Andy Griffith, A Man For All Seasons

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Andy Samuel Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012)
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"Griffith was born on June 1, 1926 in Mount Airy, North Carolina, the only child of Carl Lee Griffith and his wife, Geneva (née Nunn)".

"As a baby, Griffith lived with relatives until his parents could afford to buy a home. With neither a crib nor a bed, he slept in dresser drawers for several months. In 1929, when Griffith was three, his father began working as a helper or carpenter and purchased a home in Mount Airy's "blue-collar" south side. Griffith grew up listening to music. By the time he entered school, he was well aware that he was from what many considered the "wrong side of the tracks".

"He was a shy student, but once he found a way to make his peers laugh, he began to come out of his shell and come into his own".
 
"Andy Griffith played Sir Walter Raleigh for a couple of years; I think it’s kind of funny to think about Sir Walter Raleigh having a Southern accent"!

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"As a student at Mount Airy High School, Griffith cultivated an interest in the arts, and he participated in the school's drama program. A growing love of music, particularly swing, would change his life. Griffith was raised Baptist and looked up to Ed Mickey, a minister at Grace Moravian Church, who led the brass band and taught him to sing and play the trombone. Mickey nurtured Griffith's talent throughout high school until graduation in 1944".

"Griffith was delighted when he was offered a role in The Lost Colony by Paul Green, a play about Roanoke Island still performed today. He performed as a cast member of the play for several years, playing a variety of roles until he finally landed the role of Sir Walter Raleigh, for whom North Carolina's capital is named".
 
"Hold on here are you telling me Andy Griffith, Capt Kirk, and dad Brady all in same film as motorcycle outlaws?? Tearing up Mexico no less!! This is Classic"!!!

Pray For The Wildcats 1974 TV Movie​

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"This movie was an attempt by casting agents to give new life to these actors who were stuck in creative ruts regarding their characters".
 
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"GIRL IN THE EMPTY GRAVE was the third of four TV pilot films for a proposed Andy Griffith detective series. Griffith stars as Abel Marsh, a small-town police chief whose casual demeanors hides a sharp analytical mind and gift for deduction. The plot gets under way when a young girl shows up in town. It happens that the girl is supposed to be dead: in fact, virtually everyone in the community attended her funeral. Who is the girl in the grave--and, more importantly, who was responsible for the murder of the "dead" girl's parents? First telecast September 20, 1977, GIRL IN THE EMPTY GRAVE was followed two months later by THE DEADLY GAME; neither film would yield a weekly series".
 

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