George Lindsey (born December 17 1935) is an American character actor, born in Jasper, Alabama.
Lindsey graduated from the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama, with a Bachelor of Bioscience. Between the time of his graduation and moving to Los Angeles, he was a public high school teacher.
In 1964, he got his big break as the slow witted but kind hick "Goober" on the now legendary The Andy Griffith Show. His character was a cousin of "Gomer", another slow witted hick, played by Jim Nabors. Gomer spoke of Goober on the show, but when Nabors went on to do the spinoff Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Lindsey more or less walked into the role. After Griffith left his television show, CBS retooled it as Mayberry R.F.D. and Lindsey played the same character until R.F.D. was cancelled in 1971.
Disney used his talents in a handful of projects, both as comedy support in features and giving vocal life to a few of their animated characters. Two Disney animated features that presented the voice of Lindsey were The Aristocats (1970) and Robin Hood (1973).
Lindsey became Goober for the third and last time in the long running country variety show "Hee Haw". he was with the series from 1972 to 1992.
