After graduation, he taught high school English for a few years and also began to write long folksy stories as a monologist. “What it Was, Was Football” about a rural backwoodsman trying to understand football, was released as a single in 1953 and reached #9 on the charts in 1954. He began the University Of North Carolina studying to be a preacher but changed his major to music and graduated with a bachelor of music degree in 1949. He also played roles in several student operettas.
Bush.Īccording to his official bio, Griffith was born in a blue collar home where humor and music were part of the family tradition. His love of singing was rooted in church, and his interest in acting began in high school. Griffith won a role in the North Carolina historical play The Lost Colony which is still performed on Roanoke Island where he maintained a home since the 1960s and where he passed away this morning at 7 AM.
Later in life, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 from President George W. Griffith also became a Grammy Award-winning Southern gospel singer.
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He made acting look easy but in fact he was a consumate professional widely liked by the Hollywood community. Griffith also produced and starred in the 1986-1996 television legal series Matlock. New generations were introduced to the series through TV Land, which even dedicated a statue to the series in Raleigh, NC.
The hit show ran from 1960-1968 propelling a handful of spin-off programs and launched the child acting career of prominent Hollywood director Ron Howard. Griffith was a regular on The Ed Sullivan Show in the 1950s and then earned the title as “America’s Favorite Sheriff” on The Andy Griffith Show set in fictional Mayberry. He gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan’s epic film, A Face In The Crowd (1957) before he became better known for his television roles as the folksy Southerner who was the sheriff or lawyer people always wanted and the father figure people rarely had.
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UPDATE to include Ron Howard’s reaction: North Carolina’s WITN News is reporting that legendary TV and movie actor, director, producer, singer, and writer Andy Griffith died this morning in his Dare County home, according to former University of North Carolina President Bill Friday and a close friend of the actor. Griffith was 86. The native of Mount Airy, North Carolina, lived on Roanoke Island.
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