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Andy Griffith is best known for his starring roles in two very popular TV series, The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock. In the 1950s, Griffith became a regular on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Steve Allen Show. He was featured in the Broadway play No Time for Sergeants (1955) for which he received a Tony nomination, and he later appeared in the film version. His film debut was in the provocative and prophetic A FACE IN THE CROWD (1957).
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Griffith said that he wants to give voters a choice. Sheriff Keith Govier, the Republican incumbent, has been in office for 10 years while Doug Vesperman, the Democratic opponent, has worked in the sheriff's department for 16 years.
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Diner owner Andy Griffith turns to piemaker Keri Russell in this spring's well-received film Waitress and gives her what he thinks is a compliment. "You're not just some little waitress," he says. "Do you understand what I'm saying?" Patti DiVita cringed when she heard that line, but she understood.
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That was half a century ago, but Griffith says he'll never forget the advice Kazan gave him about film acting. Kazan, he remembers, told him, "If you think and feel what you're supposed to think and feel, hard enough, it'll come out through your eyes — and the camera will see it."
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Andy learns that Helen was once arrested in Kansas City on a felony charge, and when the word gets out she is brought before the school board to explain. Mrs. Pendleton: Ruth McDevitt. Lockridge: Peter Hobbs. Miss Blanchard: Connie Sawyer.
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It's a career that's brought Griffith plenty of accolades, including a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005. But the honor that Griffith mentions now is the collection of photographs from ''Waitress'' he received when he finished filming.
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