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... A Face in the Crowd (1957) is an epic motion picture starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, and Walter Matthau, directed by Elia Kazan. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... The Andy Griffith Show is an American television series that aired on CBS from October 3rd, 1960 to April 1st, 1968. ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about law in society. ... For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ... Matlock was a long-running American television legal drama. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... This article is about the American broadcast network. ...

Comedian to film star

Richard Linke signed Griffith to Capitol Records, who started out in show business as something of a stand-up comedian, although a better description might be monologist. His first success was a 1953 live recording of "What It Was, Was Football," a story about a country boy at his first football game delighting in the "big orange drinks" and the boys running up and down the "cow pasture" in "the awfulest fight I have ever seen in my life" and "these purty girls a-wearin' these little-bitty short dresses and a-dancin' around." It sold more an 900,000 copies. Later that year, he recorded "Number One Street", telling the story of a rural family travelling to Florida on U.S. Route 1. Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the... A monologue, pronounced monolog, is a speech made by one person speaking his or her thoughts aloud or directly addressing a reader, audience, or character. ... January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ... This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: U.S. Route 1 U.S. Route 1 (also called U.S. Highway 1, and abbreviated US 1) is a United States highway which parallels the east coast of the United States. ...

By 1954, he was on Broadway, starring in No Time for Sergeants, a play about a country boy in the Air Force. Griffith reprised his lead role in the play for the movie version in 1958; the film also featured Don Knotts as a military psychiatrist, marking the beginning of a life-long association between Griffith and Knotts. No Time for Sergeants is also considered the direct inspiration for Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.. Also in 1958, Griffith portrayed a United States Coast Guard sailor in the movie Onionhead. Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... No Time for Sergeants was a 1954 best-selling novel by Mac Hyman, which was later adapted into a popular Broadway play and 1958 motion picture (plus a forgettable 1964 television series). ... “The U.S. Air Force” redirects here. ... Jan. ... Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (a role which earned him five Emmy Awards), and as landlord Ralph Furley on the television sitcom Three’s... Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964 to May 2, 1969. ... USCG HH-65 Dolphin USCG HH-60J JayHawk USCG HC-130H departs Mojave USCG HC-130H on International Ice Patrol duties The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is at all times a branch of the U.S. military, a maritime law enforcement agency, and a federal regulatory body. ... Onionhead is a 1958 movie set on a Coast Guard ship during World War II starring Andy Griffith, Felicia Farr, Walter Matthau, and Erin OBrien. ...

Dramatic pinnacle

In 1957, Griffith starred in A Face in the Crowd. Again, he played a "country boy", but this "country boy" was manipulative and power-hungry; a drifter who became a television host and used his show as a gateway to political power. Co-starring Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau, Tony Franciosa and Lee Remick (in her film debut), this now-classic film showcased Griffith's powerful talents as a dramatic actor and singer. Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... A Face in the Crowd (1957) is an epic motion picture starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, and Walter Matthau, directed by Elia Kazan. ... Patricia Neal (born January 20, 1926, Packard, Kentucky) is an Academy Award winning American actress. ... Walter Matthau (October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an Academy Award-winning American comedy actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with fellow Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon. ... Anthony Papaleo (born October 25, 1928), better known as Anthony Franciosa, is an American actor. ... Lee Remick Lee Remick (December 14, 1935 - July 2, 1991), was an American actress admired for her versality and her great beauty. ...

It also showed early on the power of television upon the masses. Directed by Elia Kazan, written by Budd Schulberg, ostensibly based on the alleged onstage phoniness of Will Rogers and Arthur Godfrey, the prescient film was seldom run on television until the 1990s. A 2005 DVD reissue came complete with a mini-documentary on the film with comments from Schulberg and surviving cast members Griffith, Franciosa and Neal. Elia Kazan, (Greek: Ηλίας Καζάν, IPA: ), (September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was a Greek-American film and theatre director, film and theatrical producer, screenwriter, novelist and cofounder of the influential Actors Studio in New York in 1947. ... Picture of writer Budd Schulberg (born March 27, 1914 in New York City, New York) is an American screenwriter and novelist. ... William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was a Cherokee-American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, and actor. ... In this CBS publicity photo of Arthur Godfrey Time, vocalist Patti Clayton is seen at the far right and Godfrey sits in the foreground. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Southern character actor

