Douglas turned down an invitation to join Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition in 1910 ; Australian geologist Griffith Taylor went with Scott instead.

Killebrew attracted so much attention in Washington that he was visited by President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower, who frequently attended games, and Griffith turned down a $ 500, 000 offer for Killebrew from the Cincinnati Reds.

Many of the scripts she turned out for Griffith went unproduced, some he considered unfilmable because the " laughs were all in the lines, there was no way to get them onto the screen ", but he encouraged her to continue, because he liked reading them for amusement.

As the media turned on Godfrey, two films, The Great Man ( 1956 ) starring José Ferrer, who also directed and produced, and Elia Kazan's classic A Face in the Crowd ( 1957 ) starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal, were inspired in part by Godfrey's increasingly controversial career:

Jennifer Beals, Jennifer Grey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Glenn Close, Ally Sheedy, Diane Keaton, Stockard Channing, Annie Potts, Robin Wright, Nancy Allen, Joan Allen, Rosanna Arquette, Kim Basinger, Ellen Barkin, Patricia Clarkson, Geena Davis, Laura Dern, Linda Fiorentino, Bridget Fonda, Carrie Fisher, Jodie Foster, Melanie Griffith, Linda Hamilton, Daryl Hannah, Helen Hunt, Holly Hunter, Goldie Hawn, Anjelica Huston, Amy Irving, Nicole Kidman, Diane Lane, Christine Lahti, Jessica Lange, Sally Field, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Heather Locklear, Andie MacDowell, Madonna, Virginia Madsen, Demi Moore, Emma Thompson, Uma Thurman, Tatum O ' Neal, Annette O ' Toole, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Greta Scacchi, Elisabeth Shue, Mary Steenburgen, Julia Roberts, Mimi Rogers, Isabella Rossellini, Meg Ryan, Meryl Streep, Sissy Spacek, Kathleen Turner, Sigourney Weaver and Debra Winger were all offered but turned down the role of Catherine Tramell.

Adams played Otis Campbell's brother on an episode of The Andy Griffith Show ; the character berated Otis for being the town drunk but turned out to be an alcoholic himself.

After getting permission to use the song from Merrill, Griffith quickly turned to Narada Michael Walden, who was producing Aretha Franklin's " I Knew You Were Waiting ( For Me )", for her album Who's Zoomin ' Who ?, at the time.

There is ample reason to believe that, if the other two divisions had fought with the tenacity of Elbert ’ s command, things might have turned out differently, especially since General Andrew Williamson was on his way with 1200 men and General Griffith Rutherford was coming with 800 men to reinforce the army at Brier.

The spirit he created on the set of The Andy Griffith Show was joyful and professional all at once.

After 18 years as a professional boxer, Griffith retired with a record of 85 wins ( 25 by knockout ), 24 losses and 2 draws.

The film, based on the play and book of the same name, began a professional and personal relationship between Knotts and Griffith that would last for decades.

Darrell Steven Griffith ( born June 16, 1958 in Louisville, Kentucky ), also known by his nickname Dr. Dunkenstein, is a retired American basketball player who spent his entire professional career with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association.

In addition to scientific works, Griffith published two others of a professional character.

Trained as he was in the graphic side of newspaper production, Arthur Griffith had both a professional interest in and a profound understanding of visual culture.

As a youth, Jerome played for Stile Common, alongside Anthony Griffith, Fraizer Campbell, and Reuben Noble-Lazarus ; who all went on to enjoy careers as professional players.

Tudor was a professional and forward-looking artilleryman: historian Paddy Griffith has described him as an " expert tactician.

David's was one voice on an audition tape sent to 2RG in Griffith, New South Wales and at 17 he secured his first professional radio gig.

* 1907 – Gordon Griffith, American director ( d. 1958 )

* 1958 – Darrell Griffith, American basketball player

In 1958, Warner Brothers cast him as an airman in the Andy Griffith military comedy No Time for Sergeants, which also brought the young TV comic Don Knotts to motion pictures.

