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The veteran comic actor also starred in “F-Troop” and movies like “Herbie Rides Again” and “The Cat From Outer Space”
Thom Geier | December 2, 2018 @ 12:37 AMLast Updated: December 2, 2018 @ 10:17 AM</header>
Ken Berry, the veteran comic actor who starred in such 1960s, ’70s and ’80s sitcoms as “F-Troop,” “Mayberry, RFD” and the “Carol Burnett Show” spinoff “Mama’s Family,” died Saturday at the age of 85.
His ex-wife Jackie Joseph-Lawrence reported the news, “with very deep sorrow,” on her Facebook page. “F-Troop”co-star Larry Storch also shared the news on his own Facebook page, adding, “Goodnight Captain. We miss you already.”
The Illinois native known for his aw-shucks charm also made memorable appearances in Disney films such as “Herbie Rides Again” and “The Cat From Outer Space.”
Also Read:Carol Burnett Disses Modern Broadcast TV: 'There Are Just Too Many Cooks Now'
After serving in the U.S. Army under Sgt. Leonard Nimoy, mostly entertaining the troops, Berry landed a spot on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” He became a contract player for Universal Studios, appearing predominantly in musical films, and then transitioned to TV.
He served as comic relief on the early-’60s medical show “Dr. Kildare.” By the end of the decade, he starred as clumsy Captain Parmenter on the Western spoof “F-Troop,” and then the widowed farmer Sam Jones on both “The Andy Griffith Show” and later “Mayberry, RFD.”
Berry also had a long association with Carol Burnett, first on her eponymous sitcom and later as a co-star on its 1980s spinoff “Mama’s Family.”
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Over the years, he also performed in multiple stage productions across the country, mostly musicals like the George M. Cohan bio-musical “George M!” as well as cameos in TV shows such as “The Brady Bunch,” “CHiPs” and “The Golden Girls.”
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The veteran comic actor also starred in “F-Troop” and movies like “Herbie Rides Again” and “The Cat From Outer Space”
Thom Geier | December 2, 2018 @ 12:37 AMLast Updated: December 2, 2018 @ 10:17 AM</header>
Photo: ABC Television
Ken Berry, the veteran comic actor who starred in such 1960s, ’70s and ’80s sitcoms as “F-Troop,” “Mayberry, RFD” and the “Carol Burnett Show” spinoff “Mama’s Family,” died Saturday at the age of 85.
His ex-wife Jackie Joseph-Lawrence reported the news, “with very deep sorrow,” on her Facebook page. “F-Troop”co-star Larry Storch also shared the news on his own Facebook page, adding, “Goodnight Captain. We miss you already.”
The Illinois native known for his aw-shucks charm also made memorable appearances in Disney films such as “Herbie Rides Again” and “The Cat From Outer Space.”
Also Read:Carol Burnett Disses Modern Broadcast TV: 'There Are Just Too Many Cooks Now'
After serving in the U.S. Army under Sgt. Leonard Nimoy, mostly entertaining the troops, Berry landed a spot on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” He became a contract player for Universal Studios, appearing predominantly in musical films, and then transitioned to TV.
He served as comic relief on the early-’60s medical show “Dr. Kildare.” By the end of the decade, he starred as clumsy Captain Parmenter on the Western spoof “F-Troop,” and then the widowed farmer Sam Jones on both “The Andy Griffith Show” and later “Mayberry, RFD.”
Berry also had a long association with Carol Burnett, first on her eponymous sitcom and later as a co-star on its 1980s spinoff “Mama’s Family.”
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