Howard Sprague is a fictional character on the CBS television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, and its spin-off Mayberry R.F.D.. He was played by Jack Dodson from 1966 to 1971.[1]: 147
He was characterized by his milquetoast demeanor, moustache, bow ties, and a penchant for philosophy and culture. Howard was a repressed Mother's boy who lived with his overbearing and manipulative mother, played by Mabel Albertson.[2][1]: 95,147 He appeared as the county clerk during the later color episodes of The Andy Griffith Show (and continued onto Mayberry R.F.D.).
While Jack Dodson made an earlier appearance as an insurance agent named Ed Jenkins,[3] he first appeared as Howard in the sixth season.[2] This was not unusual. Other show regulars were first introduced with different names: Hope Summers, who played Clara Edwards, first appeared as Bertha Johnson; Goober Pyle was first called Goober Beasley; and Arlene Golonka, who played Millie Swanson, was introduced as Millie Hutchins.
^ abCite error: The named reference Beck & Clark was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ab"The County Clerk". The Andy Griffith Show. Season 6. Episode 26. March 14, 1966. CBS.
^"Lost and Found". The Andy Griffith Show. Season 6. Episode 19. January 24, 1966. CBS.
HowardSprague is a fictional character on the CBS television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, and its spin-off Mayberry R.F.D.. He was played by Jack Dodson...
American television actor best remembered for the milquetoast character HowardSprague on The Andy Griffith Show and its spin-off Mayberry R.F.D. From 1959...
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spends the money on a garbage disposer. Jack Dodson, later cast as HowardSprague, makes his first appearance in the series as insurance man Ed Jenkins...
mother on That Girl,: 1065 Irene Brady in The Tom Ewell Show,: 1092 HowardSprague's mother on The Andy Griffith Show, Miss Ramsey on Hazel, Mrs. White...
degree-granting Mount Allison College was organized. The first two students, HowardSprague and Josiah Wood, graduated in May 1863. For nearly a century, Mount...
Ira Sprague Bowen (December 21, 1898 – February 6, 1973) was an American physicist and astronomer. In 1927 he discovered that nebulium was not really...
of programming at CBS (1963–64) September 16 Jack Dodson 63 Actor (HowardSprague on The Andy Griffith Show) October 2 Harriet Nelson 85 Singer and actress...
the Howard fanzine The Hyborian Age (1938) incorporated Howard's corrections. Over the years, Miller and Clark revised the chronology with L. Sprague de...
(HowardSprague from The Andy Griffith Show), and Bonnie Franklin (from One Day at a Time). Trivia note: Mabel Albertson also played HowardSprague's mother...
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