George Lindsey: writer, actor, voice actor, film festival promtor, but was known mostly as
Goober Pyle on the Andy Griffin Show, has passed on. He
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512357/bio#triviaDespite being cast as a simpleton, the late Mr Lindsey had a degree in Bioscience from the University of North Alabama.
His television Sci-fi connections include "The Twilight Zone and "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea".
and then there's this...
Quote:TV Land's Star Trek marathon November 17th, 2006, had comments by the actors. Leonard Nimoy's stunner was that Gene Roddenberry's first choice to play Spock was George Lindsey. He turned the part down and the rest is history.
Home
Pages: 1
