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Sun 16
Gunsmoke: Aunt Thede — Howard McNear
Aunt Thede and young Ivy Norton both have marriage on their minds---and problems on their hands. Thede: Jeanette Nolan. Ivy: Dyan Cannon. Matt: James Arness. Festus: Ken Curtis. Rider: James Stacy. Norton: Frank Cady. Doc: Milburn Stone.
Air Time & Details for Howard McNear, Sun 16, 4:00 pm -
Mon 17
Gunsmoke: Anybody Can Kill a Marshal — Howard McNear
When the efforts of two outlaws fail, they hire a drifter to kill Matt. Lucas: Warren Stevens. Cleed: James Westerfield. Painter: Milton Selzer. Doc: Milburn Stone. Kitty: Amanda Blake. Quint: Burt Reynolds.
Air Time & Details for Howard McNear, Mon 17, 6:00 pm -
Mon 17
The Andy Griffith Show: Three Wishes for Opie — Howard McNear
In an episode considered by many to be the series' best, Barney thinks he's summoned the spirit of a 200-year-old count after he buys some fortunetelling cards and a magic lamp at an auction. Opie: Ronny Howard. Helen: Aneta Corsaut. Goober: George Lindsey.
Air Time & Details for Howard McNear, Mon 17, 8:00 pm -
Mon 17
The Andy Griffith Show: Otis Sues the County — Howard McNear
After he slips in his jail cell, Otis is persuaded by a shady lawyer (Jay Novello) to sue the county for damages. Roberts: Bartlett Robinson. Otis: Hal Smith. Floyd: Howard McNear. Barney: Don Knotts.
Air Time & Details for Howard McNear, Mon 17, 8:30 pm -
Tue 18
The Twilight Zone: Hocus-Pocus and Frisby — Howard McNear
The tall tales of an inveterate liar (Andy Devine) attract the attention of an alien delegation. Mitchell: Howard McNear. Alien No. 1: Milton Selzer. Alien No. 2: Larry Breitman. Alien No. 3: Peter Brocco. Rod Serling is the host.
Air Time & Details for Howard McNear, Tue 18, 12:35 am -
Tue 18
Leave It to Beaver: The Shave — Howard McNear
Football hero Wally is a locker-room bust because he doesn't shave. Wally: Tony Dow. Beaver: Jerry Mathers. June: Barbara Billingsley. Ward: Hugh Beaumont. Eddie: Ken Osmond. Chester: Buddy Hart. Lumpy: Frank Bank. Tooey: Tiger Fafara.
Air Time & Details for Howard McNear, Tue 18, 8:00 am -
Tue 18
The Andy Griffith Show: Goober Takes a Car Apart — Howard McNear
Andy asks Goober to answer the phone while he's away, so the mechanic takes a car apart and reassembles it in the courthouse in order to handle both jobs. Larry Hovis, who eight months later starred in "Hogan's Heroes," guest stars as Gilly Walker, the car owner. Sheriff Jackson: Wally Englehardt. Watson: Buck Young. Goober: George Lindsey.
Air Time & Details for Howard McNear, Tue 18, 8:30 pm -
Wed 19
The Andy Griffith Show: Rehabilitation of Otis — Howard McNear
Barney tries, to no avail, to rehabilitate Otis and ends up running him off to do his drinking in Mount Pilot. Then the deputy misses him and begs him to come back. Luke: Frank Cady. Otis: Hal Smith. Floyd: Howard McNear. Barney: Don Knotts.
Air Time & Details for Howard McNear, Wed 19, 8:00 pm -
Wed 19
The Andy Griffith Show: The Lucky Letter — Howard McNear
After Barney discards a chain letter, he runs into a streak of bad luck that culminates in his having to qualify at a pistol competition to keep his job. Thelma Lou: Betty Lynn. Goober: George Lindsey. Floyd: Howard McNear.
Air Time & Details for Howard McNear, Wed 19, 8:30 pm -
Thu 20
The Andy Griffith Show: Barney Runs for Sheriff — Howard McNear
Barney runs for sheriff when it appears Andy will take a job out of town, but the position falls through---and Andy discovers he's missed the election filing deadline, leaving Barney the only candidate on the ballot. Floyd: Howard McNear. Thelma Lou: Betty Lynn. Goober: George Lindsey.
Air Time & Details for Howard McNear, Thu 20, 8:30 pm -
Fri 21
The Andy Griffith Show: If I Had a Quarter Million — Howard McNear
Barney discovers $250,000 taken in a bank robbery and goes undercover to catch the thief (Al Checco), who has a plan of his own to get the money back. Brewster: Robert Brubaker. Fred: Byron Foulger. Hobo: Hank Patterson. Goober: George Lindsey.
Air Time & Details for Howard McNear, Fri 21, 8:00 pm -
Fri 21
The Andy Griffith Show: TV or Not TV — Howard McNear
Thieves, out to rob the Mayberry bank, pose as Hollywood producers who want to make a TV show based on Andy, the sheriff without a gun. Gavin MacLeod, who would star on "Mary Tyler Moore" five years later, appears. Allen: George Ives. Pat: Barbara Stuart. Asa: Charles Thompson. Barney: Don Knotts. Goober: George Lindsey.
Air Time & Details for Howard McNear, Fri 21, 8:30 pm -
Sun 23
The Andy Griffith Show: Guest in the House — Howard McNear
Helen grows jealous when an attractive friend (Jan Shutan) of the Taylor family---who's just broken her engagement---pays a visit. Frank: George Spence. Helen: Aneta Corsaut. Goober: George Lindsey. Aunt Bee: Frances Bavier.
Air Time & Details for Howard McNear, Sun 23, 12:00 pm
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Character actor Howard McNear made a name for himself on network radio in a vast array of characterizations, from snivelling murderers to dapper French detectives. McNear's best-known radio role was as Doc on Gunsmoke, which ran from 1955 to 1962; his spin on the character was slightly more ghoulish than the interpretation offered by Milburn Stone on television. In films from 1954, the bespectacled, mustachioed McNear was usually cast as a querulous fussbudget.
He was spotlighted as Dr. Dompierre in Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder (1959), and was prominently featured in three Billy Wilder comedies, Irma La Douce (1963), Kiss Me Stupid (1964) and The Fortune Cookie (1966). He appeared with frequency on TV in the 1950s and 1960s, often as a foil to such comedians as Jack Benny and Burns and Allen. Howard McNear's most beloved TV characterization was as Mayberry barber Floyd Lawson on The Andy Griffith Show; when McNear suffered a debilitating stroke in 1967, Griffith kept him on the payroll, re-writing the scripts to allow "Floyd" to be seated and non-ambulatory without drawing undue attention to McNear's affliction.