Actor George Lindsey, who played bumbling Goober Pyle on the 1960s TV series THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, died on Sunday. He was 83.
Lindsey died in Nashville, Tennessee, after a brief illness, according to a statement from the Marshall-Donnelly-Combs Funeral Home.
Lindsey was asked in 1962 to audition for the role of a gas station attendant named Gomer Pyle on "The Andy Griffith Show," but lost the part to actor Jim Nabors.