Andy Griffith is a actor, director, producer, Grammy Award-winning Southern-
gospel singer and a writer. In 1957 Griffith made his film debut starring in Elia
Kazan’s epic film  A Face in the Crowd.  Griffith starred in a one-hour teleplay
version of No Time for sergeants in March 1955 on The united Steel Hour on
ABC. Griffith later reprised his role for the film version of the same name in
1958. He became better known for his TV roles, playing the lead characters
in the 1960-1968 sitcom, The Andy Griffith Show on CBS, and in the 1986 to
1995 legal drama, Matlock on NBC and ABC. Griffith was awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush on
November 9, 2005.

Andy Griffith in A Face in the Crowd

"P.L.O." (Permanent Latrine Orderly) Pvt. Will Stockdale, played
by Andy Griffith in No Time for Sergeants.

Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor, The Andy Griffith Show

 
Andy Griffith receiving the Medal of Freedom from President
George W. Bush.

At the age of 20, Nancy Kwan received the starring role of a beautiful and free- 
spirited Hong Kong prostitute who captivates artist Robert Lomax, played by  
William Holden in the 1960 film The World of Suzie Wong. The next year Nancy
was in the Broadway musical film Flower Drum Song and soon became one of 
Hollywood’s most visible Eurasian actresses.

Fred Astaire was a film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer
and actor. His career spanned a total of 76 years. He made 31 musical films,
ten with Ginger Rogers. He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time
by the American Film Institute.

Ginger Rogers with Fred Astaire

Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical  was a product of the hippie
counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s. Some of the songs became
anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement. The musical broke new
ground in musical theater. When the show opened on Broadway it ran for
1,750 performances.

Hair peace sign logo pin