Andy Griffith

Andy Griffith

Nacimiento : 1926-06-01, Mount Airy, North Carolina, USA

Muerte : 2012-07-03

Historia

Andy Samuel Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012) was an American actor, comedian, television producer, southern gospel singer, and writer. Known for his Southern drawl, his characters with a folksy-friendly personality, and his gruff but friendly voice, Griffith was a Tony Award nominee for two roles, and gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's film A Face in the Crowd (1957) and No Time for Sergeants (1958) before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead roles of Andy Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968) and Ben Matlock in the legal drama Matlock (1986–1995). Description above from the Wikipedia article Andy Griffith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Películas

Dads
Himself (archive footage)
Una exploración alegre de la paternidad moderna, este documento recoge los testimonios de padres de todo el mundo, desde cómicos famosos hasta padres comunes. Sus historias sin filtrar hablan de la belleza, las luchas y la ridícula hilaridad de ser padre hoy.
Play the Game
Grandpa Joe
David le enseña a su abuelo viudo cómo llevar a cabo el juego de la seducción, con la intención de ganar a Julie, la mujer de sus sueños. Sin embargo, el estudiante terminará convirtiéndose en el profesor, cuando el abuelo deba ayudar a su nieto a reconquistar al amor de su vida.
Otra vez es navidad
Santa Claus (voice)
Un duende, un reno, un zorro y un oso polar (Brad Garrett) ayudan a una huérfana (Madison Davenport) a encontrar el costal de juguetes de Santa (Andy Griffith).
La camarera
Old Joe
Jenna (Keri Russell), una camarera de un pequeño pueblo norteamericano, se queda embarazada de su abusivo marido Earl (Jeremy Sisto), y expresa sus sentimientos a través de sus creaciones culinarias, como su pastel de 'embarazada-miserable-perdedora-quejica'. En esa difícil situación, conoce a alguien que quizás pueda ayudarla.
The Very First Noel
Melchior (voice)
Melchior, one of the Three Wise Men, narrates the story of his travels in search of a magnificent star pointing him to a newborn King.
Facing the Past
Self
Documentary about the film 'A Face in the Crowd'.
Daddy and Them
O.T. Montgomery
Ruby and her husband Claude are a working-class couple who live in suburban Arkansas. As crazy as they are for each other, their relationship is far from harmonious. (The lack of money doesn't help matters, either.) In fact, their whole family is fraught with unresolved conflicts. Then Claude's uncle is arrested on a felony charge, and everyone rallies round. Ruby's mother Jewel and flirtatious sister Rose (Claude's ex-girlfriend) even fly in from Tennessee; but, far from being a source of support, Jewel seems only to want to break up Ruby and Claude.
A Song for the Season
Jake Peterson
A superintendent (Gerald McRaney), trying to save his high school's troubled finances, falls in love with a teacher (Naomi Judd) whose music program he must cut.
Las Cenizas De Papá
Hiram
An agoraphobic woman who hasn't left her home in 20 years receives a visit from the spirit of her deceased husband who reminds her of a promise she made to scatter his ashes at his favorite vacation spot. With her daughters unavailable, she sets off to fulfill the promise herself.
Espía como puedas
General Rancor
El agente SAE 2040, más conocido como Dick Steele, abandonó La Agencia siendo el mejor espía de la compañía. Tiempo después, el director de La Agencia intenta convencer a Steele para que vuelva al servicio por una buena causa: su enemigo el general Rancor, presuntamente muerto hace quince años en una pelea con Steele, está todavía vivo, aunque manco. Y el agente SAE 2040 es el único que puede atraparle e impedir que consiga el poder. Steel debe volver al servicio y, para dar con el malvado, cuenta con la ayuda de la bella y misteriosa agente 3.14.
Gramps
Jack MacGruder
After a long search, lawyer Clarke MacGruder finally locates his long lost father Jack. At first, everything seems fine with his new extended family, until the two set off on a hunting trip, where Jack starts showing a rather violent streak to his nature.
Under the Influence
Noah Talbot
A hard-drinking family man has been successful in his business despite his alcoholism. His daughter, a professional, struggles to meet her father's high expectations while she becomes addicted to prescription drugs; his son, who works for him and who serves as both his whipping boy and his drinking buddy, is becoming an alcoholic like his dad. Then the father's drinking finally takes its toll on his health, and he demands that his son bring him liquor in the hospital as his son's life, and his daughter's, fall apart at home.
