name	Luke Jensen
nickname	Dual Hand Luke
country
residence	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
birth date	June 18, 1966
birth place	Grayling, Michigan, U.S.
height	6'3" (190 cm)
weight	190 lbs (86 kg)
turnedpro	1987
plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
careerprizemoney	US$1,314,855
singlesrecord	12–43
singlestitles	0
highestsinglesranking	168 (25-Jul-88)
australianopenresult	-
frenchopenresult	-
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doublestitles	10
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Luke Jensen (born June 18, 1966 in Grayling, Michigan, U.S.) is a former professional male tennis player from the United States. He attended University of Southern California from 1986–87 and earned singles All-American honors both years (doubles in 87). He is now the head coach of the women's tennis team at Syracuse University. .

Jensen attended East Grand Rapids High School, winning the Michigan state singles championship in 1983, and graduating in 1985.

He reached his career high doubles ranking, World No. 6, on November 1, 1993.

Nicknamed "Dual Hand Luke" because he was an ambidextrous player able to serve at 130 MPH with either hand. He now does on-court analysis for ESPN for their tennis coverage. He also travels the world as an instructor, motivational speaker, and ambassador for the game.

His younger brother is former professional male tennis player Murphy Jensen.

Doubles Titles (10)

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Legend

Grand Slam (1)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (1)

ATP Championship Series (1)

ATP Tour (7)

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Titles by Surface

Hard (5)

Clay (4)

Grass (1)

Carpet (0)

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Runner-ups (14)

References

External links

ATP Official Profile

Luke Jensen ESPN Bio

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name	Andy Griffith
birth name	Andy Samuel Griffith
birth date	June 01, 1926
birth place	Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States
nationality	American
education	Mount Airy High School
alma mater	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
party	Democrat
notable works	The Andy Griffith Show
spouse	Barbara Bray Edwards (m. 1949–72) (divorced)Solica Cassuto (m. 1975–81) (divorced)Cindi Knight (1983–present)
years active	1954–present
occupation	Actor, comedian, director, producer, singer (country, bluegrass & southern gospel), writer }}

Andy Samuel Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an American actor, director, producer, Grammy Award-winning Southern-gospel singer, and writer. He gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's epic film ''A Face in the Crowd'' (1957) before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead characters in the 1960-68 situation comedy, ''The Andy Griffith Show'', and in the 1986-95 legal drama, ''Matlock''. Griffith was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by US President George W. Bush on November 9, 2005.

Early life and education

Griffith was born in Mount Airy, North Carolina, the only child of Geneva (''née'' Nunn) and Carl Lee Griffith. At a very young age, Griffith had to live with relatives until his parents could afford to get a home of their own. Without a crib or a bed, he slept in drawers for a few months. In 1929, when Griffith was three years old, his father took a job working as a carpenter and was finally able to purchase a home in Mount Airy's "blue-collar" southside.

Like his mother, Griffith grew up listening to music. His father instilled a sense of humor from old family stories. By the time he entered school he was well aware that he was from what many considered the "wrong side of the tracks". He was a shy student, but once he found a way to make his peers laugh, he began to come into his own.

As a student at Mount Airy High School, Griffith cultivated an interest in the arts, and he participated in the school's drama program. A growing love of music, particularly swing, would change his life. Griffith was raised Baptist and looked up to Ed Mickey, a minister at Grace Moravian Church, who led the brass band and taught him to sing and play the trombone. Mickey nurtured Griffith's talent throughout high school until graduation in 1944. Griffith was delighted when he was offered a role in ''The Lost Colony'', a play still performed today on historic Roanoke Island, part of the history filled Outer Banks, the barrier islands that sit along most of coastal North Carolina. He performed as a cast member of the play for several years, playing a variety of roles, until he finally landed the role of Sir Walter Raleigh, the namesake of North Carolina's capital.

He began college studying to be a Moravian preacher, but he changed his major to music and became a part of the school's Carolina Play Makers. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and graduated with a bachelor of music degree in 1949. At UNC he was president of the UNC Men's Glee Club and a member of the Alpha Rho Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, America's oldest fraternity for men in music.

After graduation, he taught English for a few years at Goldsboro High School in Goldsboro, North Carolina, where he taught, among others, Carl Kasell. He also began to write.

Career

From rising comedian to film star

Griffith's early career was as a monologist, delivering long stories such as ''What it Was, Was Football'', which is told from the point of view of a rural backwoodsman trying to figure out what was going on in a football game. Released as a single in 1953 on the Colonial label, the monologue was a hit for Griffith, reaching number nine on the charts in 1954.

