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George Smith Lindsey (December 17, 1928 – May 6, 2012) was an American character actor, best known for his role as Goober Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D. and his subsequent tenure on Hee-Haw.
In 1964, Lindsey was cast as the slow-witted but kindly “Goober Beasley” on The Andy Griffith Show. His character was later renamed “Goober Pyle” to tie him to his cousin Gomer Pyle, slow-witted country boy played by Jim Nabors, also from Alabama. Goober’s antics frequently included his exaggerated “Goober Dance” and his comically bad Cary Grant impression.
As Lindsey started his portrayal as Goober, he also had a minor role in the Walter Brennan series The Tycoon on ABC. Lindsey played a sailor in the 1964 film Ensign Pulver, the sequel to Mister Roberts. He also had a role in a Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode entitled Submarine Sunk Here. He appeared in six episodes of the television series Gunsmoke. He played a blackmailing taxicab driver in the “Bed of Roses” episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
George Lindsey Biography / Wiki
| Name | George Lindsey |
| Also Know | George Smith Lindsey |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Fairfield, Alabama, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1928-12-17 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 83 |
| Deathday | 2012-05-06 |
George Lindsey Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The New Misadventures of Ichabod Crane | Wolf (voice) | 1979-01-01 | Sleepy Hollow, a town plagued by the Headless Horseman, hires the most educated person they can find to fight him – Ichabod Crane. He, talking horse a… |
| The American Snitch | Zeke | 1983-01-01 | … |
| Snowball Express | Double L. Dingman | 1972-01-01 | When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and moves the family west to run it. Only to find that the… |
| Bristle Face | Hermie Chadron | 1964-01-26 | In the rolling, wooded hills of Tennessee in the 1920s, a 14-year-old orphan, Jace, comes to town with his hound dog and tries to teach him to hunt. B… |
| Charley and the Angel | Pete, Handyman | 1973-03-23 | Charley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his “number’s up” and he will be dying soon so he tries to change his ways and be… |
| A Tribute to Dr. Shock | Himself (Archival Footage) | 1980-02-28 | A tribute to Joe Zawislak and his horror host character “Dr. Shock”…. |
| When I Find the Ocean | Ed Barker | 2006-03-04 | A little girl leaves home with her pet dog and rabbit to escape abuse and find the ocean in the hopes of feeling closer to her father who has passed a… |
| Return to Mayberry | Goober Pyle | 1986-04-13 | After being away for awhile, Andy Taylor returns home to Mayberry to visit Opie, now an expectant father. While there he ends up helping Barney Fife m… |
| Robin Hood | Trigger (voice) | 1973-11-08 | With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham’s citizens with support from the c… |
| The Rescuers | Rabbit (voice) | 1977-06-22 | What can two little mice possibly do to save an orphan girl who’s fallen into evil hands? With a little cooperation and faith in oneself, anything is … |
| The Aristocats | Lafayette (voice) | 1970-12-24 | When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the… |
| Treasure of Matecumbe | Coahoma Sheriff | 1976-07-01 | In post-Civil War Kentucky, young David Burnic becomes the unexpected heir to the family secret, a map leading to buried treasure on the Florida isle … |
| Ensign Pulver | Lindstrom | 1964-07-31 | 1945, on an old cargo ship somewhere deep in the Pacific ocean: Captain Morton strives to become commander, so he demands the maximum quality of work … |
| Take This Job and Shove It | Man at Gas Station | 1981-04-24 | A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work…. |
| Cannonball Run II | Cal | 1984-06-29 | When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is one person crazy enough to hit the road hard with wheel… |
Credit: TMDB
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