who was ernest t bass on the andy griffith show
Howard Morris Howard Jerome Morris (September 4, 1919 â€“ 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).
The Andy Griffith Show The show's theme music, "The Fishin' Hole", was composed by Earle Hagen and Herbert Spencer, with lyrics written by Everett Sloane, who also guest starred as Jubal Foster in the episode "The Keeper of the Flame" (1962). Whistling in the opening sequence, as well as the closing credits sequence, was performed by Earle Hagen.[6] One of the show's tunes, "The Mayberry March", was reworked a number of times in different tempo, styles and orchestrations as background music.[citation needed]