Griffith starred in a one-hour teleplay version of ''No Time for Sergeants'' (March 1955)—a story about a country boy in the US Air Force—on ''The United States Steel Hour'', a television anthology series. He expanded that role in a full-length theatrical version of the same name (October 1955) on Broadway in New York City, New York. His Broadway career also included the title role in the 1957 musical, ''Destry Rides Again'', co-starring Delores Gray. The show, with a score by Harold Rome, ran for more than a year.

Griffith later reprised his role for the film version (1958) of ''No Time for Sergeants''; the film also featured Don Knotts, as a corporal in charge of manual-dexterity tests, marking the beginning of a life-long association between Griffith and Knotts. ''No Time for Sergeants'' is considered the direct inspiration for the later television situation comedy ''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.''

He also portrayed a US Coast Guard sailor in the feature film ''Onionhead'' (1958); it was neither a critical nor a commercial success.

Dramatic role in ''A Face in the Crowd'' (1957)

In 1957 Griffith made his film début, starring in the film ''A Face in the Crowd''. Although he plays a "country boy", this country boy is manipulative and power-hungry, a drifter who becomes a television host and uses his show as a gateway to political power. Co-starring Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau, Tony Franciosa, and Lee Remick (in her film début as well), this now-classic film, directed by Elia Kazan, showcases Griffith's powerful talents. Written by Budd Schulberg, and partly based on the on-stage phoniness of both Arthur Godfrey and Will Rogers, the film demonstrated, quite early on, the power that television can have upon the masses. This prescient film was seldom run on television until the 1990s.

A 2005 DVD reissue of ''A Face in the Crowd'' includes a mini-documentary on the film, with comments from Schulberg and surviving cast members Griffith, Franciosa, and Neal. In his interview, Griffith, revered for his wholesome image for decades, reveals a more complex side of himself. He recalls Kazan prepping him to shoot his first scene with Remick's teenaged baton twirler, who captivates Griffith's character on a trip to Arkansas. Griffith also expresses his belief that the film was far more popular and respected in more recent decades than it was when originally released.

Television roles

Early television roles

Griffith's first appearance on television had been in 1955 in the one-hour teleplay of ''No Time for Sergeants'' on ''The United States Steel Hour''. That was the first of two appearances on that series.

In 1960, Griffith appeared as a county sheriff (who was also a justice of the peace and the editor of the local newspaper) in an episode of ''Make Room for Daddy'', starring Danny Thomas. This episode, in which Thomas' character is stopped for speeding in a little town, served as a backdoor pilot for ''The Andy Griffith Show''. Both shows were produced by Sheldon Leonard.

''The Andy Griffith Show'' (1960–1968)

Beginning in 1960, Griffith starred as Sheriff Andy Taylor in ''The Andy Griffith Show'' for the CBS television network alongside other successful 1960s family-oriented situation comedies that dealt with single parent families, such as: ''My Three Sons'', ''Family Affair'', ''The Beverly Hillbillies'', ''Petticoat Junction'', ''The Lucy Show'', ''Julia'', ''The Courtship of Eddie's Father'', and, a decade later, ''The Brady Bunch''.

The show took place in the fictional town of Mayberry, North Carolina, where Taylor, a widower, was the sheriff and town sage. The show was filmed at Desilu Studios, with exteriors filmed at Forty Acres in Culver City, CA.

From 1960 to 1965, the show co-starred character actor and comedian—and Griffith's longtime friend—Don Knotts in the role of Deputy Barney Fife, Taylor's best friend and partner. He was also Taylor's cousin in the show. In the series première episode, in a conversation between the two, Fife calls Taylor "Cousin Andy", and Taylor calls Fife "Cousin Barney". The show also starred child actor Ron Howard (then known as Ronny Howard), who played Taylor's only child, Opie Taylor.

It was an immediate hit. Although Griffith never received a writing credit for the show, he worked on the development of every script. While Knotts was frequently lauded and won multiple Emmy Awards for his comedic performances (as did Frances Bavier in 1967), Griffith was never nominated for an Emmy Award during the show's run.

In 1967, Griffith was under contract with CBS to do one more season of the show. However, he decided to quit the show to pursue a movie career and other projects. The series continued as ''Mayberry R.F.D.'', with Ken Berry starring as a widower farmer and many of the regular characters recurring, some regularly and some as guest appearances. Griffith served as executive producer (according to Griffith, he came in once a week to review the week's scripts and give input) and guest starred in five episodes (the pilot episode involved his marriage to Helen Crump). He made one final appearance as Taylor in the 1986 reunion television film, ''Return to Mayberry'', and appeared in two reunion specials, in 1993 and 2003, respectively.

