Howard Jerome Morris (September 4, 1919 -- May 21, 2005) was an American actor, voice actor and director who was best known for his role in The Andy Griffith Show as Ernest T. Bass, and as "Uncle Goopy '' in one of the most celebrated comedy sketches in history, on Sid Caesar 's Your Show of Shows (1954).
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Howard Jerome Morris