The film also features Herb Voland, who played General Clayton in seven episodes of the first two seasons of M * A * S * H. Farr and Christopher also had bit parts ( co-pilot and radio operator respectively ) in the 1958 Andy Griffith movie, No Time For Sergeants.

Griffith won the 1958 New York Golden Gloves 147 lb Open Championship.

In 1958, Knotts appeared in the film No Time for Sergeants alongside Andy Griffith.

Griffith traded the 32-year-old Eddie Yost to the Detroit Tigers on December 6, 1958, and Killebrew became the starting third baseman.

He was married to film actress-author Corinne Griffith from 1936 to 1958.

Both the sitcom and the 1958 movie were based on the 1955 Broadway play, which starred Andy Griffith ( TV's U. S. Steel Hour also adapted the stage play for TV in 1956 ).

Bailey's movie roles include playing a member of the board in the comedy / romance Sabrina ( 1954 ) starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden ; Mr. Benson in the drama Picnic ( 1955 ) starring William Holden and Kim Novak ; a doctor in Hitchcock's drama / thriller Vertigo ( 1958 ) starring James Stewart and Novak ; a Colonel in the comedy No Time for Sergeants ( 1958 ) starring Andy Griffith ; the warden of San Quentin in the crime / drama I Want to Live!

John David Buchanan took over from Talbot Griffith in 1958, and played himself in quietly until the Circular 10 / 65 which demanded comprehensivisation of maintained schools, of which Oakham was one as a Direct Grant school for the Rutland dayboys.

Griffith made his onscreen debut in the show's production of No Time For Sergeants, and would reprise the lead role in the 1958 big screen adaptation.

While comic roles were sometimes hard to come by, the actor's early Hollywood career included a very funny one opposite Andy Griffith in the 1958 military comedy No Time for Sergeants.

* Dinsmore Alter, " Introduction to the Moon ", Los Angeles, Griffith Observatory, 1958.

From the Paret bout to his retirement in 1977, Griffith fought 80 bouts but only scored twelve knockouts.

Like so many other fighters, Griffith fought well past his prime.

In a particular irony, Sinn Féin, which as a republican party fought for Irish independence during the Anglo-Irish War, was founded by a man, Arthur Griffith, who sought to restore the King, Lords and Commons of Ireland and the 1782 constitution to the centre of Irish governance, and the College Green Houses of Parliament to its position as the home of an Irish parliament.

His father Griffith ( Gruffydd ) reputedly fought at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 and certainly in many other French campaigns ; he was Lieutenant of Cherbourg in 1424.

Notable fighters who have fought as welterweights include Barney Ross, Jackie Fields, Johar Abu Lashin, Ted " Kid " Lewis, Jimmy McLarnin, Jack Britton, Henry Armstrong, Fritzie Zivic, Sugar Ray Robinson, Kid Gavilan, Carmen Basilio, Emile Griffith, José Nápoles, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Durán, Julio César Chávez, Pernell Whitaker, Félix Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya, Ike Quartey, Shane Mosley, Vernon Forrest, Zab Judah, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Ricky Hatton, Micky Ward, Arturo Gatti, Miguel Cotto, Victor Ortiz, and Manny Pacquiao.

Bennie fought Middleweight champions Marvin Hagler, Vito Antuofermo, Rodrigo Valdez, Emile Griffith and Carlos Monzón.

Briscoe was outpointed by former welterweight and middleweight king Emile Griffith in their first match, but fought Griffith to a draw in a rematch.

Petey Scalzo fought Frankie Covelli for the National Boxing Association World featherweight title at Griffith Stadium Petey beat Covelli by TKO.

In 1963, Rodriguez and Griffith fought twice for the World Welterweight Championship.

He fought vehemently — but unsuccessfully — to move the Los Angeles Zoo from its location in Griffith Park to Roger Jessup Park in Pacoima, a step that had been recommended by architect Charles Luckman.