George Lindsey Biography

Fast Facts

• Honored with the Governor's Achievement Award by the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1995
• Often supported the Alabama Special Olympics organization and eventually raised $1 million for the non-profit through an annual charity golf tournament
• Graduated from the University of North Alabama where he often held the annual George Lindsey Film Festival
• Following college, he taught as a science teacher in rural Alabama before considering acting as a profession
• Best known as Goober, the cousin of Jim Nabors' character Gomer in "The Andy Griffith Show" and later "Hee Haw"
• Leonard Nemoy admitted that Lindsey was the first choice to play Spock in "Star Trek"