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69-433: Schulberg was raised in a Jewish family the son of Hollywood film-producer B. P. Schulberg and Adeline (née Jaffe) Schulberg , who founded a talent agency taken over by her brother, agent/film producer Sam Jaffe . In 1931, when Schulberg was 17, his father left the family to live with actress Sylvia Sidney . His parents divorced in 1933. Schulberg attended Deerfield Academy and then went on to Dartmouth College, where he

138-609: A Bachelor of Music degree in 1949. He began college studying to be a Moravian preacher, but he changed his major to music and became a part of the school's Carolina Playmakers . At UNC, he was president of the UNC chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia , America's oldest fraternity for men in music. He also played roles in several student operettas , including The Chimes of Normandy (1946), and Gilbert and Sullivan 's The Gondoliers (1945), The Mikado (1948) and H.M.S. Pinafore (1949). After graduation, he taught music and drama for

207-421: A Funny or Die video endorsement for Barack Obama's presidential campaign . In addition to his online video with Howard in 2008, in politics Griffith favored Democrats and recorded television commercials endorsing North Carolina governors Mike Easley and Bev Perdue . He spoke at the inauguration ceremonies of both. In 1989, he declined an offer by Democratic party officials to run against Jesse Helms ,

276-519: A homicidal villain in the television film Murder in Coweta County (1983), co-starring music legend Johnny Cash as the sheriff. He also appeared in several television miniseries , including the television version of From Here to Eternity (1979), Roots: The Next Generations (1979), Centennial (1978), and the Watergate scandal -inspired Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977), playing

345-553: A justice of the peace and the editor of the local newspaper, in an episode of Make Room for Daddy starring Danny Thomas . This episode, in which Thomas's character is stopped for running a stop sign in a little town, served as a backdoor pilot for The Andy Griffith Show . Both shows were produced by Sheldon Leonard . Beginning in September 1960, Griffith starred as Sheriff Andy Taylor in The Andy Griffith Show for

414-580: A Hollywood Prince , an autobiography covering his youth in Hollywood growing up in the 1920s and 1930s among the famous motion picture actors and producers as the son of B. P. Schulberg , head of Paramount Studios . Schulberg was married four times. In 1936, he married his first wife, actress Virginia "Jigee" Lee Ray . They had one daughter, Victoria, before divorcing in 1942. In 1943, he married Victoria "Vickee" Anderson. They divorced in 1964. They had two children: Stephen (born 1944) and David (born 1946). David

483-534: A Republican U.S. Senator from North Carolina. In July 2010, he also starred in advertisements about Medicare . In 1945, while a student at the University of North Carolina, Griffith was initiated as a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia , a national social music fraternity for men. Griffith and Barbara Bray Edwards were married on August 22, 1949, and they adopted two children: a son named Andy Samuel Griffith Jr. (born in 1957 and better known as Sam Griffith) and

552-421: A dangerous and mysterious grandfather in the television film Gramps (1995) co-starring John Ritter . He also appeared as a comical villain in the spy movie spoof Spy Hard (1996) starring Leslie Nielsen . In the television film A Holiday Romance (1999), Griffith played the role of Jake Peterson. In the film Daddy and Them (2001), Griffith portrayed the patriarch of a dysfunctional southern family. In

621-495: A daughter named Dixie Nann Griffith. They divorced in 1972. Sam, a real-estate developer , died in 1996 after years of alcoholism. The senior Griffith's second wife was Solica Cassuto, a Greek actress. They were married from 1973 to 1981. Griffith and Cindi Knight married on April 12, 1983, after they met while she was a cast member of The Lost Colony . They remained married until Griffith's death. Griffith also had three granddaughters through his daughter Dixie. According to

690-462: A few years at Goldsboro High School in Goldsboro, North Carolina , where he taught, among others, Carl Kasell . He also began to write. Griffith's early career was as a monologist , delivering long stories such as " What It Was, Was Football ", which is told from the point of view of a naïve country preacher trying to figure out what was going on in a football game. The monologue was released as

759-552: A fictional version of western figure Judge Roy Bean featured in an aspiring singer's fantasy, and an episode of The Love Boat , which featured a memorable appearance by pop icon Andy Warhol . He also appeared as an attorney in the NBC miniseries Fatal Vision (1984), which is considered a precursor to his role in Matlock . Griffith stunned many unfamiliar with his A Face in the Crowd work in

