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Guest Stars and Others Who Appeared on Only One Episode of Andy Griffith

Many movie and television stars appeared as guest stars (though never called that on the show) on TAGS. Among the stars that were on the show were Buddy Ebsen, Charlie Ruggles, Edgar Buchanan, Everett Sloane, Alan Hale, Jr., Bob Denver, John Dehner, Jack Albertson, Leon Ames, and many others who appeared as "guest stars" on an episode of TAGS. Elsewhere I think in the comment section I have my Jack Nicholson autograph. I am not including him here because he was in two episodes.

This is a list of the actors and actresses in order of their exemplars below:

1. Jesse White
2. Roy Barcroft
3. Edgar Buchanan
4. Buddy Ebsen
5. Irene Tedrow
6. Roger Perry
7. Casey Adams
8. Leon Ames
9. Enid Markey
10. Tom Tully
11. John Qualan
12. Hugh Marlowe
13. J. Edward McKinley
14. Mark Miller
15. Barbara Stuart
16. Pat Hingle
17. Karl Swenson
18. Byron Morrow
19. Charles Dierkop
20. Cliff Norton
21. Bo Hopkins
22. Ellen Corby
23. Jan Shutan
24. David Lewis
25. Rockne Tarkington
26. Tammy Windsor [Karyn Kupcinet]
27. Lillian Bronson
28. Charles Lane
29. Bill Bixby
30. Gail Davis
31. Alan Hale, Jr.
32. Stanley Adams
33. James Westerfield
34. Susan Oliver
35. Rob Reiner
36. Jamie Farr
37. Everett Sloane
38. Sterling Holloway
39. Eddie Quillan
40. Harry Dean Stanton
41. June Vincent
42. Douglas Fowley
43. Stuart Erwin
44. Michael Pollard
45. Pamelyn Ferdin
46. Walter Baldwin
47. William Schallert
48. Wallace Ford
49. Yvonne Lime
50. Sue Ane Langdon
51. Alvy Moore
52. Teri Garr
53. Connie Sawyer
54. Jerry Van Dyke
55. Eddie Carroll
56. Wally Englehardt
57. Buck Young
58. Gladys Hurlbut
59. Edward Andrews
60. George Ives
61. Joseph Sirola
62. Alan Oppenheimer
63. Clinton Sundberg
64. Doris Dowling
65. Vito Scotti
66. Yuki Shimoda
67. Edmon Ryan
68. Robert Nichols
69. William Lanteau
70. Iggie Wolfington
71. Colin Male
72. Paul Fix
73. Arthur Batanides
74. Trevor Bardette
75. Richard Vath
76. Roy Jenson
77. Tom D'Andrea
78. Rhys Williams
79. Jackie Joseph
80. Betty Kean
81. Beverly Tyler
82. Almira Sessions
83. Bob Denver
84. Julia Adams
85. Jack Albertson
86. Frank Albertson
87. Steve Dunne
88. Sid Melton

Tags: Adams, Albertson, Ames, Denver, Hale, Nicholson

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Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on November 13, 2015 at 10:06am

PAT HINGLE (1924-2009) appeared as Commissioner Gordon in various Batman movies. He was a talented character actor and often starred in Broadway Plays. He appeared in one episode of the Andy Griffith Show entitled "Wyatt Earp Rides Again." He also replaced an ailing Milburn Stone for six episodes of Gunsmoke playing "Doctor John Chapman." This is from a long two page:

Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on November 16, 2015 at 12:01pm

This is Pat Hingle from the TAGS episode he was in.

Permalink Reply by Gary Wedemeyer on November 17, 2015 at 10:28am

I thought I'd add a few signatures to this list. All of these are currently available on my website www.themayberryemporium.net

Rockne Tarkington was born on July 15, 1931 in the USA as Rockne Booth Tarkington. He was an actor, known for Black Samson (1974), Wyatt Earp (1994) and The Ice Pirates (1984). He died on April 5, 2015 in the USA. He was the first black actor to have a starring role on TAGS. He played Flip Conroy - a professional football player.

Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on November 17, 2015 at 10:38am

Feel free to add any that are on your site as exemplars here. I did not realize that he had died I must have missed that. Thanks again.

Permalink Reply by Gary Wedemeyer on November 18, 2015 at 10:00am

forgot to add photos of some of these folks.

Permalink Reply by Gary Wedemeyer on November 17, 2015 at 10:32am

Tammy Windsor was born on March 6, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), The Wild and the Innocent (1959) and Hawaiian Eye (1959). She died on November 28, 1963 in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA shortly after her appearance on TAGS. She played Hanna Carter in the episode "A Feud is a Feud"

Permalink Reply by Gary Wedemeyer on November 18, 2015 at 10:01am

Permalink Reply by Gary Wedemeyer on November 17, 2015 at 10:35am

Lillian Bronson was born on October 21, 1902 in Lockport, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for In the Good Old Summertime (1949), Spencer's Mountain (1963) and The Next Voice You Hear... (1950). She died on August 2, 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She played "Erma Bishop" on an episode of TAGS. She was crowned "Miss Mayberry"

Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on November 18, 2015 at 7:07am

Lillian Bronson was a very good actress and it is interesting that she played "Grandma Spencer" in the movie Spencer's Mountain and another TAGS alumnus Ellen Corby played "Grandma Walton" in the television version (The Waltons) I have Lillian Bronson an autographed letter signed in my collection. Thanks for adding this.

Permalink Reply by 1ba14gtwda6fg on November 18, 2015 at 9:28am

Oh, yes, I recognize her, Scott, from this photo! And I watched so many episodes of THE WALTONS so many years ago...This is a great piece!

Permalink Reply by Gary Wedemeyer on November 18, 2015 at 10:01am

Permalink Reply by Gary Wedemeyer on November 17, 2015 at 10:37am

Charles Lane was a skinny, hatchet-faced, bespectacled American character actor, ubiquitous in literally hundreds of films. With his prominent nose, his rimless eyeglasses and his permanent scowl, he typically portrayed short-tempered and often loudmouthed bureaucrats, yes-men and other minor minions, principally in lighter fare. He played the moonshiner "Mr. Frisby" on TAGS and is best known for his portrayal of "Homer Bedlow" on Petticoat Junction.