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Andy Griffith as Foxy?


When I read that Andy Griffith was originally cast in the film, I assumed as Hugh Holmes. I think the series benefited greatly by Keith Carradine being cast instead. Carradine has a certain creepiness about him that I don't think Griffith could have pulled off as well given his past folksy roles.

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I don't know. Andy has played some real bastards, too.

See "Murder in Coweta County" and "Savages".

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Little Opie's dad, Andy Taylor as Foxy would have been too creepy for me to bear.

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i think andy would've been great cast against type (think henry fonda in 'once upon a time in the west'), but don't know how they would've "de-aged" him sufficiently in the early scenes....and yes, keith carradine was good and creepy i thought.

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All these I have believed that it Andy that played Foxy the killer. I recall his name being attached to the movie. We even talked about the movie in school because it was being filmed just down the road. I had to be in the 6th or 7th grade. But I had all these many years thought it to be Andy as the serial killer. Now I'll have to watch it again.

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All these *years* I meant

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I'm six years too late, but as a previous poster said, Andy Griffith had incredible range as an actor, far beyond his Sheriff Taylor role.

If you want to see him in a marvelously slimy role, check him out in "A Face in The Crowd", several years before The Andy Griffith Show.

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