Howard McNear

Character actor Howard McNear made a name for himself on network radio in a vast array of characterizations, from snivelling murderers to dapper French detectives. McNear's best-known radio role was as Doc on Gunsmoke, which ran from 1955 to 1962; his spin on the character was slightly more ghoulish than the interpretation offered by Milburn Stone on television. In films from 1954, the bespectacled, mustachioed McNear was usually cast as a querulous fussbudget. He was spotlighted as Dr. Dompierre in Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder (1959), and was prominently featured in three Billy Wilder comedies, Irma La Douce (1963), Kiss Me Stupid (1964) and The Fortune Cookie (1966). He appeared with frequency on TV in the 1950s and 1960s, often as a foil to such comedians as Jack Benny and Burns and Allen. Howard McNear's most beloved TV characterization was as Mayberry barber Floyd Lawson on The Andy Griffith Show; when McNear suffered a debilitating stroke in 1967, Griffith kept him on the payroll, re-writing the scripts to allow "Floyd" to be seated and non-ambulatory without drawing undue attention to McNear's affliction.

Highest Rated Movies

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
57%	Fun in Acapulco	Dr. John Stevers	—	2000
96%	The Fortune Cookie	Mr. Cimoli	—	1966
71%	Kiss Me, Stupid	Mr. Pettibone	—	1964
No Score Yet	My Blood Runs Cold	Henry	—	1964
No Score Yet	The Wheeler Dealers	Mr. Wilson	—	1963
79%	Irma La Douce	Concierge	—	1963
No Score Yet	Bachelor Flat	Dr. Bowman	—	1962
No Score Yet	Follow that Dream	George	—	1962
50%	The Errand Boy	Dexter Sneak	—	1961
29%	Blue Hawaii	Mr. Chapman	—	1961
75%	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	Congressman Parker	—	1961
No Score Yet	Heller in Pink Tights	Photographer	—	1960
100%	Anatomy of a Murder	Dr. Dompierre	—	1959
No Score Yet	Good Day for a Hanging	Olson	—	1959
No Score Yet	The Big Circus	Mr. Lomax	—	1959
77%	Bell, Book and Candle	Andy White	—	1958
No Score Yet	Bundle of Joy	Mr. Appleby	—	1956
No Score Yet	You Can't Run Away From It	2nd Proprietor and Wife	—	1956
No Score Yet	Drums Across the River	Stilwell	—	1954
38%	The Long, Long Trailer	Mr. Hittaway	—	1954
No Score Yet	Escape From Fort Bravo	Watson	—	1953

Rating	Title	Credit	Year
No Score Yet	The Andy Griffith Show 1960-1968	Guest Floyd Lawson	2019 1967 1966 1965 1964 1962 1961 1960
No Score Yet	Gunsmoke 1955-1975	Joe Howard Bradley	1964 1962 1960 1956
80%	The Twilight Zone 1959-1964	Mitchell Bramhoff	1963 1962 1960
No Score Yet	Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955-1962	Mr. Maxwell Mr. Pickett	1961 1960
No Score Yet	The Flintstones 1960-1966	Voice	1961 1960
No Score Yet	Maverick 1957-1962	Copes Sheriff of Dangerfield	1960
No Score Yet	Leave It to Beaver 1957-1963	Barber	1958
No Score Yet	I Love Lucy 1951-1957	Mr. Crawford	1956

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