Mayberry R.F.D.: The Harp


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The Harp

Season 3, Episode 12

Cousin Alice vs. harp lessons. Professor: Leonid Kinskey. Alice: Alice Ghostley. Receptionist: Lavina Dawson. Sam: Ken Berry. Emmett: Paul Hartman. Mike: Buddy Foster. Howard: Jack Dodson.

repeat 1970 English
Comedy Family Sitcom Spin-off

Cast & Crew
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Ken Berry (Actor) .. Sam Jones
Jack Dodson (Actor) .. Howard Sprague
Paul Hartman (Actor) .. Emmett Clark
Buddy Foster (Actor) .. Mike Jones
Alice Ghostley (Actor) .. Alice

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Ken Berry (Actor) .. Sam Jones
Born: November 03, 1933
Trivia: Actor/dancer Ken Berry was brought to Broadway as a member of the Billy Barnes revue. His early TV work included the recurring role of Woody the bellhop on The Ann Sothern Show (1959-60). In 1965, Berry was cast in his most celebrated TV role: bumbling Cavalry captain Wilton Parmenter on F Troop (1965-67). When Andy Griffith decided to leave his highly rated TV sitcom in 1968, the series' title was changed to Mayberry RFD and Berry was cast in the central role of town-councillor Sam Jones. CBS' peremptory cancellation of Mayberry in 1971 left Berry in a financial bind, compelling him to accept a hosting stint on a doomed-from-the-start variety series, Ken Berry's WOW (1972). More recently, Berry has been seen as Vint Harper on the well-distributed Vicki Lawrence sitcom Mama's Family (1983-1989). For many years, Ken Berry was married to dancer/comedienne Jackie Joseph, of Little Shop of Horrors fame.
Jack Dodson (Actor) .. Howard Sprague
Born: May 16, 1931
Died: September 16, 1994
Trivia: Character actor Jack Dodson was perhaps best known for playing Howard Sprague, the county clerk on The Andy Griffith Show and its spin-off, Mayberry RFD. Before coming to Hollywood and joining the homespun series in 1967, Dodson was an established player on Broadway, having appeared in productions such as Our Town and You Can't Take It With You. After Mayberry folded in 1971, he went on to guest star on a wide variety of television series. He made his screen debut with a bit part in Munster Go Home (1966). He followed that with a small role in the Andy Griffith vehicle Angel in My Pocket (1968). Dodson's other film credits include The Getaway (1972), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), and A Climate for Killing (1991).
Paul Hartman (Actor) .. Emmett Clark
Born: January 01, 1903
Died: January 01, 1973
Trivia: American hoofer Paul Hartman and his wife Grace frequently appeared on stage and in vaudeville. In the late 1930s, he played character roles in films.
Buddy Foster (Actor) .. Mike Jones
Born: July 12, 1957
Alice Ghostley (Actor) .. Alice
Born: August 14, 1926
Died: September 21, 2007
Trivia: Born in Missouri and educated at the University of Oklahoma, Alice Ghostley created a sensation in her first Broadway production, New Faces of 1952. In the company of such powerhouse co-stars as Paul Lynde, Robert Clary and Carol Lawrence, Ghostley stole the show with her plaintive renditions of the satirical ballads "The Boston Beguine" and "Time for Tea." Within a year of New Faces, she was headlined in the film version of that popular revue and was cast as a regular on the network-TV series Freedom Ring. Ghostley has been convulsing audiences ever since, playing a rich variety of man-chasing bachelorettes, overprotective mothers and dotty neighbors. While most of her film appearances have been in comedies (Viva Max!, The Graduate, Grease), Ghostley proved quite effective in the comparatively straight role of Stephanie Crawford in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). In 1965, she won a Tony award for her performance in the Broadway seriocomedy The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window. In addition, Ghostley has been a regular or semi-regular on a multitude of TV series: The Jackie Gleason Show, Car 54 Where Are You, Captain Nice, The Jonathan Winters Show, The Golddiggers, Designing Women and a host of others. She is most fondly remembered for her portrayal of bumbling witch Esmerelda on the long-running (1964-72) sitcom Bewitched. On both this series and 1972's Temperatures Rising, Alice Ghostley was reunited with her old New Faces cohort, Paul Lynde. Ghostley died of colon cancer at age 81 in September 2007.

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