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828-434: A folksy-friendly personality, as well as his gruff but friendly voice, Griffith was a Tony Award nominee for two roles. He gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan 's film A Face in the Crowd (1957) and No Time for Sergeants (1958) before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead roles of Andy Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968) and Ben Matlock in

897-570: A former member of the Communist Party. Schulberg, still resentful of the influence Communist officials tried to exert over his fiction, testified as a friendly witness and explained how Communist Party members had sought to influence the content of What Makes Sammy Run? and "named names" of other Hollywood communists. Schulberg was also a sports writer and former chief boxing correspondent for Sports Illustrated . He wrote some well-received books on boxing, including Sparring with Hemingway . He

966-505: A former president loosely based on Lyndon B. Johnson . Most of the television movies in which Griffith starred were also attempts to launch a new series. Winter Kill (1974) launched the short-lived Adams of Eagle Lake , which was canceled in 1975 after only two episodes. A year later, he starred as a New York City attorney for the DA's office in Street Killing , which also failed to launch

1035-525: A gateway to political power. The film was directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg and co-stars Patricia Neal , Walter Matthau , Tony Franciosa , and Lee Remick (in her film debut). A 2005 DVD reissue of A Face in the Crowd includes a mini-documentary on the film, with comments from Schulberg and cast members Griffith, Franciosa, and Neal. In his interview, Griffith recalls Kazan prepping him to shoot his first scene with Remick's teenaged baton twirler , who captivates Griffith's character on

1104-502: 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. As a student at Mount Airy High School , Griffith cultivated an interest in

1173-580: A job as a producer at Paramount Pictures while Schulberg became an activist for child welfare, education, woman's rights, and promoting birth control by helping to establish birth control clinics throughout the West. In 1926, she graduated with a B.A. from the University of California . In 1929, she helped to found the first progressive school in California based on the principles of John Dewey . In 1932, she founded

1242-541: A last-minute campaign commercial where he endorsed then-Attorney General Mike Easley for governor of the state of North Carolina. Easley had been locked in a tight race with former Mayor of Charlotte Richard Vinroot and had been losing his lead in the polls. Easley went on to win that November , taking 52% of the vote to Vinroot's 46%. Many observers dubbed Easley's victory as the "Mayberry Miracle", and credit Griffith's endorsement for stopping his falling poll numbers. In October 2008, Griffith appeared with Ron Howard in

1311-454: A new show. Two television films for NBC in 1977, The Girl in the Empty Grave and Deadly Game , were attempts for Griffith to launch a new series featuring him as Police Chief Abel Marsh, a more hard-edged version of Andy Taylor; despite strong ratings, both were unsuccessful in leading to a new TV show. During this period, Griffith also appeared in two feature films, both of which flopped at

1380-610: A single in 1953 on the Colonial Records label, and was a hit for Griffith, reaching number nine on the charts in 1954. Griffith starred in Ira Levin 's one-hour teleplay , No Time for Sergeants (March 1955) — a story about a country boy in the United States Air Force  — on The United States Steel Hour , a television anthology series . He expanded that role in Ira Levin 's full-length theatrical version of

1449-405: A trip to Arkansas . Griffith also expresses his belief that the film is more popular in recent decades than it was when originally released. Griffith's first appearance on television was in 1955 in the one-hour teleplay of No Time for Sergeants on The United States Steel Hour . That was the first of two appearances on that series. In 1960, Griffith appeared as a county sheriff , who was also

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1518-504: A younger brother Sam Jaffe . Her family was poor, and she became a committed socialist and personally knew many of the movement's leaders including Leon Trotsky and George Sokolsky . She worked in the suffrage movement which enabled her to get her husband, B.P. Schulberg , then an agent with Adolph Zukor ’s Famous Players–Lasky , a job producing a film documentary about English suffragist leader Sylvia Pankhurst . In 1918, she and her husband moved to Los Angeles where her husband took

1587-432: Is considered the direct inspiration for the later television situation comedy Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. – a spin-off of The Andy Griffith Show . His only other New York stage appearance was the title role in the 1959 musical Destry Rides Again , co-starring Dolores Gray . The show, with a score by Harold Rome , ran for 472 performances and more than a year. Griffith was nominated for " Distinguished Musical Actor " at

