Howard McNear

TV Actor

Birthday January 27, 1905

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace Los Angeles, CA

DEATH DATE Jan 3, 1969 (63)

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About

Character actor of stage, film, TV, and radio who starred as Floyd Lawson on the hit TV series, The Andy Griffith Show, and Anatomy of a Murder in 1959.

Before Fame

He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, after having begun a career in radio.

Trivia

He played Doc Charles Adams in the popular CBS Radio show, Gunsmoke.

Family Life

He had one child with his wife, Helen.

Associated With

He appeared in a 1958 episode of Leave it to Beaver, starring Jerry Mathers.