National Competition. He established and perpetuated the George Lindsey Academic Scholarships at University of North Alabama. In 1992, the university gave him an honorary doctorate. Lindsey was the 1995 recipient of the Governor's Achievement Award — Alabama Music Hall of Fame. The State of Alabama named the "George Lindsey Highway" in Jasper, Alabama after the actor. In 1998, he established the George Lindsey/UNA Film Festival that takes place at the University of North Alabama annually in the spring. He was the 1997 recipient of the Minnie Pearl Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2007 recipient of the first ICON Award presented by the Nashville Associations of Talent Directors. Partial filmography Death Valley Days TV Series - The Death and the Fury (1964) The Twilight Zone TV Series – Deputy Pierce in the 1964 episode 'I Am the Night -- Color Me Black' The Andy Griffith Show CBS TV Series (1964–1968) – Goober Pyle Ensign Pulver (1964) – Lindstrom The Joey Bishop Show TV Series (1964) – Marine Gunsmoke (“Pa Hacks Brood” - 1963) as Orville; (“Which Doctor” - 1966) as Skeeter; (“Mad Dog” - 1967) as Pinto Watson; & (“Blind Mans Bluff” - 1972) as Charlie Mayberry R.F.D. TV Series (1968–1971) – Goober The Aristocats (1970) – Lafayette (voice) Snowball Express (1972) – Double L. Dingman Charley and the Angel (1973) – Pete, Handyman Robin Hood (1973) – Trigger, the Vulture (voice) Treasure of Matecumbe (1976) – Coahoma Sheriff The Rescuers (1977) – Deadeye, The Rabbit (voice) M*A*S*H (TV series) – Captain Roy Dupree in the 1978 episode 'Temporary Duty' Take This Job and Shove It (1981) – Man at Gas Station The American Snitch (1983) – Zeke Cannonball Run II (1984) – Uncle Cal Return to Mayberry (1986) – Goober Pyle NewsRadio (1997) - HimselfWhen I Find the Ocean'' (2006) – Ed Barker (final film role) Autobiography References External links George Lindsey UNA Film Festival 1928 births 2012 deaths Male actors from Alabama American male film actors American male television actors People from Nashville, Tennessee United States Air Force airmen University of North Alabama alumni North Alabama Lions football players Writers from Alabama People from Fairfield, Alabama People from Jasper, Alabama