Return to Mayberry
Executive Producer
After being away for awhile, Andy Taylor returns home to Mayberry to visit Opie, now an expectant father. While there he ends up helping Barney Fife mount a campaign for sheriff.
Return to Mayberry
Andy Taylor
After being away for awhile, Andy Taylor returns home to Mayberry to visit Opie, now an expectant father. While there he ends up helping Barney Fife mount a campaign for sheriff.
Diary of a Perfect Murder
Ben Matlock
This legal whodunit movie served as a pilot for the television series Matlock.
Crime Of Innocence
Judge Julius Sullivan
Two teenage girls are locked up for a minor offence by a harsh judge who thinks a night in jail will do them good. It's a traumatizing experience that includes an assault. Afterwards, one of the girls and her family seek justice against an unfair legal system.
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Colonel Ticonderoga
Tras su gran éxito un año antes con su ópera prima "Loca academia de Policía", el director Hugh Wilson repite en la comedia con este homenaje-parodia de los westerns musicales de antaño, rodado en Almería. En concreto "Rustlers' Rhapsody" homenajea la inocencia y pulcritud de los films de Roy Rogers, el vaquero cantante, siempre imbatible e impecable en sus acciones y apariencia. Con su vestimenta blanca, su guitarra y su caballo Wildfire, Rex O'Herlehan recorre los pueblos del oeste sin otro fin que hacer justicia.
The Demon Murder Case
Guy Harris
A young boy is taken over by demons who force him to commit murder.
Murder in Coweta County
John Wallace
Wallace a wealthy landowner in Meriwether County, Georgia, has virtually unlimited power in the county, including having the sheriff under his control. When he murders a share cropper he thinks that he is powerful enough to get away with it. Because the act of murder took place in Coweta County, it is under the jurisdiction of the Coweta County sheriff who hunts the murderer without trepidation.
For Lovers Only
Vernon Bliss
A man, his daughter, and son-in-law run a honeymoon resort in the Poconos.
Murder in Texas
Ash Robinson
Basada en una historia real, esta película cuenta la historia de un cirujano plástico sospechoso de causar la muerte de su primera esposa, la hija de un miembro adinerado de la sociedad de Houston. Luego, el médico se casa con su amante, a quien había estado cuidando durante su matrimonio. Su ex suegro, convencido de que su hija fue asesinada, decide ver castigado al médico.
Salvage
Harry Broderick
A hotshot junkman decides to go to the moon with his two young companions in a homemade rocket to recover millions of dollars worth of discarded space equipment in this pilot to the series.
Deadly Game
Police Chief Abel Marsh
A military convoy is transporting something apparently for disposal. They pass by Sheriff Abel Marsh's town and they are passing by property that's owned by Amy Franklin who is the girlfriend of Abel's deputy, Malcolm. Before they know it, everything around the property is uninhabitable. The army returns to clean things up and make restitution. But there is one nagging question, was this an accident or was it deliberate? That is something Abel is most interested in finding out.
La mujer de la tumba vacía
Police Chief Abel Marsh
Abel Marsh, jefe de policía de un pequeño pueblo a orillas de un lago, comienza a realizar una investigación después de que una joven, que se suponía había muerto unos meses antes, aparece de repente en el funeral de sus padres, que han sido asesinados.
El invierno maravilloso de Frosty
Narrator
Han pasado años desde que Frosty se fue al Polo Norte, pero mantuvo su promesa a los niños de que algún día regresaría. Cuando oye las noticias sobre la primera nevada de la temporada, regresa con los niños. Los niños se emocionan al escuchar el regreso de Frosty y se alegran cuando él vuelve a jugar con ellos, pero luego Jack Frost ve la diversión que los niños tienen con Frosty y se pone celoso de él. Cuando descubre el origen de Frosty y su mágico sombrero de seda que le dio vida al muñeco de nieve cuando lo colocó sobre su cabeza, Jack decide robárselo a Frosty para que los niños lo amen más. Pero esa noche, mientras Frosty y los niños patinaban sobre el hielo en el estanque helado, Jack, sin saberlo, captura el viejo sombrero del caballo macho con su capacidad de soplar vientos nevados. Creyendo que es el sombrero de Frosty...
Six Characters in Search of An Author
The Father
A rehearsal is disrupted when six figures mysteriously appear on the stage, claiming to be fictional characters from an unfinished play searching for an author to tell their tragic story. An adaptation of the classic Luigi Pirandello play, updated to take place in a 1970s television studio.
Street Killing
Gus Brenner
