Andy Griffith
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Andy Griffith 🇺🇸

Andy Samuel Griffith
Actor, Comedian, Television Producer, Grammy-Winning Gospel Singer
Born Jun 01, 1926 🇺🇸 Mount Airy, United States
Passed Away Jul 03, 2012 Manteo, United States
Lifespan 86 years old
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"If you think and your mind is clear, you can tell the truth. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."

Archival Overview

Legendary American actor and entertainer whose portrayal of Sheriff Andy Taylor in 'The Andy Griffith Show' and defense attorney Ben Matlock in 'Matlock' made him an enduring symbol of American television warmth and integrity.

Biographical Record

Andy Samuel Griffith rose to fame with his Southern comedic monologue 'What It Was, Was Football' in 1953 and delivered a searing dramatic performance as manipulative populist demagogue Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes in Elia Kazan's film masterpiece 'A Face in the Crowd' (1957).

In 1960, he launched 'The Andy Griffith Show', set in the fictional idyllic town of Mayberry, North Carolina. The show ran for eight seasons never dropping below the top seven ratings, celebrating community decency and folk wisdom. Griffith found major television success again from 1986 to 1995 playing folksy criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock, and won a Grammy Award for his 1996 album 'I Love to Tell the Story: 25 Timeless Hymns'.

Key Life Milestones

1960

Premiere of The Andy Griffith Show

Created and starred in the beloved sitcom that defined wholesome small-town American television culture.

2005

Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

Decorated with the highest civilian honor of the United States by President George W. Bush.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Griffith Family Cemetery
Manteo, United States
GPS: 35.9082, -75.6757
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