Griffith first appeared as a character performer on two episodes of The United States Steel Hour. He made other character appearances on Playhouse 90, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Mayberry R.F.D., The Mod Squad, Hawaii Five-O, The Doris Day Show, Here's Lucy, The Bionic Woman, Fantasy Island, among many others. He also reprised his role as Ben Matlock on Diagnosis Murder in 1997, and his final guest-starring role to date was on an episode of Dawson's Creek. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964 to May 2, 1969. ... Mayberry R.F.D. (R.F.D. is a postal abbreviation for Rural Free Delivery) was a spin-off, or perhaps, more accurately, a direct continuation of The Andy Griffith Show under a new title. ... The Mod Squad was a television police drama from executive producers Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas in the United States, that ran on ABC from 1968-1973. ... Hawaii Five-O is an American television series that starred Jack Lord and James MacArthur as detectives for a fictional Hawaii state police department. ... The Doris Day Show is an 128-episode American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 1968 until September 1973. ... TV Guide cover, promoting Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burtons famous appearance on a 1970 episode of Heres Lucy Heres Lucy was Lucille Balls third network television sitcom. ... The Bionic Woman was a television series which spun off from The Six Million Dollar Man. ... Fantasy Island refers to two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network. ... Ben Matlock in court Benjamin Leighton Ben Matlock is a fictional character from the television series, Matlock, played by Andy Griffith. ... Diagnosis: Murder is a one-hour mystery series, starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a physician who occasionally works for the police department as a consultant. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Dawsons Creek Dawsons Creek is an American primetime television drama which aired from January 20, 1998, to May 14, 2003, on The WB Television Network. ...

TV roles

The Andy Griffith Show

Before The Andy Griffith Show, Griffith appeared as a county sheriff (who was also justice-of-the-peace and editor of the local newspaper) in an episode of The Danny Thomas Show. This episode, in which Thomas's character is stopped for speeding in the little town of Mayberry, served as a backdoor pilot for Griffith's own show. Both shows were produced by Sheldon Leonard. Griffith starred in his own series called, The Andy Griffith Show, beginning in 1960, for CBS, alongside other successful 1960s family sitcoms that dealt with widowhood, such as: My Three Sons, Family Affair, Beulah, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Lucy Show, Julia, The Courtship of Eddie's Father and The Brady Bunch. Co-starring on the show was character actor, comedian and longtime friend of Griffith's Don Knotts. Knotts played the role of Taylor's best friend and partner, Deputy Barney Fife, from 1960 to 1965. The Danny Thomas Show (known as Make Room for Daddy during the first four seasons ) was a sitcom which ran from 1953 to 1957 on ABC and from 1957 to 1964 on CBS. // Danny Thomas played Danny Williams, a successful comedian and nightclub entertainer. ... A television pilot is the first episode of an intended television series. ... Sheldon Leonard (February 22, 1907 – January 10, 1997) was a pioneering American film and television producer, director, writer, and actor. ... The Andy Griffith Show is an American television series that aired on CBS from October 3rd, 1960 to April 1st, 1968. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up Family in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... A widow is a woman whose spouse has died. ... My Three Sons was a situation comedy that ran from September 29, 1960 to August 24, 1972. ... // Family Affair Family Affair was a situation comedy television series that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9, 1971. ... Beulah can refer to one of the following places: The Land of Beulah is a location in the Book of Isaiah in The Bible. ... For the 1993 film, see The Beverly Hillbillies (film) The Beverly Hillbillies was an American television program about a hillbilly family transplanted in Southern California. ... Lucille Ball in still from a 1966 episode of The Lucy Show The Lucy Show was Lucille Balls follow up show to I Love Lucy. ... Diahann Carroll as Julia, Fred Williamson as Steve in Julia Julia was a groundbreaking television series which was the first to show an African American main character in a non-stereotypical role. ... The Courtship of Eddies Father is a 1963 comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli. ... The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ... Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (a role which earned him five Emmy Awards), and as landlord Ralph Furley on the television sitcom Three’s... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ...