''Matlock'' (1986–1995)

After leaving his still-popular show in 1968, and starting his own production company (Andy Griffith Enterprises) in 1972, Griffith starred in less-successful television series such as ''Headmaster'' (1970), ''The New Andy Griffith Show'' (1971), ''Adams of Eagle Lake'' (1975) ''Salvage 1'' (1979), and ''The Yeagers'' (1980).

After spending time in rehabilitation for leg paralysis from Guillain–Barré syndrome in 1986, Griffith returned to television as the title character, Ben Matlock, in the legal drama ''Matlock'' (1986–1995) on NBC and ABC. Matlock was a country lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia, who was known for his Southern drawl and for always winning his cases. ''Matlock'' also starred unfamiliar actors (both of whom were childhood fans of Andy Griffith) Nancy Stafford as Michelle Thomas (1987–1992) and Clarence Gilyard Jr. as Conrad McMasters (1989–1993). By the end of its first season it was a ratings powerhouse on Tuesday nights. Although the show was nominated for four Emmy Awards, Griffith once again was never nominated. He did, however, win a People's Choice Award in 1987 for his work as ''Matlock''.

During the series' sixth season, he served as unofficial director, executive producer and writer of the show.

Other television appearances

Griffith has also made other character appearances through the years on ''Playhouse 90'', ''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'', ''The Mod Squad'', ''Hawaii Five-O'', ''The Doris Day Show'', ''Here's Lucy'', ''The Bionic Woman'', ''Fantasy Island'', among many others. He also reprised his role as Ben Matlock on ''Diagnosis: Murder'' in 1997, and his most recent guest-starring role was in 2001 in an episode of ''Dawson's Creek''.

Films (including television films)

For most of the 1970s, Griffith starred or appeared in many television films including ''The Strangers In 7A'' (1972), ''Go Ask Alice'' (1973), ''Winter Kill'' (1974), and ''Pray for the Wildcats'' (1974), which marked his first villainous role. Griffith appeared again as a villain in ''Savages'' (1974), a television film based on the novel ''Deathwatch'' (1972) by Robb White. Griffith received his only Primetime Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries or a Movie for his role as the father of a murder victim in the television film ''Murder In Texas'' (1981) and won further acclaim for his role as a homicidal villain in the television film ''Murder in Coweta County'' (1983), co-starring music legend Johnny Cash as the sheriff. He also proved to be a good character actor and appeared in several television mini-series, including the television version of ''From Here to Eternity'' (1979), ''Roots: The Next Generations'' (1979), ''Centennial'' (1978), and the Watergate scandal-inspired ''Washington: Behind Closed Doors'' (1977), playing a former president loosely based on Lyndon B. Johnson.

Most of the TV movies Griffith starred in were also attempts to launch a new series. 1974's ''Winter Kill'' launched the short lived ''Adams of Eagle Lake'' which was canceled after only two episodes in 1975. A year later, he starred as a New York City attorney for the DA's office in ''Street Killing'' which also failed to launch a new series. Two television films for NBC in 1977, ''The Girl in The Empty Grave'' and ''Deadly Game'', were attempts for Griffith to launch a new series featuring him as Police Chief Abel Marsh, a more hard-edged version of Andy Taylor; despite strong ratings for both films, both were unsuccessful.

While appearing in television films and guest roles on television series over the next 10 years, Griffith also appeared in two feature films, both of which flopped at the box office. He co-starred with Jeff Bridges as a crusty old 1930s western actor in the comedy ''Hearts of the West'' (1975), and he appeared alongside Tom Berenger as a gay villainous colonel and cattle baron in the western comedy spoof ''Rustlers' Rhapsody'' (1985).

He also appeared as an attorney in the NBC mini-series ''Fatal Vision'' in 1984, which is considered a precursor to his role in ''Matlock''.

Griffith stunned many unfamiliar with his ''A Face in the Crowd'' work in the television film ''Crime of Innocence'' (1985), where he portrayed a callous judge who routinely sentenced juveniles to hard prison time. He further stunned audiences with his role as a dangerous and mysterious grandfather in 1995's ''Gramps'', co-starring the late John Ritter. He also appeared as a comical villain in the spy movie spoof ''Spy Hard'' (1996) starring Leslie Nielsen. In the television film ''A Holiday Romance'' (1999), Griffith played the role of "Jake Peterson." In the film ''Daddy and Them'' (2001), Griffith portrayed a patriarch of a dysfunctional southern family.

