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Sunday, December 2, 2018

RIP KEN BERRY 1933-2018

A great comedic actor is gone.

Ken Berry appeared in many, many TV shows including "The Brady Bunch", "Ellery Queen", "Love American Style" and "Life And Times Of Grizzly Adams" just to a name a few.

However his biggest claim to fame came with the role of Sam Jones on "Mayberry R.F.D. which ran from 1968-1971. In the show he played a single father trying to raise a young son and it was a TV ratings winner all three seasons it was on the air.

In the early 1980's Berry came back in a big way starring in the hit comedy show "Mama's Family" which ran for 7 years from 1983 to 1990. Berry also appeared in several films such as "The Cat From Outer Space".

He passed away on Dec. 1st at the age of 85.

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