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George Smith Lindsey (December 17, 1928 – May 6, 2012) was an American actor and stand-up comedian, best known for his role as Goober Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D. and his subsequent tenure on Hee-Haw.
Goober Pyle is a fictional character in the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show and its sequel series Mayberry RFD.He was played by George Lindsey.Lindsey first read for the part of Gomer Pyle, Goober's cousin, which went to actor-singer Jim Nabors.
The following is a list of characters of The Andy Griffith Show, an American sitcom television series, starring Andy Griffith. The series ran for eight seasons on CBS between October 3, 1960, and April 1, 1968. Episodes 1–159 (1960–1965) were broadcast in black-and-white, while the last 90 episodes (1965–1968) were in color.
Gomer eventually returned, along with most of the original cast of The Andy Griffith Show, to the 1986 television movie Return to Mayberry. Gomer and Goober Pyle run a gas station/car repair shop called G & G Garage, implying that Gomer's Marine career had, at some point, ended.
Known for playing Millie Helper on The Dick Van Dyke Show and Yetta on The Nanny: Jean Hagen: Elizabeth Crowley "Andy and the Woman Speeder" (2.35) Played the ditzy Lina Lamont in Singin' in the Rain and Marjorie Williams on The Danny Thomas Show: Alan Hale, Jr. "Big Jeff" Pruitt "The Farmer Takes a Wife" (2.13)
Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor, Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle, Ron Howard as Opie Taylor and Don Knotts as Deputy Barney Fife in 'The Andy Griffith Show,' circa 1963.
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom television series that was aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color.
She had a stint with “The Andy Griffith Show” in the 1960s, working in the costume department and regularly appearing as an uncredited background character known among fans as "Nice Dress Nellie."