1656-430: Is sad. But he lived a great rich life. In a 2016 interview with US Magazine , Howard recalled Griffith encouraging his scriptwriting when he was just seven years old, saying "I felt elated." Howard recounted: "Andy Griffith said, 'What are you grinnin' at, young'un?' I said, 'That's the first idea of mine they've taken.' He said, 'It's the first that was any damn good. Now let's rehearse!'" In 2000, Griffith appeared in

1725-451: Is walk on the stage and look the audience straight in the face. If the armed forces cannot cope with Will Stockdale, neither can the audience resist Andy Griffith." Griffith later reprised his role for the film version (1958) of No Time for Sergeants ; the film also featured Don Knotts , as a corporal in charge of manual-dexterity tests, marking the beginning of a lifelong association between Griffith and Knotts. No Time for Sergeants

1794-401: The 1960 Tony Awards , losing to Jackie Gleason . He also portrayed a US Coast Guard sailor in the feature film Onionhead (1958). It was neither a critical nor a commercial success. In 1957, Griffith made his film debut starring in the film A Face in the Crowd . He plays a "country boy" who is manipulative and power-hungry: a drifter who becomes a television host and uses his show as

1863-519: The 1997 Grammy Awards . Griffith appeared in country singer Brad Paisley 's music video " Waitin' on a Woman " (2008). William Harold Fenrick of Platteville, Wisconsin , legally changed his name to Andrew Jackson Griffith and ran unsuccessfully for sheriff of Grant County in November 2006. Subsequently, actor Griffith filed a lawsuit against Griffith/Fenrick, asserting that he violated trademark, copyright , and privacy laws by changing his name for

1932-575: The CBS television network . The show took place in the fictional town of Mayberry , North Carolina, where Taylor, a widower, was the sheriff and town sage. The show was filmed at Desilu Studios, with exteriors filmed at Forty Acres in Culver City, California . From 1960 to 1965, the show co-starred character actor and comedian — and Griffith's longtime friend — Don Knotts in the role of Deputy Barney Fife , Taylor's best friend and comedy partner. He

2001-725: The US Marines . They co-starred in the TV special Return to Mayberry (1986), in which the now-adult Opie is about to become a father. They later appeared together in CBS reunion specials in 1993 and 2003. Griffith also made a comedy cameo on the Saturday Night Live program of October 9, 1982, hosted by Howard, who was, by then, in the early years of his directing career. In October 2008, Griffith and Howard briefly reprised their Mayberry roles in an online video Ron Howard's Call to Action . It

2070-462: The legal drama Matlock (1986–1995). 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

2139-509: The "sole purpose of taking advantage of Griffith's fame in an attempt to gain votes". On May 4, 2007, US District Court Judge John C. Shabaz ruled that Griffith/Fenrick did not violate federal trademark law because he did not use the Griffith name in a commercial transaction but instead in order "to seek elective office, fundamental First Amendment protected speech". Griffith's friendship with Don Knotts began in 1955 when they co-starred in

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2208-549: The 1957 film A Face in the Crowd . Based on the short story "Your Arkansas Traveler" in his book Some Faces in the Crowd, the film starred newcomer Andy Griffith as an obscure country singer who rises to fame and becomes extraordinarily manipulative to preserve his success and power. Schulberg encountered political controversy in 1951 when screenwriter Richard Collins , testifying to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), named Schulberg as

2277-631: The 1986 reunion television film , Return to Mayberry , with fellow co-star, Don Knotts. Two reunion specials followed in 1993 and 2003, with strong ratings. After leaving his still-popular show in 1968, and starting his own production company Andy Griffith Enterprises in 1972, Griffith starred in less-successful television series such as Headmaster (1970), The New Andy Griffith Show (1971), Adams of Eagle Lake (1975), Salvage 1 (1979) and The Yeagers (1980). After spending seven months in rehabilitation for leg paralysis from Guillain–Barré syndrome in 1983, Griffith returned to television as

2346-514: The 2015 book Andy & Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show , Aneta Corsaut and the married Griffith had an ongoing affair throughout the five years they worked together on The Andy Griffith Show ; the affair was an open secret amongst the cast and crew. Griffith's first serious health problem was in April 1983 when he was diagnosed with Guillain–Barré syndrome and could not walk for seven months because of paralysis from

2415-529: The Broadway play No Time for Sergeants . Several years later, Knotts had a regular role on The Andy Griffith Show for five seasons. Knotts left the series in 1965, but periodically returned for guest appearances. He appeared in the pilot for Griffith's subsequent short-lived series, The New Andy Griffith Show , and he had a recurring role on Matlock , from 1988 to 1992. In a January 2000 interview, Griffith said of Knotts, "The five years we worked together were

