Dennis Rush, a former child actor best known for his roles in The Andy Griffith Show and Man of a Thousand Faces, has died.

Rush, who played a friend of Ron Howard's Opie Taylor on "The Andy Griffith Show," died at 74 after a leukemia diagnosis ...

Former child actor Dennis Rush, known for his role as Howie Pruitt on “The Andy Griffith Show” and appearances in classic ...

We’ve all seen it. Movies, television shows, novels are rife with some form of the tale. You know, the fantasy where someone is just minding their own business, maybe eating ...

Andy Griffith with his first wife Barbara Edwards in the 1960s. Best known as a TV dad, actor Andy Griffith also had two children of his own: son Andy “Sam” Griffith Jr. and daughter Dixie Griffith.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Otis the Drunk (Hal Smith), Deputy Barney Fife (Don Knotts), Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors) and Floyd the Barber (Howard McNear) are only ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Andy Griffith, who made homespun Southern wisdom his trademark as the wise sheriff in “The Andy Griffith Show” and the rumpled defense lawyer in “Matlock,” died Tuesday. He was 86.

He played Lon Chaney Jr. in the James Cagney classic and Howie, one of Opie's friends, on the beloved CBS sitcom.

Rush also landed a role in the film ‘Man of a Thousand Faces’ after James Cagney discovered him eating lunch at the Universal ...

Dennis Rush, former child star best known for his roles as a young Creighton Chaney opposite James Cagney in Man Of A ...

Dennis Rush, a child actor who played the character of a young Lon Chaney Jr. in "Man of a Thousand Faces" and was one of ...