In this detective drama, a prosecutor investigates a murder and finds that it is connected to a recent mugging. In the end, he is led to convict a high-ranking crime lord.
Aquel loco loco Oeste
Howard Pike
Historia de un joven escritor llega a Hollywood en 1930 y se enrola en el rodaje de un western
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Self
Mitzi Gaynor in a song and dance hour with an all-male, star-studded ensemble featuring her main guests Michael Landon (Little House on the Prairie) and Jack Albertson (Chico and the Man), plus 28 celebrities as her "Million Dollar Chorus." Songs performed include: "I Got the Music in Me," "The Most Beautiful Guy in the World," and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life."
Savages
Horton Madec
Ben Campbell, a 22 year old gas station attendant in a small desert town, is looking to make some extra money. He is surprised when Madec, a wealthy lawyer, asks him to be his guide on a hunting trip in the desert. When Madec accidentally shoots a prospector, he is fearful of what it will do his reputation and decides to eliminate the only witness, Ben, who is forced to go on the run. In addition to being hunted by Madec, Ben must also contend with the harsh desert elements. But if he does make it back to town alive, will anyone believe his story?
Winter Kill
Sheriff Sam McNeill
Someone is shooting the residents of a mountain resort town. Sheriff McNeill (Andy Griffith) must figure out the connection that links the victims and find the sniper before he (or she) kills again, and before the town council relieves him of duty.
Pray for the Wildcats
Sam Farragut
Three ad agency executives are pressured into taking a motorbike trip to Baja by a big-ticket client. Along the way, the client is spurned by a young woman whose boyfriend sticks up for her. The client later disables their van, leading to their deaths in the desert. When the executives piece together what has happened, it leads to a showdown.
Go Ask Alice
Priest
Estados Unidos, años 60. Sin darse cuenta, una niña de 14 años es absorbida por una espiral de sexo y drogas, pero, pasado cierto tiempo, intentará buscar ayuda.
The Strangers in 7A
Artie Sawyer
Andy Griffith plays a philandering apartment house manager who picks up a pretty young girl (Suzanne Hildur) in a bar. He takes her home, whereupon the girl's male cronies show up armed with guns. Griffith and his wife (Ida Lupino) are held hostage by the crooks, who plan to use the apartment as headquarters while they pull off a big robbery. Director Paul Wendkos stages the action essentially from the victim's point of view; we see only what they see, and are kept guessing as to the full details of the crime and the ultimate fate of the hostages. Based on a novel by Fielden Farrington, The Strangers in 7A was first telecast on November 14th, 1972 as a CBS Movie of the Week.
Angel in My Pocket
Reverend Samuel D. Whitehead
The new minister in a small town faces the challenge of winning over its eccentric citizens.
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.
Rowan & Martin At the Movies
Self
This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV studio, ostensibly to host a show. It turns out that trumpet player Herb Alpert is the only other performer listed in the credits who is actually there in person. The others appear in clips, some from their own U.S. Savings Bonds spots, others from unidentified movie or TV appearances. Singer Barbara McNair is shown entertaining U.S. troops in Viet Nam, and the youth group The Young Americans also sings.
General Foods Opening Night
Fearing they'll all be fired after hearing Phil Silvers is getting his own show on the General Foods line up, the actors and actress band together to ruin Silvers' show.
Onionhead
Alvin 'Al' Woods aka Onionhead
Follow-up to Andy Griffith's big hit in "No Time for Sergeants" moves the action to the Coast Guard and WW II.
No Time for Sergeants
Will Stockdale
Georgia farm boy Will Stockdale is about to bust with pride. He’s been drafted. Will’s ready. But is Uncle Sam ready for Will? In No Time for Sergeants, Andy Griffith is certifiably funny in the role that clinched his stardom. Wearing a friendly, wide grin, he ambles into the U.S. Air Force – and lots of folks’ll never be the same.
Un rostro en la multitud
Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
Una cadena de televisión convierte en estrella televisiva a un vagabundo. La sorprendente reacción del público hacia el personaje cambiará su vida por completo, convirtiéndolo en una víctima de los medios de comunicación.
No Time for Sergeants
Will Stockdale
Will Stockdale is a country bumpkin drafted into the Air Force and too dumb to realize he's driving everyone around him crazy -- no one more than Sgt. King.