2484-571: The Field Photo team access to the Nazi newsreels and propaganda films in his custody upon learning that his admired Ford was the branch head. Budd, his brother Stuart Schulberg and the team at Field Photo presented two films during the trial: Nazi Concentration Camps , from Allied films shot during the liberation of the camps, and The Nazi Plan , from German sources. Being the son of a successful Hollywood producer gave Schulberg an insider's viewpoint on

2553-764: The Navy during World War II, Schulberg was assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), working with John Ford 's documentary unit, the Field Photographic Branch . Following VE Day , he witnessed the liberation of Nazi concentration camps . He was involved in gathering evidence against war criminals for the Nuremberg Trials , an assignment that included arresting propaganda film maker Leni Riefenstahl at her chalet in Kitzbühel, Austria, ostensibly to have her identify

2622-597: The Schulberg-Feldman talent agency with Charles K. Feldman which was soon joined by her brother Sam Jaffe and Noll Gurney. After her divorce from her husband in 1933, she established her own talent agency named the Ad Schulberg Agency which represented some of the biggest stars at the time including Marlene Dietrich , Fredric March , and Herbert Marshall . In the 1930s, she sold the agency and then moved to London where she set up another talent agency (she

2691-413: 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

2760-401: The best five years of my life." They kept in touch until Knotts's death in early 2006. Griffith traveled from his Manteo, North Carolina , home to Los Angeles to visit the terminally ill Knotts at Cedars-Sinai just before Knotts died of lung cancer. Griffith's friendship with child actor Ron Howard began in 1960 when they guest-starred in the episode of Make Room For Daddy that led to

2829-638: The box office. He co-starred with Jeff Bridges as a crusty old 1930s western actor in the comedy Hearts of the West (1975), and he appeared alongside Tom Berenger as a gay villainous colonel and cattle baron in the Western comedy spoof Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985). Following another short-lived return to series television, playing a family patriarch in the Dynasty -inspired The Yeagers in 1980, Griffith continued to make guest appearances in several hit series, including Hotel , Fantasy Island , where he played

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2898-614: The end of its first season it was a ratings powerhouse on Tuesday nights. Although the show was nominated for four Emmy Awards, Griffith once again was never nominated. He did, however, win a People's Choice Award in 1987 for his work as Matlock. Griffith also made other character appearances through the years on Playhouse 90 , Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. , The Mod Squad , Hawaii Five-O , The Doris Day Show , Here's Lucy , The Bionic Woman and Fantasy Island , among many others. He also reprised his role as Ben Matlock on Diagnosis: Murder in 1997, and his final guest-starring role

2967-656: The faces of Nazi war criminals in German film footage captured by the Allied troops. Riefenstahl claimed she was not aware of the nature of the concentration camps. According to Schulberg, "She gave me the usual song and dance. She said: 'Of course, you know, I'm really so misunderstood. I'm not political.'" Georgy Avenarius , a film critic before the war and the Soviet major in charge of UFA GmbH Babelsberg Studio in Soviet Berlin , allowed

3036-591: The feature film Waitress (2007), Griffith played a crusty diner owner who takes a shine to Keri Russell 's character. His last appearance was the leading role in the romantic comedy , independent film Play the Game (2009) as a lonely, widowed grandfather re-entering the dating world after a 60-year hiatus. The cast of Play the Game also included Rance Howard , Ron Howard's real-life father, who had made appearances in various supporting roles on The Andy Griffith Show , and Clint Howard , Ron's younger brother, who had

3105-594: The formation of The Andy Griffith Show the same year. For eight seasons, they starred together in most of the show's episodes, portraying father and son. They guest-starred together in the show's spin-off series Mayberry R.F.D. They appeared in an episode during which Griffith's character married his long-time girlfriend, Helen Crump, and in the Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. episode "Opie Joins the Marines", in which Howard's character, Opie, runs away from home and attempts to enlist in

3174-551: The knees down. On May 9, 2000, he underwent quadruple heart- bypass surgery at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia . After a fall, Griffith underwent hip surgery on September 5, 2007, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. On July 3, 2012, Griffith died at his Roanoke Island home in Manteo, North Carolina , from a heart attack he had the day before; he

