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George Lindsey Veteran character actor and north Alabama native George Lindsey (1928-2012) achieved his most lasting fame playing the character of Goober Pyle on television's The Andy Griffith Show. In addition to that role, Lindsey performed on the stage and screen and lent his distinctive voice to numerous cartoon and animated film characters. Although he left Alabama after college, Lindsey remained active in charitable and cultural events in the state throughout his life, including establishing the George Lindsey Academic Scholarships at his alma mater, the University of North Alabama. In appreciation of his life and work, the university hosts the annual George Lindsey UNA Film Festival each spring.

Lindsey was born in the midst of the Great Depression on December 17, 1928, in Fairfield, Jefferson County, to George Ross and Alice Smith Lindsey. His father had difficulty in keeping a job, and his mother suffered from the bone disease osteomyelitis. When George, an only child, was an infant, the family moved to Jasper, Walker County, where he was raised largely by his grandparents. As a boy, Lindsey displayed a keen sense of humor and comedic timing, and he spent many afternoons watching films in his local theater. He first became interested in acting after seeing the musical Oklahoma! in Birmingham at age 14. Lindsey also excelled at football during high school. Upon graduating, he entered Walker Junior College in Jasper, transferred to Kemper Military School in Boonville, Missouri, and finally transferred to Florence State Teachers College (now the University of North Alabama) after winning a football scholarship to play quarterback for the school's Lions. Lindsey also began participating in the school's theater productions, deepening his interest in acting.

George Lindsey Film Festival Poster After graduating in 1952 with a bachelor's degree in secondary education and physical education, Lindsey enlisted in the Air Force and was stationed in Orlando, Fl

George Lindsey

Lindsey was born in Fairfield, Alabama and raised by his grandparents in the small town of Jasper, where he graduated from Walker County High School in 1946. He attended Florence State Teacher's College (now the University of North Alabama), where he majored in physical education and biology, played football and acted in college plays. He received a Bachelor of Science in 1952. After graduating from college he enlisted in the United States Air Force and was stationed at Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico.

After his discharge, he taught for a year at Hazel Green High School in Hazel Green, Alabama, while waiting to be accepted by the American Theater Wing in New York City in 1956. He moved to Los Angeles in 1962 where he got parts in TV shows, including Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, The Real McCoys, The Twilight Zone, Daniel Boone, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. His most famous role was that of Goober Pyle in The Andy Griffith Show. A role he would repeat on the shows Mayberry R.F.D., Hee-Haw, and the television film Return to Mayberry.

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