In the feature film ''Waitress'' (2007), Griffith played a crusty diner owner who takes a shine to Keri Russell's character. His latest appearance was the leading role in the romantic comedy, independent film ''Play The Game'' (2009) as a lonely, widowed grandfather re-entering the dating world after a 60-year hiatus. The cast of ''Play The Game'' also included Rance Howard, Ron Howard's real-life father, who made appearances in various supporting roles on ''The Andy Griffith Show,'' and Clint Howard, Ron's younger brother, who had the recurring role of ''Leon'' (the kid offering the ice cream cone or peanut butter sandwich) on TAGS.

Singing and recording career

Griffith sang as part of some of his acting roles, most notably in ''A Face In The Crowd'' and in many episodes of both ''The Andy Griffith Show'' and ''Matlock''. In addition to his recordings of comic monologues in the 1950s, he made an album of upbeat country and gospel tunes during the run of ''The Andy Griffith Show'', which included a version of the show's theme sung by Griffith under the title "The Fishin' Hole". In recent years, he has recorded successful albums of classic Christian hymns for Sparrow Records. His most successful was the 1996 release ''I Love to Tell the Story: 25 Timeless Hymns'', which was certified platinum by the RIAA.

Griffith appeared in country singer Brad Paisley's music video "Waitin' on a Woman" (2008).

Name dispute

William Harold Fenrick of Platteville, Wisconsin, legally changed his name to Andrew Jackson Griffith and ran unsuccessfully for sheriff of Grant County in November 2006. Subsequently, actor Griffith filed a lawsuit against Griffith/Fenrick, asserting that he violated trademark, copyright, and privacy laws by changing his name for the "sole purpose of taking advantage of Griffith's notoriety in an attempt to gain votes". On May 4, 2007, US District Court Judge John C. Shabaz ruled that Griffith/Fenrick did not violate federal trademark law because he did not use the Griffith name in a commercial transaction but instead strove "to seek elective office, fundamental First Amendment protected speech."

Associations

R.G. Armstrong

The longest association Griffith has had began in 1949 with a then-unknown actor, R.G. Armstrong. They met when Armstrong was one of Griffith's and his first wife's students at UNC, where Armstrong majored in drama. After graduating from college, Armstrong went on to become a versatile character actor while attending The Actors Studio in New York City.

In the 1960s, they were reunited in an episode of ''The Andy Griffith Show'', with Armstrong playing a farmer who was the father of a tomboy. In the 1980s, Armstrong made a guest appearance in a two-part episode of ''Matlock'', which was filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina (Griffith's place of residence), playing the role of a sheriff who introduces Matlock to a young, hotshot private investigator. Griffith and Armstrong keep in contact.

Don Knotts

Griffith's relationship with Knotts began in 1955, when they co-starred in the Broadway play ''No Time for Sergeants''. Several years later, Knotts had a regular role on ''The Andy Griffith Show'' for five seasons. Knotts left the series in 1965 but periodically returned for guest appearances. He appeared in the pilot for Griffith's subsequent short-lived series, ''The New Andy Griffith Show'', and he had a recurring role on ''Matlock'', from 1988 to 1992.

They kept in contact until Knotts' death in early 2006. Griffith traveled from his Manteo, North Carolina home to Los Angeles, California, to visit a terminally ill Knotts in the hospital just before Knotts died from complications of lung cancer.

Ron Howard

Griffith's friendship with Howard began in 1960, when they guest-starred in the episode of ''Make Room For Daddy'' that led to the formation of ''The Andy Griffith Show'' that same year. For eight seasons they shared a unique father-son relationship on the set. They guest-starred together in its spin-off series, ''Mayberry R.F.D.'', in an episode where Griffith's character married his long-time girlfriend. They also appeared in the episode ''Opie's Ill-Gotten Gain'', in which Howard's character, Opie, runs away from home and attempts to enlist in the US Marines. Howard and Griffith starred together in most of "The Andy Griffith Show" episodes. They costarred in the television special ''Return to Mayberry'' (1986), in which the now-adult Opie is about to become a father, and they later appeared together in CBS reunion specials in 1993 and 2003.

Griffith made a surprise appearance as the ghost of Andy Taylor when Howard hosted ''Saturday Night Live'' in 1982. Howard did not make any cameo appearances on ''Matlock'', but his mother, Jean Speegle Howard, had a small role in one episode. Howard attended the People's Choice Awards in 1987, where Griffith was honored.

Howard and Griffith keep in contact sharing news about family and personal activities. Howard and his family attended ''Waitress'' (2007), which they reportedly enjoyed. To this day, Griffith still calls Howard by his childhood nickname, "Ronny".

In October 2008, Griffith and Howard briefly reprised their Mayberry roles in an online video ''Ron Howard’s Call to Action''. It was posted to comedy video website Funny or Die. The video encouraged people to vote and endorsed Democratic Party US presidential candidate Barack Obama, and US vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden.