Also starring on The Andy Griffith Show was a child actor, Ron Howard, who played the role of Taylor's only son, Opie Taylor. Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954 in Duncan, Oklahoma) is an American actor, and an Academy Award winning film director, and producer, known for his roles on sitcoms, movies and television. ...

The show took place in Mayberry where Griffith's character Andy Taylor, a widower, was the sheriff and town sage. It was an immediate hit. Though Griffith never received a writing credit for the show, he worked on the development of every script. While Knotts was frequently lauded and won multiple Emmy awards for his comedic performances, Griffith was never nominated for an Emmy during the show's run. In 1967, Griffith was under contract with CBS to do one more season of the show. But Griffith decided to quit the show to pursue a movie career and other projects. Mayberry is the name of a fictional town in North Carolina which was the setting for the American television sitcoms The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D.. Mayberry, population 1,800, was a small rural town which is remembered as much for its slow-paced life as it... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ...

Other series and Matlock

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After spending time in rehabilitation for leg paralysis due to Guillain-Barre Syndrome in 1986, Griffith came back to work in another popular TV series as the title character Ben Matlock, in Matlock. Griffith's character was a country lawyer in Atlanta, who was known for his southern drawl and always winning his cases. By the end of its first season it was a ratings powerhouse on Tuesday nights. Also starring on Matlock during the first season was familiar actress Linda Purl who played Matlock's younger daughter Charlene Matlock. She had limited appearances with the seasoned actor and was dismissed from the show after 1 season. Purl was replaced by Nancy Stafford, who was Miss Florida in the Miss Universe Pageant of 1976, an unknown actress at the time, future speaker and best-selling author of Christian books. She was a Fort Lauderdale native who played the role of Matlock's law partner, aide, and friend, Michelle Thomas (beginning in 1987 to her last appearance in 1992). In five years, the chemistry of both Griffith & Stafford were wonderful. Well-known character actor and future minister Kene Holliday played Matlock's first private investigator, Tyler Hudson. Despite the fact that he got along with Griffith, he was fired in 1989, due to complications from the star's late arrival on set, skipping lines, and his legal battle with drugs which led to his arrest. He was replaced by another young veteran character actor, film star, cowboy, football player, western buff, military brat and college student from the Los Angeles suburb of Rialto, Clarence Gilyard, playing the role of Matlock's second private investigator, Conrad McMasters from 1989 to 1993. Compared to the relationships of Griffith's, Holliday's & Stafford's, Clarence's chemistry and on- and off-screen friendship with Andy was an asset to the program, though Andy was proven to be very difficult to work with himself. And also joining the cast of Matlock for the series' seventh season in 1992, was longtime film and character actor, future Nash Bridges star, writer and producer, Daniel Roebuck, as Matlock's assistant Cliff Lewis. His appearances proved to be so popular that he was given a starring role in 1993, and stayed with the series until the end. Roebuck also appeared on early episodes of Matlock, through various characters. Though the show was nominated for 4 Emmys, Griffith once again was not even nominated. During the series' sixth season, he served as Writer, Executive Producer, and Director of the show. The show ended in 1995. Distributed by Viacom, it has seen long-running success in syndication. Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), is an acquired immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nervous system (i. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... 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Gilyard, who was a devout fan of Andy Griffith's since the 1960s, had watched his mentor's first highly-rated long-running sitcom, based on the real-life values in Mayberry, when the future actor was primarily in grade school. After having the experience learning from Griffith he auditioned for his first prime job replacing the unhappy Holliday. He beat out 3 other actors for the role and said of his idol/friend, "I was doing a lot of stress management that day," With a lesser smile, Gilyard said, "I decided to forget about the audition script and focus on Andy the man. Having grown up with The Andy Griffith Show, adoring the father/son relationship, I just figured to be Opie for a day. Well, I blew it. I was disappointed with myself, thinking I would never work again. But I turned on the TV in the limousine taking me back to the airport that night, and my second episode of Diff'rent Strokes happened to be on. I felt it was a good omen." In addition, Clarence also said prior to the casting, "There is a God in Heaven, because the character fits me like a glove. McMasters is a serious private eye with his finger on the pulse of Atlanta, though he's fun to be around and has time for girlfriends. Lots of them. I see him as a former college football player and rodeo cowboy who stumbled on a job as a deputy sheriff in North Carolina, then worked his way up to bigger and better things." Gilyard left the show in 1993, after the show switched networks from NBC to ABC, hence, most of his screen-time on Matlock was reduced. At the same time, he was offered a co-starring role prior to shooting the pilot for Walker, Texas Ranger on CBS, where he stayed on the show for 9 consecutive seasons, making him a star in his own right. Today, he along with Stafford & Roebuck are good friends with Griffith. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Mayberry is the name of a fictional town in North Carolina which was the setting for the American television sitcoms The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D.. Mayberry, population 1,800, was a small rural town which is remembered as much for its slow-paced life as it... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... This article is about the American broadcast network. ... Walker, Texas Ranger is an American television western/police dramatic series, created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ...