3243-557: The novel Deathwatch (1972) by Robb White . He appeared as The Father in a 1976 PBS television adaptation, directed by Stacy Keach , of Luigi Pirandello 's Six Characters in Search of an Author . Griffith received his only Primetime Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie for his role as the father of a murder victim in the television film Murder in Texas (1981) and won further acclaim for his role as

3312-441: The novel. In 1950, Schulberg published The Disenchanted, about a young screenwriter who collaborates on a screenplay about a college winter festival with a famous novelist at the nadir of his career. The novelist (who was then assumed by reviewers to be a thinly disguised portrait of Fitzgerald , who had died 10 years earlier) is portrayed as a tragic, flawed figure, with whom the young screenwriter becomes disillusioned. The novel

3381-402: The recurring role of Leon (the kid offering the ice cream cone or peanut butter sandwich) on The Andy Griffith Show . Griffith sang as part of some of his acting roles, most notably in A Face in the Crowd and in many episodes of both The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock . In addition to his recordings of comic monologues in the 1950s, he made an album of upbeat country and gospel tunes during

3450-547: The run of The Andy Griffith Show , which included a version of the show's theme sung by Griffith under the title " The Fishin' Hole ". In later years, he recorded successful albums of classic Christian hymns for Sparrow Records . His most successful was the release I Love to Tell the Story: 25 Timeless Hymns (1996), which was certified platinum by the RIAA. The album won Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album at

3519-593: The same name (October 1955) on Broadway in New York City. The role earned him a Tony Award nomination for " Distinguished Supporting or Featured Dramatic Actor " nomination at the 1956 Tony Awards , losing to Ed Begley . He did win the 1956 Theatre World Award , however, a prize given for debut roles on Broadway. "Mr. Griffith does not have to condescend to Will Stockdale" (his role in the play), wrote Brooks Atkinson in The New York Times . "All he has to do

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3588-501: The show to pursue a movie career and other projects. The series continued as Mayberry R.F.D. , with Ken Berry starring as a widower farmer and many of the regular characters recurring, some regularly and some as guest appearances. Griffith served as executive producer (according to Griffith, he came in once a week to review the week's scripts and give input) and guest starred in five episodes (the pilot episode involved his marriage to Helen Crump ). He made final appearances as Taylor in

3657-519: The television film Crime of Innocence (1985)...wherein he portrayed a hateful and vindictive judge who routinely sentenced juveniles to hard prison time, followed by lengthy and equally-torturous probation. Also noteworthy in Griffith's darker roles was his character in Under the Influence (1986), a TV movie in which Griffith played an alcoholic, abusive patriarch. He further surprised audiences with his role as

3726-483: The title character, Ben Matlock, in the legal drama Matlock (1986–1995) on NBC and ABC. Matlock was a country lawyer in Atlanta , Georgia, who was known for his Southern drawl and for always winning his cases. Matlock also starred unfamiliar, struggling actors (both of whom were childhood fans of Andy Griffith) Nancy Stafford as Michelle Thomas (1987–1992) and Clarence Gilyard , Jr. as Conrad McMasters (1989–1993). By

3795-540: The true happenings of Hollywood, which was reflected in much of his writing. His 1941 novel What Makes Sammy Run? allowed the public to see the harshness of Hollywood stardom via Sammy Glick's rise to power in a major Hollywood film studio. This novel was criticized by some as being self-directed anti-semitism. Then a member of the Communist Party USA , Schulberg quit in protest after he was ordered by high-ranking Party member John Howard Lawson to make changes to

3864-476: Was a Vietnam veteran who predeceased his father. In 1964, he married actress Geraldine Brooks . They were married until her death in 1977; they had no children. In 1977, he married Betsy Ann Langman, daughter of Anne W. Simon , stepdaughter of real estate developer Robert E. Simon , granddaughter of investment banker Maurice Wertheim and great-granddaughter of US ambassador Henry Morgenthau Sr. ; they had two children: Benn and Jessica. His niece Sandra Schulberg

3933-501: Was a talent and literary agent who founded the Ad Schulberg Agency. She was born Adeline Jaffe to a Jewish family on April 14, 1895, in Russia , the daughter of Hannah and Max Jaffe. While she was an infant, her family immigrated to the US in order to flee the rise in anti-semitic pogroms . The family settled on Lower East Side of Manhattan . She had two older brothers, Joseph and David, and

