Andy Griffith

In 1981 Griffith won an Emmy nomination for his role in the TV film Murder In Texas and in 1983 won further acclaim for his role as a homicidal villain in the TV film Murder In Coweta County. Hurt was awarded the CBE in June 2004. He also starred in many television films such as Strangers In 7A (1972) and Winter Kill (1974). He is likely best known to American audiences as the memorable first victim of the title creature in the film Alien. After his show was cancelled in 1968, Griffith had several series that were not successful such as The Headmaster (1970), The New Andy Griffith Show (1971) and Salvage I (1979). The following year, Hurt gave a memorable performance as the emperor Caligula in the major BBC drama serial, I, Claudius. Griffith was an inspiration for the Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Huckleberry Hound, introduced in 1958. However, it was his portrayal of the outrageous Quentin Crisp in the 1975 TV play, The Naked Civil Servant, that he shot to fame, earning the BAFTA Television Award for Best Actor in the process.

This film showcased Griffith's powerful talents as a dramatic actor. His first film was 1962's The Wild and the Willing, but his first major role was as Richard Rich in 1966's A Man for All Seasons. In 1959, Griffith starred in A Face in the Crowd. Again, he played a country boy and entertainer, but this time as a terrifying psychopath who used the rube pose to rise to political power. He performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and is a member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). By 1954, he was on Broadway, starring in No Time for Sergeants, a play about a country boy in the air force, made into a film in 1959 and considered the direct inspiration for Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.. Martin's School for Art, but turned to the stage in 1962. Later that year, he recorded "Number One Street", telling the story of a rural family travelling to Florida on United States Highway 1. Born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Hurt studied art at the St.

His first success was a 1953 live recording of "What it was, was football", a story about a country boy at his first football game, delighting in the "big orange drinks" and the boys running up and down the "cow pasture" in "the awfulest fight I most ever saw" and "these purty girls a-wearin' these little-bitty short dresses, and a-dancin' around". John Vincent Hurt (born January 22, 1940) CBE, is a British actor. Griffith started out as a stand-up comedian. The Plague Dogs (voice only). Viewers immediately felt a connection with Taylor, his son "Opie" (Ron Howard), "Aunt Bee" (Frances Bavier), Deputy "Barney Fife" (Don Knotts), "Gomer Pyle" (Jim Nabors), Goober Pyle (George Lindsey) and the entire town of "Mayberry". The Black Cauldron (voice only). The Andy Griffith Show, which aired from 1960 to 1968, became an instant hit with its American audience. Hellboy.

Griffith is best known as "Sheriff Andy Taylor" in the popular 1960s television series The Andy Griffith Show and in the title role in the 1980s television series Matlock. Harry Potter and the Sorceror's/Philosopher's Stone. He was a genuine country boy who made sophisticated humor based on his own background. Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001). Andy Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an American actor, writer and producer from Mount Airy, North Carolina. Love and Death on Long Island (1997). 1984.

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. King Ralph. Frankenstein Unbound. The Field.

Scandal. White Mischief. Aria. Spaceballs (cameo appearance spoofing his role in Alien).

The Osterman Weekend. Watership Down (voice only). Champions. History of the World, Part I (cameo appearance as Jesus).

The Elephant Man (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor). Heaven's Gate. Alien. Midnight Express (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor).