R.I.P. Andy Griffith

EstherBlodgett · July 03, 2012, 12:34:16 PM

Thanks for all the laughs, old friend.

tracy · July 03, 2012, 12:41:12 PM

I was glad he returned to tv as Matlock...

Hammock Rider · July 03, 2012, 01:03:39 PM

I was a big fan of his. I loved his movie work too, everything from No Time For Sergeants to Waitress. I guess there's a new sheriff in...Heaven.

bob · July 03, 2012, 10:33:40 PM

a true television icon, he will be missed

I really enjoyed watching Matlock and The Andy Griffith Show in my younger days

The Burgomaster · July 04, 2012, 08:28:35 AM

He turned in a tremendous performance in A FACE IN THE CROWD as one of the most despicable characters in movie history.

kakihara · July 05, 2012, 05:38:29 PM

this may offend - but i thought he had already been dead for long time. for some reason i just thought he would have been much older.

Allhallowsday · July 05, 2012, 11:36:48 PM

I have often crowed that I thought the second greatest TV program yet produced was "THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW"... I was surprised (and pleased) to learn that "MATLOCK" ran much longer than "THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW" ANDY's eponymous show (and I remember "Mayberry R.F.D.").

tracy · July 06, 2012, 01:23:58 PM

Quote from: kakihara on July 05, 2012, 05:38:29 PM
this may offend - but i thought he had already been dead for long time. for some reason i just thought he would have been much older.

That kept happening to poor Abe Vigoda....he kept making lists of dead actors while still alive.

Flangepart · July 06, 2012, 05:31:43 PM

Well, that happens to old actors who don't have a current gig. People just forget them, until they see them in past work, and go "I wonder what ever happened to..."

Allhallowsday · July 06, 2012, 06:51:55 PM

Quote from: tracy on July 06, 2012, 01:23:58 PM
Quote from: kakihara on July 05, 2012, 05:38:29 PM
this may offend - but i thought he had already been dead for long time. for some reason i just thought he would have been much older.
That kept happening to poor Abe Vigoda....he kept making lists of dead actors while still alive.

...And he's still alive.

BoyScoutKevin · July 16, 2012, 04:57:22 PM

Quote from: The Burgomaster on July 04, 2012, 08:28:35 AM
He turned in a tremendous performance in A FACE IN THE CROWD as one of the most despicable characters in movie history.

Agree. Not bad for an actor making his motion picture debut, where he is more than ablely supported by Patricia Neal, Tony Franciosa, and Walter Matthau. Also Lee Remick's motion picture debut. And this would also have been Charles Nelson Reilly's motion picture debut, if his face had not been left on the cutting room floor.

R.I.P. Sheriff.