1. In October 2008, Andy Griffith appeared with Ron Howard in a Funny or Die video endorsement for Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
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1. In October 2008, Andy Griffith appeared with Ron Howard in a Funny or Die video endorsement for Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
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2. In 2000, Andy Griffith appeared in a last-minute campaign commercial where he endorsed then-Attorney General Mike Easley for governor of the state of North Carolina.
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3. Andy 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.
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4. Andy Griffith 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.
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5. Andy Griffith appeared in country singer Brad Paisley's music video "Waitin' on a Woman".
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11. In 1967, Andy Griffith was under contract with CBS to do one more season of the show.
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14. Andy Griffith portrayed a US Coast Guard sailor in the feature film Onionhead; it was neither a critical nor a commercial success.
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16. Andy Griffith expanded that role in Ira Levin's full-length theatrical version of the same name on Broadway in New York City.
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18. Andy Griffith attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1949.
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19. Andy Griffith 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, the namesake of North Carolina's capital.
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22. Andy Griffith was born on June 1, 1926 in Mount Airy, North Carolina, the only child of Carl Lee Griffith and his wife, Geneva.
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