How Andy Griffith’s Dark Film Role ‘Chewed Him Up and Spit Him Out,’ Before He Found TV Stardom

Andy Griffith‘s failed feature film debut was “probably his single greatest role as far as a one-off thing” — but it came at ...

Andy Griffith's Film Debut Was a Flop. How That Ultimately Led to “The Andy Griffith Show”

Andy Griffith starred in 1957's 'A Face in the Crowd,' which forced the actor to go to a dark place ...
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Andy Griffith’s dark side: How a chilling movie flop led to ‘The Andy Griffith Show’

People picture The Andy Griffith Show as warm and gentle. But before Mayberry, Andy Griffith played Lonesome Rhodes in A Face ...
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Andy Griffith’s 1957 film flop led him to TV stardom

Andy Griffith’s acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful 1957 debut in Elia Kazan’s *A Face in the Crowd* ended his momentum in film. The disappointment prompted him to focus on television, leading to ...
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“The Andy Griffith Show” Turns 65! What Griffith, Don Knotts and Ron Howard Told PEOPLE When They Reunited in 1986

On Oct. 3, 1960, The Andy Griffith Show aired its very first episode. The series followed Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor, Don Knotts as his sleepy deputy Barney Fife and Ron Howard as Andy’s son ...