Andy Griffith
Andy Griffith
Andy Samuel Griffithwas an American actor, television producer, Southern gospel singer, and writer. 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 Crowdbefore he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead character in the situation comedy, The Andy Griffith Show, and in the legal drama, Matlock...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth1 June 1926
CityMount Airy, NC
CountryUnited States of America
Oh, oh, I guess we're capable all right. But somehow or another it just doesn't come as natural to us as it does to you.
At first I was supposed to be the funny central figure, ... But with that format the show might have lasted about four weeks. The way it worked out is, the other people say the funny lines and my character looks on as an observer.
It's time for me to pass this on to you folks,
I didn't have the courage to go join them,
I loved Don. There was no one like him.
I was baptized alongside my mother when I was 8 years old. Since then I have tried to walk a Christian life. And now that I'm getting older I realize that I'm walking even closer with my God.
I did the 'Crook and Chase' show while I was in Nashville. They asked me if I had a church background, and when I said I was born a Baptist, that got the audience on fire. They must have all been Baptists.
Well, do a good day's work and act like somebody.
Hymns are companions for life travelers.
If you think and feel what you're supposed to think and feel, hard enough, it'll come out through your eyes - and the camera will see it.
I sang 'A Closer Walk with Thee' along with blues singer Brownie McGhee, ... Then there was a show where Carol Houston, an actress on 'Matlock' sang 'It Is Well With My Soul' accompanied by a choir. Boy, that was powerful.
I am proud of being a Southerner. I wasn't about to let Southerners on my show be stupid or aw-shuckses who just sit on the front porch and spit in the yard. I wasn't about to do that, and I made that very clear from the start. I was kind of the gate-keeper on that stuff.
Religion has been an essential part of my life ever since I was baptised. My personal journey with God has been very important throughout my life.
Whenever Don Knotts and I were waiting for lighting cues, we would sing hymns in harmony, ... The show depicted Barney as tone deaf, but Don has a beautiful tenor voice.