He became a highly regarded character actor and guest-starred in many 1960s TV series including Ben Casey, The Twilight Zone, The Andy Griffith Show, Dr. Kildare and Hennesey.

This series was in the vein of other 1960s and 1970s sitcoms that dealt with widowhood, such as, The Andy Griffith Show, My Three Sons, and Family Affair.

For the 1959 Broadway musical starring Andy Griffith, see Destry Rides Again ( musical ).

Produced by David Merrick, the show had a book by Leonard Gershe, music and lyrics by Harold Rome, and starred Andy Griffith as Destry and Dolores Gray as Frenchy.

Among the later shows produced at Desilu were: The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lucy Show, and Star Trek.

* The Andy Griffith Show

George Lindsey ( reprising his " Goober " character from The Andy Griffith Show ),

* Goober's Garage: George Lindsay was the star of this regular skit where he'd play his Andy Griffith role, often talking about cars and jalopies with whichever cast member that appeared in the skit that week.

Films such as Sergeant York or the Ma and Pa Kettle series portrayed the hillbilly as wild but good-natured, and television programs of the 1960s, such as The Real McCoys, The Andy Griffith Show, and especially The Beverly Hillbillies portrayed the hillbilly as somewhat backward but with a wisdom that always outwitted more sophisticated city folk.

* 2012 – Andy Griffith, American actor, director, producer and writer ( b. 1926 )

* 1926 – Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, director, producer, and writer ( d. 2012 )

* Leon, a character on The Andy Griffith Show

Many important actors started their careers with Sennett, including Mabel Normand, Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Raymond Griffith, Gloria Swanson, Ford Sterling, Andy Clyde, Chester Conklin, Polly Moran, Louise Fazenda, The Keystone Kops, Bing Crosby, and W. C. Fields.

Among the irregular contributors with just a single Mad byline to their credit are Charles M. Schulz, Chevy Chase, " Weird Al " Yankovic, Andy Griffith, Will Eisner, Kevin Smith, J. Fred Muggs, Boris Vallejo, Sir John Tenniel, Jean Shepherd, Winona Ryder, Jimmy Kimmel, Jason Alexander, Walt Kelly, Rep. Barney Frank, Tom Wolfe, Steve Allen, Jim Lee, Jules Feiffer, Donald Knuth and Richard Nixon, who remains the only President credited with " writing " a Mad article.

** Andy Griffith, American actor ( d. 2012 )

Among the other actors he introduced to movie audiences were Warren Beatty, Carroll Baker, Julie Harris, Andy Griffith, Lee Remick, Rip Torn, Eli Wallach, Eva Marie Saint, Martin Balsam, Fred Gwynne, and Pat Hingle.

As a result of his efforts, he also gave actors such as Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet, Warren Beatty, Andy Griffith, James Dean, and Jack Palance, their first major movie roles.

His protagonist, played by Andy Griffith ( in his film debut ,) is not a politician, yet his career suddenly becomes deeply involved in politics.

Andy Griffith, in 1st film role, with Patricia Neal, from A Face in the Crowd ( 1957 )

Among the actors who describe Kazan as an important influence in their career were Patricia Neal, who co-starred with Andy Griffith in A Face in the Crowd ( 1957 ): " He was very good.

However, in order to get quality acting from Andy Griffith, in his first screen appearance, and achieve what Schickel calls " an astonishing movie debut ," Kazan would often take surprising measures.

** Andy Griffith, American actor ( b. 1926 )

" Otis " from The Andy Griffith Show is this type of town drunk, as shown in the character of Bobby Singer in the CW series Supernatural, and as are many of the denizens of Moe's Tavern from The Simpsons such as Barney Gumble.

* Andy Griffith

He came to prominence playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years, and later the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for six years.

Recurring characters on SNL played by Guest include Frankie, of Willie and Frankie ( coworkers who recount in detail physically painful situations in which they have found themselves, remarking laconically " I hate when that happens "); Herb Minkman, a shady novelty toymaker with a brother named Al ( played by Crystal ); Rajeev Vindaloo, an eccentric foreign man in the same vein as Andy Kaufman's Latka character from Taxi ; and Senor Cosa, a Spanish ventriloquist often seen on the recurring spoof of The Joe Franklin Show.