Personal life

Marriage and family

Griffith and Barbara Bray Edwards were married on August 22, 1949, and they adopted a son, Andrew Samuel Griffith Jr. (born in 1957 and known as Sam Griffith), a real-estate developer, and a daughter, Dixie Nan. They were divorced in 1972. Sam died in 1996 after years of alcoholism.

In 1975 Griffith and Solica Cassuto were married; they were divorced in 1981.

He and Cindi Knight were married on April 12, 1983; they had met when he was filming ''Murder in Coweta County''.

Political activities

In addition to his online video with Howard in 2008, in politics Griffith has favored Democrats and recorded television commercials endorsing North Carolina Governors Mike Easley and Bev Perdue. He spoke at the inauguration ceremonies of both. In 1984, he declined an offer by Democratic party officials to run against Jesse Helms, a US Senator from North Carolina.

In July 2010, he also starred in ads about Medicare.

Health

Griffith's first serious health problem was in April 1983, when he was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome and could not walk for seven months because of paralysis from the knees down.

On May 9, 2000, he underwent quadruple heart-bypass surgery at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. After a fall, Griffith underwent hip surgery on September 5, 2007, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Albums

''Andy and Cleopatra'' on Capitol Records - T 2066, (1964)

''What it Was, Was Football'' (as Deacon Andy Griffith) on Capitol Records - EAP 1-498, (1953)

''Just for Laughs'' (1958)

''Shouts the Blues and Old Timey Songs'' (1959) (album includes a guest appearance by bluesmen Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry).

''Somebody Bigger Than You and I'' (1972)

''American Originals'' (1993)

''I Love to Tell the Story: 25 Timeless Hymns'' (1996)

''Sings Favorite Old-Time Songs'' (1997)

''Just as I Am: 30 Favorite Old Time Hymns (1998)

''Wit & Wisdom of Andy Griffith'' (1998)

''Favorite Old Time Songs'' (2000)

''Absolutely the Best'' (remastered) (2002)

''Back to Back Hits'' (2003)

''The Christmas Guest'' (2003)

''Bound for the Promised Land: The Best of Andy Griffith Hymns'' (2005)

''The Collection'' (2005)

''Pickin' and Grinnin': The Best of Andy Griffith'' (2005)

Music videos

! Year	! Video	! Director
2008	"Waitin' on a Woman"(w/ Brad Paisley)	Jim Shea/Peter Tilden

Filmography

Features

''A Face in the Crowd'' (1957)

''No Time for Sergeants'' (1958)

''Onionhead'' (1958)

''The Second Time Around'' (1961)

''Angel in My Pocket'' (1969)

''Hearts of the West'' (1975)

''Rustlers' Rhapsody'' (1985)

''Gramps'' (1995)

''Spy Hard'' (1996)

''Daddy and Them'' (2001)

''The Very First Noel'' (2006) (voice)

''Waitress'' (2007)

''Christmas Is Here Again'' (2007) (voice)

''Play the Game'' (2008)

Short subjects

''Rowan & Martin at the Movies'' (1968)

''What It Was, Was Football'' (1997)

''Waitin' on a Woman'' (music video by Brad Paisley featuring Griffith) (2008)

Television work

''The Andy Griffith Show'' (1960–1968)

''The Headmaster'' (1970–1971)

''The New Andy Griffith Show'' (1971; canceled after 13 episodes)

''The Strangers In 7A'' (1972)

''Go Ask Alice'' (1973)

''Pray for the Wildcats'' (1974)

''Winter Kill'' (1974)

''Savages'' (1974)

''Adams of Eagle Lake'' (1975; canceled after two episodes)

''Street Killing'' (1976)

''Six Characters in Search of an Author'' (1976)

''Frosty's Winter Wonderland'' (1976) (voice)

''Washington: Behind Closed Doors'' (1977)

''The Girl in the Empty Grave'' (1977)

''Deadly Game'' (1977)

''Centennial'' (1978; miniseries)

''Salvage 1'' (1979; canceled after 20 episodes)

''From Here to Eternity'' (1979; miniseries)

''Roots: The Next Generations'' (1979; miniseries)

''The Yeagers'' (1980; canceled after two episodes)

''Murder in Texas'' (1981)

''For Lovers Only'' (1982)

''Murder in Coweta County'' (1983)

''The Demon Murder Case'' (1983)

''Fatal Vision'' (1984) (miniseries)

''Crime of Innocence'' (1985)

''Return to Mayberry'' (1986)

''Matlock'' (1986–1995)

''Under the Influence'' (1986)

''The Gift of Love'' (1994)

''Gramps'' (1995)

''Scattering Dad'' (1998)

''A Holiday Romance'' (1999)

Honors

Mount Airy annually celebrates Griffith and his eponymous television series with "Mayberry Days", named after the fictional community of Mayberry in ''The Andy Griffith Show''.

