Authenticity is Everything
Guest Stars and Others Who Appeared on Only One Episode of Andy Griffith
Many movie and television stars appeared as guest stars (though they were never referred to as such 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 I have my Jack Nicholson autograph in the comment section. I am not including him here because he was in two episodes.
The following 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
89. Elizabeth MacRae
90. Chet Stratton
91. Bill McLean
92. Sir Lancelot
Tags: Adams, Albertson, Ames, Denver, Hale, Nicholson
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Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on
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Frank Albertson talking to Janet Leigh in the movie PSYCHO.
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STEVE DUNNE (1918-1977), perhaps best known as the newscaster in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, where he tells people there is only one more golden ticket left. He says people might be jealous of the person who finds that ticket, but there are more important things, many more, but he just cannot think of any right now. Dunne started acting in the 1940s under the name Michael Dunne and later Stephen Dunne. He starred in his own television show with Barbara Billingsly (Leave it to Beaver) in 1955 with Professional Father. The lovely Beverly Washburn (Old Yeller) played his daughter on the show. Sadly, the show lasted only 18 episodes. Dunne became a fixture as a character actor on television and movies, often playing a newsman or announcer. He was in two episodes of TV's Batman and The Brady Bunch. Dunne did shows like That Girl, Dragnet, Ironside, The Beverly Hillbillies, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Petticoat Junction and Mannix. He appeared in the 1967 TAGS episode "Barney Comes to Mayberry." His is a reasonably scarce autograph in any form. This is from an in-person John Verzi card.
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SID MELTON (2017-2011) was a prolific character actor in movies and television from the 1940s to 1999. He was in films such as Bob Hope's The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) and Beau James (1957). Melton was most at home on television in mostly comic roles in shows like Our Miss Brooks, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Munsters, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C., Petticoat Junction, I Dream of Jeannie, Empty Nest and many more. He became a household name playing Charley Halper in the Danny Thomas show Make Room For Daddy in 1959. He was paired with Pat Carroll, who played his wife. Later, he was known on Green Acres, most notably half of the inept contractors Alf and Ralph Monroe. He reprised the role of Alf Monroe for the Return to Green Acres movie. In The Golden Girls, he appears in flashbacks as Sal Petrillo, Sophia's husband. This is an 8x10 photograph part of the famed Kuflik collection.
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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on
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I remember him! My old friend Rudy loved the Golden Girls. The Kiflik Collection is a marvel. Those Marilyn's... and a very nice Bowie too.
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Correction - Kuflik Collection.
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ELIZABETH MACRAE (1936-2024) was a pretty blonde actress with a pleasing voice who appeared in many movies and television shows from the late 1950s until the late 1980s. Her films included a major voice over as "Ladyfish" in the Don Knott's movie The Incredible Mr. Limpet in 1964. She appeared in five episodes of Gunsmoke and is best known as Gomer's girlfriend "Lou Ann Poovie" in Gomer Pyle, U. S. M. C. for 15 episodes. Other television work included Bonanza, Maverick, Rawhide, I Dream of Jeannie, Kojak, Barnaby Jones and many more. She appeared on one episode of TAGS titled "Big Brother" playing Howard Sprague's love interest. This is from an ALS on her personal stationary to Rita Corriveau in 1974.
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ELIZABETH MACRAE who recently died. Her signature on a 1974 autographed letter signed.
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CHET STRATTON (1910-1970) is one of those faces you know, but the name may escape you. A veteran character actor, Stratton, appeared in movies such as Don't Give Up the Ship, Julius Ceasar, Advise and Consent, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Lover Come Back, and Moon Pilot, among others. It was television where Stratton kept the busiest in shows such as The Twilight Zone, The Munsters, Bewitched, The Wild Wild West, The Lucy Show, The Donna Reed Show, Dragnet, The Beverly Hillbillies, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Thriller, The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Dream of Jeannie and many more. He never got a recurring role, although he did six episodes of Hogan's Heroes as different characters. Stratton appeared in The Andy Griffith Show episode "Barney Comes to Mayberry" in 1967. He also did an episode of Gomer Pyle, U. S. M.C. Stratton died relatively young at 59. His autograph is very scarce. This is an 8x10 photograph from the Alfred Lures collection dated 1968. Lures noted on the back that Stratton wrote and returned the money Lures sent.
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BILL MCLEAN (1917-1994) began his career in the late 1940s in largely uncredited roles. His small stature and mild-mannered appearance meant he often played bellhops, desk clerks, and similar roles. He is one of those well-known faces that seem to appear in everything. He was a busy character actor on television from the 1950s until the late 1980s. McLean appeared on The Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke, Cheyenne, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Wild, Wild West, I Dream of Jeannie, Petticoat Junction, The Waltons, Sanford and Son, McMillan and Wife, Little House on the Prairie, and many more. McLean appeared in the 1964 "Opie's Fortune" episode of TAGS. He also appeared in episodes of "Mayberry R.F.D." and "The New Andy Griffith Show." McLean also appeared in two of Andy Griffith's mystery movies, The Girl in the Empty Grave and Winter Kill. He played a bartender in one of the Night Stalker pilot movies, The Night Strangler, in 1974, alongside Darren McGavin. His last movie role was in the 1985 horror film House, starring William Katt. Like many character actors autograph is seldom encountered. The following is from the Kuflick Collection and obtained by Harvey Kuflik in 1981.
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Bill McLean
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SIR LANCELOT (1902-2001) was a black entertainer known for his calypso music. He appeared in three Val Lewton horror films: I Walk With a Zombie (1943), The Ghost Ship (1943), and The Curse of the Cat People (1944). He also appeared in the 1945 movie Zombies on Broadway. He worked very little in either television or movies after the 1940s. He appeared in an episode of Father Knows Best in 1957 and the 1967 TAGS episode "Howard's New Life." He played Howard Sprague's jovial landlord in the episode. It was also his last television credit. He was born Lancelot Victor Edward Pinard and went by the stage name "Sir Lancelot." The following is from Worthpoint and is part of the John Verzi collection. The photograph is Sir Lancelot as the landlord for Howard's beach front cabin. His autograph is uncommon.
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