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Jack Dodson (May 16, 1931 – September 16, 1994) Born John S. Dodson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was an American television actor best remembered for the milquetoast character Howard Sprague in The Andy Griffith Show and its spin-off Mayberry R.F.D. From 1959 until his death in 1994, Dodson was married to television art director Mary Dodson.
Andy Griffith hired Dodson for the Howard Sprague role after seeing him in 1964 on Broadway in Hughie. Dodson also appeared in episodes of My Friend Flicka, The Virginian, Maude, Barney Miller, Archie Bunker's Place, Newhart, Matlock, Mama's Family, and St. Elsewhere. He also had a recurring role as Mickey Malph, Ralph Malph's optometrist dad on Happy Days. A guest appearance on Barney Miller (in the two-part episode "Homicide," Season 7) had Dodson in a twist on his Mayberry role- as a mild-mannered, blood-thirsty killer. In 1967 he appeared in the episode "A Mighty Hunter Before the Lord" of NBC's The Road West, which aired opposite The Andy Griffith Show. Dodson also appeared as a airplane passenger caught up in murder-plot in a 1972 episode of "Hawaii 5-0."
TCNW 158: Jack Dodson
Jack Dodson Interview
Jack Dodson Racing Insider Racing With Scott Allen
Jack Dodson Racing Insider Racing With Scott Allen
Let's Talk Racing TV Show 8/21/2013 Elton Sawyer Jack Dodson, Al Pearce Roger Brehm
Jack Dodson Racing Insider News With Scott Allen
My Howard McNear & Jack Dodson (The Andy Griffith Show) Impression(s)
Let's Talk Racing TV Show 1/2/2013 Happy New Year J.J. Yeley and Jack Dodson, Krystal Hurr
Let's Talk Racing TV Show 5/22/2013 Chad Hackenbracht, Al Pearce, Jack Dodson
The Getaway 1972
Wild Mink on Dodson Farm
Let's Talk Racing TV Show 6/25/14 with Kenzie Ruston, Jack Dodson, Scott Allen, & Roger Brehm
Actors: Alf Humphreys (actor), Joseph Conlan (composer), Tantoo Cardinal (actress), Penelope Ann Miller (actress), Ellen Burstyn (actress), Robert Loggia (actor), Lesley Ewen (actress), David James Elliott (actor), David James Elliott (producer), David James Elliott (producer), Michelle Harrison (actress), Gib Jaffe (editor), John Pielmeier (writer), Christina Jastrzembska (actress), Nancy Eagles (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: After the death of his father and an impending divorce, James Dodson takes his 10-year-old daughter Maggie on a fishing trip. Based on the novel 'Faithful Travelers: a Father, a Daughter, A Fly-Fishing Journey of the Heart' by James Dodson.
Keywords: based-on-book, camping, character-name-in-title, child's-point-of-view, divorce, father-daughter-relationship, female-nudity, fly-fishing, forgiveness, single-father