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John Smeaton "Jack" Dodson (May 16, 1931 – September 16, 1994) was an American television actor best remembered for the milquetoast character Howard Sprague on The Andy Griffith Show and its spin-off Mayberry R.F.D.
Jack Dodson was arguably best known for playing "Howard Sprague," the somewhat geeky county clerk on The Andy Griffith Show (1960). This amazingly funny character actor endeared himself to 60s and 70s audiences as the straight-laced "straight man" to the "comic idiot" character "Goober."
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Sep 21, 1994 · Jack Dodson, an actor best known for his role as Howard Sprague, the county clerk, on "The Andy Griffith Show" and its offshoot "Mayberry R.F.D.," died on Friday at Encino-Tarzana...
Jack Dodson was arguably best known for playing "Howard Sprague," the somewhat geeky county clerk on The Andy Griffith Show (1960). This amazingly funny character actor endeared himself to 60s and 70s audiences as the straight-laced "straight man" to the "comic idiot" character "Goober."
- May 16, 1931
- September 16, 1994
- Floyd The Barber Was 1 of The Show’S Most Beloved Characters
- After Howard McNear’s Stroke, Andy Griffith Wanted Him Back on The Show
- Howard McNear’s Painful Last Scene
Next to Aunt Bee and Opie, the most loved character on the series had to be the town’s barber and dedicated gossip, Floyd the barber. His cut shop was where the local men gathered for a trim and some serious gab. In his 1981 book The Andy Griffith Show, author Richard Kelly explained how Floyd actor Howard McNear arrived in Mayberry. “Howard McNear...
The actor suffered a stroke in 1963 that left him nearly paralyzed on the left side of his body. As Griffith said in his account, McNear “had a stroke and was bad off for a long time. He was out of our show for about a year and three-quarters.” On any other series perhaps, an event as catastrophic as a stroke would mean guaranteed retirement. And i...
After his 1963 stroke, McNear returned to work on The Andy Griffith Showin 1965. Two years later, however, he had another stroke that ended his life. “He was with us about two years after that before he died,” Griffith recalled to Kelly. “Finally poor Howard died. I’m sorry because there was never anyone like him. Kind, kind man.” Jack Dodson who p...
Sep 7, 2021 · The name Jack Dodson will forever be synonymous with that of Howard Sprague, the square mama's boy from The Andy Griffith Show and spinoff series Mayberry R.F.D.
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Sep 20, 1994 · Jack Dodson, who played officious egghead Howard Sprague on ``The Andy Griffith Show'' and ``Mayberry R.F.D.,'' has died at 63. Dodson died Friday at a suburban hospital after a yearlong illness, daughter Cristina Dodson said Monday.
