<P> John S. `` Jack '' Dodson ( May 16 , 1931 -- September 16 , 1994 ) was an American television actor best remembered for the milquetoast character Howard Sprague on 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 . </P>
<P> John S. `` Jack '' Dodson ( May 16 , 1931 -- September 16 , 1994 ) was an American television actor best remembered for the milquetoast character Howard Sprague on 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 . </P>
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John S. `` Jack '' Dodson
John S. `` Jack '' Dodson