Roebuck, also a huge fan of Andy Griffith's has said of the show:" Matlock is a show about a lawyer who wears the same suit all the time, and he solves cases and he gets paid lots of money to do it." In addition he also said, "Andy took a great deal of interest in producing, rewriting, always tweaking it. As I said on Matlock, we worked very hard and nobody worked harder than Andy Griffith, who'd be pulling a 12 hour day, you know, when he was in his late 60s, and I don't know a lot of people my age who would do that consistently everyday," said Daniel. "I love the time that we had together on the set; and we had a wonderful, professional relationship. The time that I spent with Andy, as an actor, was some of the best times I had, as an actor." The final thing that Roebuck said of Griffith's career (as a singer): "He loved music so much, it was something else that Andy brought to the show, it wasn't just the humor, it was the music. Anybody who watches Matlock consistently will remember that there's music, throughout the show." Today, Roebuck is also on good terms with Griffith, and will always remember of what an incredible actor he has become.

Movies

Griffith also starred in many television films such as The Strangers In 7A (1972), Winter Kill (1974) and Pray for the Wildcats (1974). In 1981 Griffith won an Emmy nomination for his role in the TV film Murder In Texas and in 1983 won further acclaim for his role as a homicidal villain in the TV film Murder In Coweta County, co-starring music legend Johnny Cash as the Sherriff {Ironically not only was Griffith not playing a law officer but Cash had played a killer on an episode of TV's Columbo. During this period, Griffith also appeared in two big screen movies, both of which were flops at the box office. He co-starred with Jeff Bridges in the 1975 comedy Hearts of the West, and appeared alongside Tom Berenger as the villainous Colonel Ticonderoga in the 1985 movie Rustlers' Rhapsody. He also had an appearance as the villain in the movies Spy Hard (1996) and Savages (1974), a made for TV movie based on the novel Deathwatch by Robb White. In 1985, Griffith stunned many unfamiliar with his A Face in the Crowd work in the TV-Movie Crime of Innocence, where he portrayed Judge Julius Sullivan, a callous man who routinely sentenced juvinilles to hard prison time. In the 1999 film A Holiday Romance, directed by Bobby Roth, Andy played the role of "Jake Peterson." A Holiday Romance is available on DVD. In the film "Daddy and them", Griffith portrayed "O.T. Montgomery," the patriarch of a dysfunctional southern family. In the 2007 movie Waitress, Griffith plays a character named "Old Joe". He briefly promoted the role when he appeared on Larry King Live in 2006, on an episode paying tribute to Don Knotts. The Strangers in 7A is a TV movie drama staring actor Andy Griffith, and actress Ida Lupino that aired on CBS in 1972 Plot Artie Sawyer (Griffith) is the landlord and jantior of an apartment building. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Winter Kill is a 1974 U.S. made-for-tv movie directed by Judd Taylor and written John Michael Hayes and David Karp. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Pray for the Wildcats is a 1974 U.S. television movie originally aired on ABC. The movie was an action-drama and was directed by Robert Michael Lewis and starred William Shatner and Andy Griffith. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... An Emmy Award. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Bad guy redirects here. ... For the song of the same name, recorded by Tracy Byrd and later by Jason Aldean, see Johnny Cash (song). ... Columbo is an American crime fiction TV series starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. ... Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... Tom Berenger (born May 31, 1949) is an Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe winning American actor known mainly for his roles in action films. ... Rustlers Rhapsody (1985) is an American comedy-Western film. ... Spy Hard is a 1996 movie starring Leslie Nielsen, parodying James Bond films and other action films. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... A Holiday Romance is a 1999 film directed by Bobby Roth, starring such actors as Naomi Judd, and Andy Griffith. ... A Holiday Romance is a 1999 film directed by Bobby Roth, starring such actors as Naomi Judd, and Andy Griffith. ... Waitress is a movie starring Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Jeremy Sisto, and Andy Griffith. ... Larry King Live is a nightly CNN interview program hosted by broadcaster and writer Larry King. ... Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (a role which earned him five Emmy Awards), and as landlord Ralph Furley on the television sitcom Three’s...