A statue of the Mayberry characters, Andy and Opie, was constructed in Pullen Park in Raleigh, North Carolina, and at the Andy Griffith Playhouse in Mount Airy.

C.F. Martin & Company, guitar manufacturers, offers an Andy Griffith signature model guitar. Limited edition in 2004 of the D-18 Model with 311 units total production. Patterned after Andy's own 1956 D-18.

Griffith received a Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album for ''I Love to Tell the Story — 25 Timeless Hymns'' in 1997.

In 1999 Griffith was inducted into the Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame with fellow artists Lulu Roman, Barbara Mandrell, David L. Cook, Gary S. Paxton, Jimmy Snow, Loretta Lynn, and Jody Miller.

In October 2002, an stretch of US Highway 52 that passes through Mount Airy was dedicated as the Andy Griffith Parkway.

He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bush on November 9, 2005.

A few weeks earlier, he had helped preside over the reopening of UNC's Memorial Hall and donated a substantial amount of memorabilia from his career to the university.

In 2007, he was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

References

External links

Discography at CMT.com

Inventory of the Andy Griffith Papers, 1949–1997, in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Judge: Wis'. 'Andy Griffith' Did Not Harm Actor", news report by ''The Associated Press'' on the May 2007 ruling in favor of William Harold Fenrick.

"What It Was, Was Football", includes links to audio of the routine and ''Mad'' magazine treatment.

Fans created replica of Sheriff Andy Taylor's Mayberry home for B&B;

Taylor home replica inn

Beckwith, Ryan Teague (December 27, 2007). "Andy Griffith", profile at ''The News & Observer''. Accessed November 12, 2009.

Andy Griffith Archive of American Television Interview

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Francis Lee Bailey Jr., commonly referred to as F. Lee Bailey, (born June 10, 1933) is a former attorney in Massachusetts and Florida. He was a criminal defense lawyer who served as the lawyer in the Sam Sheppard re-trial. He was also the supervisory attorney over attorney Mark J. Kadish in the court martial of Captain Ernest Medina for the My Lai Massacre, among other high profile trials, and was one of the lawyers for the defense in the O. J. Simpson murder case. He has also had a number of visible defeats, legal controversies, and personal trouble with the law, and was disbarred for misconduct while defending his client Claude DuBoc. In spite of his difficulties, he still has a reputation for being a highly successful defense attorney, and was the Chairman and CEO of IMPAC, Integrated Control Systems, Inc., a Florida corporation.

Education and military service

Bailey was born in Waltham, Massachusetts. He went to Cardigan Mountain School and then Kimball Union Academy, graduating in the class of 1950. Bailey studied at Harvard College, but dropped out in 1952 to join the United States Marine Corps. Bailey received his aviator wings in 1954. He served as a jet fighter pilot and a legal officer. He was discharged in 1956. Bailey received his LL.B. from Boston University, where he was ranked first in his graduating class in 1960.

Notable cases

Sam Sheppard

In 1954, Dr. Sam Sheppard was found guilty in the murder of his wife Marilyn. The case was believed to be the inspiration for the ''Fugitive'' television series (1963–1967) and the 1993 movie. Bailey, at the time a resident of Rocky River, Ohio, was hired by Sheppard's brother Stephen to help in his brother's appeal. In 1966, Bailey successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that Sheppard had been denied due process, winning a re-trial. A not-guilty verdict followed. This case established Bailey's reputation as a skilled defense attorney and was the first of many high-profile cases.

"Boston Strangler"

While defendant Albert DeSalvo was in jail for the "Green Man" sexual assaults, he confessed his guilt in the "Boston Strangler" murders to Bailey. DeSalvo was found guilty of the assaults but was never tried for the stranglings.

Dr. Carl A. Coppolino

Dr. Coppolino was accused of murdering his wife, Dr. Carmela Coppolino (August 28, 1965), and his neighbor Lt. Col. William Farber (July 30, 1963). The prosecution claimed that Coppolino injected his victims with a curare-like substance called succinylcholine chloride, which at the time was undetectable due to limited forensic technology. Bailey, who had just won Sam Sheppard an acquittal in November 1966, successfully defended Coppolino in the New Jersey case over the death of Lt. Col. William Farber in December 1966. However, Coppolino was convicted of murdering his wife in Florida. He was paroled after serving 12 years of his sentence.

Ernest Medina

Bailey successfully defended U.S. Army Captain Ernest Medina in his 1971 court-martial for responsibility in the My Lai incident during the Vietnam War.

