Cast & creator
George Lindsey
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The Merv Griffin Show
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Also known as: George Smith Lindsey
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1954–2006 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (60)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
M*A*S*H
1972
The Andy Griffith Show
Goober
1960
Love, American Style
Harry
1969Love, American Style
1969Love, American Style
Dudley
1969
The Rifleman
1958
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
D.D. Martin
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Juke Marmer
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Sam Kirby
1962
The Twilight Zone
Deputy Pierce
1959
Daniel Boone
Wigeon
1964
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Cousin Goober
1964
NewsRadio
George Lindsey
1995
Gunsmoke
Orville
1955Gunsmoke
Bud
1955Gunsmoke
Billy
1955Gunsmoke
Pinto Watson
1955Gunsmoke
Charlie Clavin
1955
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
The Real McCoys
Monk Sands
1957
Kraft Music Hall
1958
Miss USA
Self - Judge
1963
Hee Haw
1969
Mayberry R.F.D.
Goober Pyle
1968
CHiPs
Wayne Cato
1977
The Aristocats
Lafayette (voice)
1970
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
1969
The Great Adventure
Hampton
1963
Banacek
Lt. Bradshaw
1972
The Wonderful World of Disney
Hermie Chadron
1954
The Rescuers
Rabbit (voice)
1977
The Johnny Cash Show
Self
1969Profiles in Courage
Black
1964
Movin' On
1974
Robin Hood
Trigger - A Vulture (voice)
1973
Temple Houston
1963
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
Cannonball Run II
Cal
1984
The New Loretta Young Show
Sam
1962
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Flo
1980
The New Andy Griffith Show
1971
Herbie, the Love Bug
1982
Snowball Express
Double L. Dingman
1972
Charley and the Angel
Pete
1973The Bobby Goldsboro Show
1973
The Nashville Palace
1981
Treasure of Matecumbe
Coahoma Sheriff
1976
When I Find the Ocean
Ed Barker
2006
Take This Job and Shove It
Man at Gas Station
1981
Ensign Pulver
Lindstrom
1964
Bristle Face
Hermie Chadron
1964
Hellp
Himself
Return to Mayberry
Goober Pyle
1986
The New Misadventures of Ichabod Crane
Wolf (voice)
1979
The American Snitch
Zeke
1983
A Tribute to Dr. Shock
Self (archive footage)
1980