Griffith, revered for his wholesome image for decades, revealed a more complex side of himself in the A Face in the Crowd DVD documentary, where he recalled director Kazan prepping him to shoot his first scene with Lee Remick. Remick played a teenage baton twirler who captivates Griffith's character on a trip to Arkansas. Griffith recalls that Kazan wanted a specific facial expression from him to convey the character's emotional state, which Kazan summed up in the phrase, "Look at her like you want to f--k her!" [1] A Face in the Crowd (1957) is an epic motion picture starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, and Walter Matthau, directed by Elia Kazan. ... Lee Remick Lee Remick (December 14, 1935 - July 2, 1991), was an American actress admired for her versality and her great beauty. ...

Singing and recording career

Griffith sang as part of some of his acting roles, most notably in A Face In The Crowd and on some episodes of The Andy Griffith Show. In recent years, he has recorded successful albums of classic Christian hymns, for Sparrow Records. In 1999 Andy was inducted into the Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame with fellow artists Lulu Roman, Barbara Mandrell, David L Cook, Gary S. Paxton, Jimmy Snow, Loretta Lynn and Jodi Miller. ^[2] For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Hymn (disambiguation). ... Sparrow Records is a popular Christian Music record label; a Division of EMI Music. ... Lulu Roman is an American actress and comedian. ... Barbara Mandrell (b. ... David L. Cook (b. ... Gary S Paxton Gary S. Paxton (b. ... Loretta Lynn (born Loretta Webb April 14, 1934) is an American country singer-songwriter and was one of the leading country female vocalists during the 1960s and 1970s and overall is revered as a country icon. ...

Griffith was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush on 9 November 2005. The Presidential Medal of Freedom The Presidential Medal of Freedom is one of the two highest civilian awards in the United States and is bestowed by the President of the United States (the other award which is considered its equivalent is the Congressional Gold Medal, which is bestowed by an... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...

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Christian Music Hall of Fame and Museum inductee, 2007

Trademarks

Griffith's trademarks are driving 2 separate Ford automobiles: (Galaxie on The Andy Griffith Show, and Crown Victoria on Matlock), his Southern drawl (though he doesn't have a Southern accent), and for wearing his gray suit (on Matlock). Ford may mean a number of things: A ford is a river crossing. ... 1966 Ford Galaxie 7 Litre Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ford Galaxie For other uses, see Galaxie (disambiguation). ... The Andy Griffith Show is an American television series that aired on CBS from October 3rd, 1960 to April 1st, 1968. ... The Ford Crown Victoria is a variety of automobile made by the Ford Motor Company and sold mainly in the North American market. ... Matlock was a long-running American television legal drama. ... A drawl is a perceived feature of some varieties of spoken English, and generally infers longer vowel sounds and/or dipthongs. ... // Southern American English as defined by the monophthongization of to before obstruents (Labov, Ash, and Boberg 2006:126). ... Matlock was a long-running American television legal drama. ...