4002-570: Was actively involved in the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern humor magazine and was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity. In 1939, he collaborated on the screenplay for Winter Carnival , a light comedy set at Dartmouth. One of his collaborators was F. Scott Fitzgerald , who was fired because of his alcoholic binge during a visit with Schulberg to Dartmouth. Dartmouth College awarded Schulberg an honorary degree in 1960. While serving in

4071-513: Was also Taylor's cousin in the show at first, though later they dropped that cousin relationship and talked simply of knowing one another since boyhood. In the series premiere episode, in a conversation between the two, Fife calls Taylor "Cousin Andy", and Taylor calls Fife "Cousin Barney". The show also starred child actor Ron Howard (then known as Ronny Howard), who played Taylor's only child, Opie Taylor. It

4140-426: Was an amazing environment. And I think it was a reflection of the way he felt about having the opportunity to create something that people could enjoy. It was always with respect and passion for the opportunity and really what it could offer people in a very unpretentious and earthy way. He felt he was always working in service of an audience he really respected and cared about. He was a great influence on me. His passing

4209-776: Was an executive producer of the Academy Award -nominated film Quills . His mother, of the Ad Schulberg Agency, served as his agent until her death in 1977. His brother, Stuart Schulberg, was a movie and television producer ( David Brinkley 's Journal , The Today Show ). His sister, Sonya Schulberg (O'Sullivan) (1918–2016), was an occasional writer (of a novel, They Cried a Little , and stories). Budd Schulberg died on August 5, 2009, in his home in Westhampton Beach, New York, aged 95. Adeline Schulberg Adeline Jaffe Schulberg (April 14, 1895 – July 15, 1977)

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4278-436: Was an immediate hit. Griffith never received a writing credit for the show, but he worked on the development of every script. Knotts was frequently lauded and won multiple Emmy Awards for his comedic performances, as did Frances Bavier in 1967, while Griffith was never nominated for an Emmy Award during the show's run. In 1967, Griffith was under contract with CBS to do one more season of the show. However, he decided to quit

4347-544: Was forbidden to operate in the US due to a non-compete agreement); during World War II, she operated an "underground railroad" that assisted Jewish refugee talent to flee from Nazi-occupied Europe. After the war, she moved back to New York City and worked as a talent scout for Columbia Pictures where she discovered Shelley Winters ; she then formed her own literary agency where she represented her son Budd Schulberg , Vicki Baum , Fannie Hurst , Ruth McKenney , Roger Price , Mark Harris , and Rex Reed . In 1913, Schulberg

4416-510: Was in 2001 in an episode of Dawson's Creek . For most of the 1970s, Griffith starred or appeared in many television films, including The Strangers in 7A (1972), Go Ask Alice (1973), Winter Kill (1974) and Pray for the Wildcats (1974), which marked his first villainous role since A Face in the Crowd . Griffith appeared again as a villain in Savages (1974), a television film based on

4485-608: Was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2002 in recognition of his contributions to the sport. In 1965, after a devastating riot had ripped apart the fabric of the Watts section of Los Angeles, Schulberg formed the Watts Writers Workshop in an attempt to ease frustrations and bring artistic training to the economically impoverished district. In 1981, Schulberg wrote Moving Pictures: Memories of

4554-550: Was married to then New York World reporter, B.P. Schulberg ; they had a son Budd Schulberg before divorcing in 1933. She died in New York City on July 15, 1977. Her son was married and divorced from actresses Virginia Lee Ray (known as Jigee Viertel) and Geraldine Brooks . Andy Griffith Andy Samuel Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012) was an American actor, comedian, television producer, singer, and writer whose career spanned seven decades in music and television. Known for his Southern drawl, his characters with

4623-518: 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. He attended the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina , and graduated with

4692-429: Was posted to comedy video website Funny or Die . The video encouraged people to vote and endorsed Democratic candidates Barack Obama and Joe Biden . After Griffith's death, Howard stated: His love of creating, the joy he took in it whether it was drama or comedy or his music, was inspiring to grow up around. The spirit he created on the set of The Andy Griffith Show was joyful and professional all at once. It

4761-512: Was the tenth bestselling novel in the United States in 1950 and was adapted as a Broadway play in 1958, starring Jason Robards (who won a Tony Award for his performance) and George Grizzard as the character loosely based on Schulberg. In 1958, Schulberg wrote and co-produced (with his younger brother Stuart) the film Wind Across the Everglades , directed by Nicholas Ray . Schulberg wrote

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