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 July 6, 2025 at 5:27pm

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.

Permalink Reply by eddy on July 6, 2025 at 6:43pm

I recall Sir Lancelot fondly from the Val Lewton films. Quite memorable!

Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on July 7, 2025 at 3:06am

Thank you, Eddy, those movies, and his music is what he is best remembered for. He travelled in Europe in the 1950s otherwise he may have done more. I forgot to add he was in the 1958 movie The Buccaneer starring Yul Brenner. That was his last movie and The Andy Griffith Show his last television program.

Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on July 7, 2025 at 1:40pm

It is worth noting that many websites (apparently created by individuals who never watched The Andy Griffith Show) claim that only one African American had a speaking role on the show. That is untrue. Sir Lancelot has a speaking role. Rockne Booth Tarkington is most remembered as Opie's baseball coach, "Flip Conroy," in the seventh-season episode "Opie's Piano Lesson." Blacks were shown in various episodes, albeit as extras in earlier episodes. In Mayberry R. F. D. Charles Lampkin appears as councilman Ralph Barton in seven episodes.

Permalink Reply by Tim Henderson on October 9, 2025 at 3:28pm