Name dispute

William Harold Fenrick of Platteville, Wisconsin, legally changed his name to Andrew Jackson Griffith and ran unsuccessfully for sheriff of Grant County in November 2006. Subsequently, actor Griffith filed a lawsuit against Griffith/Fenrick, asserting that he violated trademark, copyright and privacy laws by changing his name for the "sole purpose of taking advantage of Griffith's notoriety in an attempt to gain votes." However, on May 4, 2007, U.S. District Judge John Shabaz ruled Griffith/Fenrick did not violate federal trademark law because he did not use the Griffith name in a commercial transaction but instead “to seek elective office, fundamental First Amendment protected speech.” Downtown Platteville Platteville is a city in Grant County, Wisconsin, which is in the southwest corner of the state. ... is the 124th day of the year (125th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Friendship with other actors

Griffith's relationship with comedian Don Knotts began in 1955, when they both co-starred together in the Broadway play and film No Time for Sergeants and its 1958 sequel. A couple of years later, Knotts would co-star with Griffith on The Andy Griffith Show for five seasons, playing Griffith's cousin on the series. After leaving the show, Knotts and Griffith kept in touch with one another until Knotts' death in early 2006. Knotts also had a recurring role on Matlock. It was reported in an interview with Entertainment Tonight that Griffith traveled from his Manteo, North Carolina, home to Los Angeles to visit a terminally ill Don Knotts in the hospital as Knotts succumbed to complications of lung cancer. Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (a role which earned him five Emmy Awards), and as landlord Ralph Furley on the television sitcom Three’s... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... No Time for Sergeants was a 1954 best-selling novel by Mac Hyman, which was later adapted into a popular Broadway play and 1958 motion picture (plus a forgettable 1964 television series). ... The Andy Griffith Show is an American television series that aired on CBS from October 3rd, 1960 to April 1st, 1968. ... Matlock was a long-running American television legal drama. ... Manteo is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (a role which earned him five Emmy Awards), and as landlord Ralph Furley on the television sitcom Three’s... Lung cancer is a disease of uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. ...

Griffith's longtime friendship with Ron Howard began in 1960, when the child actor guest-starred alongside him on an episode of Make Room For Daddy which led to the success of The Andy Griffith Show that same year. For 8 seasons, Griffith & Howard shared a unique father-son relationship on the set. When the show ended, Howard also guest-starred alongside Griffith on its spin-off show, Mayberry R.F.D., where his character's father marries long-time girlfriend Helen Crump. Howard never made any cameo appearances on Griffith's series, Matlock, but was invited to the People's Choice Award in 1987, where Andy was honored that same year. Howard keeps busy maintaining his long-term career as a successful director and producer of high-budget films. He and Griffith keep in touch by telephone, sharing news about family and personal activities. Howard and his family attended Griffith's movie, Waitress, which they reportedly enjoyed. Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954 in Duncan, Oklahoma) is an American actor, and an Academy Award winning film director, and producer, known for his roles on sitcoms, movies and television. ... The Danny Thomas Show (also known as Make Room for Daddy for the first three seasons) was a comedy television series starring Danny Thomas, Jean Hagen, Rusty Hamer, Sherry Jackson and Louise Beavers. ... The Andy Griffith Show is an American television series that aired on CBS from October 3rd, 1960 to April 1st, 1968. ... Mayberry R.F.D. (R.F.D. is a postal abbreviation for Rural Free Delivery) was a spin-off, or perhaps, more accurately, a direct continuation of The Andy Griffith Show under a new title. ... Since its first use in 1851, a cameo role or cameo appearance has been a brief appearance in a play (or later, a movie) that stands out against the general context for its éclat or dramatic punch. ... The Peoples Choice Awards, held annually in January, is one of the few awards shows to be based on popularity. ... Waitress is a 2007 film starring Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Jeremy Sisto, and Andy Griffith. ...

Personal life

Griffith was married to Barbara Bray Edwards for 23 years (1949-1972), with whom he adopted two children, son, Andrew Samuel Griffith Jr. (aka "Sam Griffith"), a real-estate developer (b. 1957 - d. January 17, 1996), and a daughter, Dixie Nan. After his divorce from Edwards, he married Solica Cassuto (1973 - 1981). Griffith married his current wife Cindi Knight on April 2, 1983. Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

Health

Griffith's first health problem started in April 1983, when he was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome, and couldn't walk for 7 months due to paralysis from the knees down. Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), is an acquired immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nervous system (i. ...

