George Lindsey

Birth Name:

George Smith Lindsey

Birth Place:

Fairfield, Alabama, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

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"

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