Patty Hearst

The case of Patty Hearst, a newspaper heiress who had committed armed bank robberies after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), was one of Bailey's defeats. Patty Hearst describes his closing argument in her autobiography as "disjointed" and that she suspected he had been drinking. During his closing argument, Bailey spilled a glass of water on his pants.

O.J. Simpson

Bailey joined the O. J. Simpson defense team just before the preliminary hearing. Bailey held numerous press conferences to discuss the progress of the case. In a press conference prior to his cross-examination of Mark Fuhrman, Bailey said, "any lawyer in his right mind who would not be looking forward to cross-examining Mark Fuhrman is an idiot." His famous cross-examination of Fuhrman is considered by many to be the key to Simpson's acquittal. In front of a jury composed predominantly of people of color, Bailey got the detective to claim he never used the word "nigger" to describe blacks at any time during the previous 10 years, a claim the defense team easily found evidence to refute. Ultimately, the statement that Bailey drew from the detective forced Fuhrman to plead the fifth in his next courtroom appearance, thereby undermining his credibility with the jury and the otherwise devastating evidence he allegedly found. Bailey also attracted minor attention for keeping a silver flask on the defense table, which fellow defense attorney Robert Kardashian claimed contained only coffee.

William & Chantal McCorkle

Chantal McCorkle (born 1968, Slough, England) is a British citizen. Along with William, her American husband, she was tried and convicted in 1998 in Florida for her part in a financial fraud. The McCorkles sold kits purporting to show buyers how to get rich by buying property in foreclosures and government auctions. They advertised on infomercials; among the grounds for their conviction was their representation in the infomercials that they owned luxury automobiles and airplanes (actually rented for the commercials), and their use of purported testimonials from satisfied customers, who were actually paid actors.

She, represented by Mark Horwitz, and her husband, represented by Bailey, were each originally sentenced to over 24 years in federal prison under mandatory sentencing laws. After two appeals, the McCorkles' sentences were reduced in 2006 to 18 years.

"Paul is Dead"

Bailey was featured in a RKO television special, in which he conducted a mock trial, examining various expert "witnesses" on the subject of the Paul is Dead rumor. One of the experts was Fred LaBour, whose article in ''The Michigan Daily'' had been instrumental in the spread of the urban legend. LaBour told Bailey during a pre-show meeting that he had made the whole thing up. Bailey responded, "Well, we have an hour of television to do. You're going to have to go along with this." The program aired locally in New York City on November 30, 1969, and was never re-aired.

Disbarment

Bailey's visible public profile has come both as a result of the cases he has taken and for his own personal actions. In 2001 he was disbarred in the state of Florida, with reciprocal disbarment in Massachusetts on April 11, 2003. The Florida disbarment was the result of his handling of stock in the DuBoc marijuana case. Bailey was found guilty of 7 counts of attorney misconduct by the Florida Supreme Court. Bailey had transferred a large portion of DuBoc's assets into his own accounts, using the interest gained on those assets to pay for personal expenses. In March 2005, Bailey filed to regain his law license in Massachusetts but failed, remaining disbarred.

1994 DuBoc case

In 1994, while the O.J. Simpson case was being tried, Bailey and Robert Shapiro represented Claude DuBoc, an accused marijuana dealer. In a plea bargain agreement with the U.S. Attorney, DuBoc agreed to turn over his assets to the U.S. government. His assets included a large block of stock in BioChem, worth approximately $6 million at the time of the plea deal. When the government sought to collect the stock, it had increased in value to $20 million. Bailey claimed he was entitled to the appreciation in payment of his legal fees. Since he had used the stock as collateral for loans, he was unable to turn over the stock to the government. In 2000, he was sent to prison for contempt. After 44 days at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee, Bailey's brother succeeded in raising the money to enable him to return the stock, and he was freed.

Publications

;Non-fiction

''The Defense Never Rests'', co-author with Harvey Aronson. Stein & Day, 1971. ISBN 0-8128-1441-X.

''For the Defense''. Atheneum, 1975. ISBN 0-689-10667-X.

''Cleared for the Approach: In Defense of Flying'', co-author with John Greenya. Prentice Hall, 1977. ISBN 0-13-136663-7.

''How to Protect Yourself Against Cops in California and Other Strange Places''. Stein & Day, 1982. ISBN 0-8128-2891-7.

;Fiction

''Secrets'' (1977).

;Magazine ''Gallery'', publisher (1972).

Notes

References

Bardsley, Marilyn. "The Boston Strangler - Albert DeSalvo or not?", ''Crime Library: Criminal Minds and Methods'', Court TV. Accessed December 28, 2005.

