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He was best known for playing Floyd Lawson on '' The Andy Griffith Show ''. The role was played through the years to adapt to his initial stroke. On early episodes, he is seen standing and working in his barber shop; after he was unable to walk, he was always seen sitting in his barber chair when the action took place in his shop.

He also portrayed Charles "Doc" Adams on CBS Radio's '' Gunsmoke '' (1952-1961) as well as International Secret Police ace operator Clint Barlow in the 1938-1940 radio serial "Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police".

On his passing in 1969, Howard McNear was interred in the Los Angeles National Cemetery , a former U.S. Veterans Administration cemetery in Los Angeles, California .


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