On May 9, 2000, Griffith underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... A quadruple is a term from mathematics, depicting an n-tuple with n being 4. ... The heart and lungs, from an older edition of Grays Anatomy. ... Coronary artery bypass surgery Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Motto: Crescas (Latin for, Thou shalt grow. ...

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Griffith in popular culture

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• Andy Griffith aka Ben Matlock was spoofed on an episode of The Simpsons.
• In Episode 2x01 and 2x02 of the TV-sitcom Married... with Children, the fictional town of Dumpwater has only one celebrity, a man who met Andy Griffith.
• To this day, Mount Airy, North Carolina, Griffith's home town, annually celebrates The Andy Griffith Show. In the town, Floyd's Barber Shop is still open and visitors can eat a meal in the Snappy Lunch Diner, a place Griffith often visited growing up and even mentioned once on The Andy Griffith Show.
• Griffith was spoofed in a surreal sketch on the Canadian comedy series SCTV. The sketch conflated his Andy Taylor character with the persona of TV talk show host Merv Griffin. In SCTV's version of Mayberry, the sheriff (Rick Moranis) and Floyd the barber (Eugene Levy) impersonate Howard McNear's character from the show, both exclaiming "Ooh!" in unison.

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Albums

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Filmography

Features

• A Face in the Crowd (1957)
• No Time for Sergeants (1958)
• Onionhead (1958)
• The Second Time Around (1961)
• Angel in My Pocket (1969)
• Hearts of the West (1975)
• Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985)
• Spy Hard (1996)
• Daddy and Them (2001)
• The Very First Noel (2006) (voice)
• Waitress (2007)
• Christmas Is Here Again (2007) (voice)

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Short subjects

• Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968)
• What It Was Was Football (1997)

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Television work

• The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968)
• The Headmaster (1970-1971)
• The New Andy Griffith Show (1971) (canceled after 13 episodes)
• The Strangers In 7A (1972)
• Go Ask Alice (1973)
• Pray for the Wildcats (1974)
• Winter Kill (1974)
• Savages (1974)
• Adams of Eagle Lake (1975) (canceled after 2 episodes)
• Street Killing (1976)
• Six Characters in Search of an Author (1976)
• Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976) (voice)
• The Girl in the Empty Grave (1977)
• Deadly Game (1977)
• Centennial (1978) (miniseries)
• Salvage 1 (1979) (canceled after 20 episodes)
• From Here to Eternity (1979) (miniseries)
• Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (miniseries)
• The Yeagers (1980) (canceled after 2 episodes)
• Murder in Texas (1981)
• For Lovers Only (1982)
• Murder in Coweta County (1983)
• The Demon Murder Case (1983)
• Fatal Vision (1984) (miniseries)
• Crime of Innocence (1985)
• Return to Mayberry (1986)
• Matlock (1986-1995)
• Under the Influence (1986)
• The Gift of Love (1994)
• Gramps (1995)
• Scattering Dad (1998)
• A Holiday Romance (1999)

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Honors

Griffith received a Grammy Award in 1997. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on November 9, 2005.^[3] A few weeks earlier, he helped preside over the reopening of the Memorial Hall on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus and donated a substantial amount of memorabilia from his career to the university. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Presidential Medal of Freedom The Presidential Medal of Freedom is one of the two highest civilian awards in the United States and is bestowed by the President of the United States (the other award which is considered its equivalent is the Congressional Gold Medal, which is bestowed by an... is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Memorial statue in Pullen Park, Raleigh, North Carolina

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Inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame in 2007.

References

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External links

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Andy Griffith

• http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/htm/04697.html Inventory of the Andy Griffith Papers, 1949-1997, in the Southern Historical Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill.
• "Judge: Wis.'s 'Andy Griffith' Did Not Harm Actor", AP news report on the May, 2007 ruling in favor of William Harold Fenrick.
• "What it was, was football", includes links to audio of the routine and MAD magazine treatment.
• Andy Griffith at the Internet Movie Database
• Fans created replica of Sheriff Andy Taylor's Mayberry home for B&B
• Taylor home replica inn