"Biography for F. Lee Bailey, defense attorney for Ernest Medina", University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School. accessed December 28, 2005.

"F. Lee Bailey, Chairman and CEO of IMPAC Control Systems, Inc.", Law Stars Hall of Fame. Accessed December 28, 2005.

McGunagle, Fred. "The Murder of Marilyn Sheppard", ''Crime Library: Criminal Minds and Methods'', Court TV. Accessed December 28, 2005.

Ramsland, Katherine. Chapter 4: The Controversial Trial, in "Hearst, Soliah and the S.L.A.", ''Crime Library: Criminal Minds and Methods'', Court TV. Accessed December 28, 2005

"Once-stellar F. Lee Bailey now broke, beleaguered", July 30, 2000.

Florida disbarment ruling appeal, April 6, 2002. Massachusetts reciprocal disbarment, 2002. Accessed December 28, 2005. "O.J. Simpson Trial: F. Lee Bailey", University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. Accessed December 28, 2005.

"F. Lee Bailey mounts a comeback: Celebrated trial attorney bids to regain law license", Associated Press, March 10, 2005.

Respondent's Brief, Case No. SC96767, The Florida Bar v. F. Lee Bailey. Accessed December 28, 2005.

F. Lee Bailey profile. Accessed December 28, 2005.

Appellate opinion affirming disbarment, June 9, 2006.

External links

"F. Lee Bailey, Chairman and CEO IMPAC Control Systems, Inc." – Corporate biography hosted by IMPAC, Integrated Control Systems, Inc., Florida; "Copyright 2002, Integrated Control Systems, Inc., A Florida Corporation." Accessed October 7, 2007.

Impac website

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Al Trautwig is a commentator with the MSG Network, NBC, Versus, and USA Network. He does the pre-game and post-game shows for the New York Knicks and New York Rangers, as well as fill-in play-by-play for both teams.

Biography

Early life

Trautwig was a stick-boy for the New York Islanders in their early days in the NHL and a ball boy for the New York Nets when they played in the ABA. Both teams used the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York for their home games.

Broadcasting career

In the 1980s, Trautwig hosted USA Network's coverage of the National Hockey League; one off-beat feature that he did was to interview a water fountain. He occasionally guest hosts the ''NHL on Versus'' studio program ''Hockey Central''.

Trautwig was one of the original hosts for Classic Sports Network when it was founded in 1996.

He has co-anchored coverage of the Tour de France (from 2004 to 2007 on Versus (formerly OLN) and in the 1980s for ABC), the Olympics, and NBC's coverage of the Arena Football League. Despite his years of experience as a broadcaster, he was sometimes criticized by cycling fans, for his occasionally uninformed commentary, and his tendency to compare the Tour to various mainstream sports he covers.

Since 2000, Trautwig has taken over the spot long covered by John Tesh of hosting U.S. national and international gymnastics competitions, including the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympic games. Trautwig's co-hosts are former Olympic Gold medalist Tim Daggett and former Canadian champion gymnast Elfi Schlegel.

From 2005–2008, he also co-anchored USA Network's coverage of the US Open tennis tournament. Trautwig also had a cameo in the movie ''Cool Runnings'' as an announcer for the bobsled competition.

The 2000 New York Sportscaster of the Year, Trautwig has covered the last eight Olympic games, and has won New York Sports Emmys for his coverage of the Yankees, Knicks, and Rangers. From 1991–2001, Al was host of the New York Yankees' pre and postgame shows on MSG Network and also was in the booth for a few innings per game. In 2006, he hosted the new MSG show called ''Al Trautwig's MSG Vault'', which featured vintage and sometimes discovered lost footage of the New York Knicks and New York Rangers from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

In addition to his current duties, at the beginning of the 2006 football season Trautwig became a radio host as well, hosting the radio version of NBC's ''Football Night in America'' for Westwood One, which co-produces the show (called ''NBC NFL Sunday'') with the network. However, Trautwig left the show in the middle of the season.

He also hosts NBC's coverage of the Ford Ironman World Championship, Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 and ING New York City Marathon.

Trautwig also hosts a weekly video podcast on television show ''Lost''.

Trautwig's most infamous broadcast blunder came in 1988 during the University of Miami -v- University of Michigan football game in Ann Arbor. In the fourth quarter, with Michigan leading 30-22 with over five minutes to play, the game broadcasters took a studio break where Trautwig came in and made the statement "Now that the top ranked Miami Hurricanes have lost". Trautwig would later regret that statement; Miami Hurricanes would go on to win 31-30.

References

External links

MSG's Al Trautwig bio

Al's Thoughts on the Hit Show Lost

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