Producing are Kevin Shinick ( Robot Chicken ) and Mark Marek ( KaBlam !, The Andy Milonakis Show ).

The most prominent American TV series of the 1960s include: The Ed Sullivan Show, Peyton Place, Star Trek, I Dream of Jeannie, The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, The Andy Williams Show, The Dean Martin Show, The Wonderful World of Disney, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Beverly Hillbillies, Bonanza, McHale's Navy, Laugh-In, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Fugitive, The Tonight Show, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, The Flintstones, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Lassie, The Danny Thomas Show, The Lucy Show, My Three Sons, The Red Skelton Show and Bewitched.

She made numerous guest appearances on television shows, singing on The Frank Sinatra Show, The Andy Williams Show, The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, and alongside other greats Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Mel Tormé, and many others.

They rented a house on the block south of the Desilu Studios, where The Andy Griffith Show would later be filmed.

Howard with Andy Griffith in The Andy Griffith Show, circa 1961

* Andy Grove ( 1960 ), Former Chairman and CEO, Intel Corporation

* 1960 – Andy Moog, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1960 – Andy Ritchie, English footballer

* Andy Moog ( born 1960 ), former NHL goaltender and current assistant coach of the Dallas Stars

Omaha is the birthplace of numerous important historical and modern sports figures, including 1960 Summer Olympics gold medalist and NBA star Bob Boozer ; Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Gibson ; 1989 American League Rookie of the Year Gregg Olson ; NFL running back Ahman Green ; Heisman Trophy winners Johnny Rodgers and Eric Crouch ; Pro Football Hall of Famer Gale Sayers ; and champion tennis player Andy Roddick.

The anonymous sleeve notes on the 1960 RCA ( UK ) album Handful of Keys state that Waller copyrighted over 400 new songs, many of which co-written with his closest collaborator Andy Razaf.

In 1960, Howard was cast as Opie Taylor in The Andy Griffith Show, a spin-off of The Danny Thomas Show.

She also had roles in several films, including a cameo in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita ( 1960 ) and Andy Warhol's Chelsea Girls ( 1966 ), as herself.

The radio program Amos ' n ' Andy ( 1928 – 1960 ) constituted a type of " aural blackface ", in that the black characters were portrayed by whites and conformed to stage blackface stereotypes.

He was a Tony Award nominee for two roles, and gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's film A Face in the Crowd ( 1957 ) before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead characters in the 1960 – 1968 situation comedy The Andy Griffith Show and in the 1986 – 1995 legal drama Matlock.

( a continuation of The Andy Griffith Show, 1960 – 1971 ).

( formerly The Andy Griffith Show, 1960 – 1971 ).

* The Andy Griffith Show ( 1960 – 1968 ).

* The Andy Griffith Show ( 1960 – 1968 ).

* The Andy Griffith Show ( 1960 – 1968 ).

* The Andy Griffith Show ( 1960 – 1968 )

* The Andy Griffith Show ( 1960 – 1968 )

* The Andy Griffith Show ( 1960 – 1968 ).

* The Andy Griffith Show ( 1960 – 1968 ).

The 1950s roster now included Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Stan Kenton, Judy Garland, The Andrews Sisters, Jackie Gleason, Jane Froman, Wesley Tuttle, Ray Anthony, Andy Griffith, Shirley Bassey, Merle Travis, The Kingston Trio ( who in 1960 would account for 20 % of all record sales for Capitol ), Dean Martin, The Four Freshmen, Al Martino, Dinah Shore and Nancy Wilson ( actually signed in 1960 to Capitol ).

From 1928 to 1960, Gosden and Correll broadcast their Amos ' n ' Andy show, which was one of the most famous and popular shows on radio in the 1930s.

* The Andy Capp Spring Collection ( No. 4 ) ( 1960 )

* The Best of Andy Capp ( No. 5 ) ( 1960 )