reta shaw played briscoe darling on the andy griffith show.
who played briscoe darling on the andy griffith show?
reta shaw
briscoe darling jr.









































briscoe darling jr. is a fictional character from "the andy griffith show", an american situation comedy from the 1960s that aired on cbs. the character was portrayed by actor denver pyle, best known for his roles as grandpa tarleton on "tammy", buck webb on "the doris day show", and uncle jesse on "the dukes of hazzard". briscoe was the patriarch of the mountain family the darlings that appeared in several episodes during the run of the series.









































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briscoe darling jr.
nabors and sutton were the only actors credited in every episode (however, sutton did not appear in every episode). ronnie schell (who played duke slater) left after the third season to star in "good morning, world", though he returned for the fifth season, promoted to corporal, after graduating from non-commissioned officer training. roy stuart, who played corporal chuck boyle, made his debut in the second season and left after the fourth. andy griffith, frances bavier, ron howard, and george lindsey made guest appearances on the series reprising their respective roles from "the andy griffith show". denver pyle and allan melvin, who both had roles on "the andy griffith show", appeared in "gomer pyle", but did not reprise their original roles. denver pyle, who had played briscoe darling in six episodes of "the andy griffith show", played tomato farmer titus purcell in the "gomer pyle" episode "the price of tomatoes." allan melvin, who had played clarence "doc" malloy and other antagonists on "the andy griffith show", played sergeant carter's rival, staff sergeant hacker, for four seasons. nabors also carried the gomer pyle character to fellow cbs series "the lucy show," in which he made a cameo appearance in a 1966 episode.
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