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Howard McNear

Date of birth: 1905-01-27

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Howard Terbell McNear

Howard McNear

Biography

Howard Terbell McNear (January 27, 1905 – January 3, 1969) was an American actor. He is best remembered for his role as the barber Floyd Lawson on The Andy Griffith Show (1961–1967).

Movie Credits

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
2.8

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1961-07-12

The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.

The Fortune Cookie
3.6

The Fortune Cookie

1966-10-19

A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother-in-law, as the king of the ambulance

Bell, Book and Candle
3.3

Bell, Book and Candle

1958-12-25

A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her inst

Irma la Douce
3.7

Irma la Douce

1963-06-05

When a naive policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn’t want her seeing other men and cre

Affair in Reno
2.2

Affair in Reno

1957-02-15

The story of a PR man hired by a millionaire to go to Reno to prevent his daughter from marrying an

The Errand Boy
3.1

The Errand Boy

1961-11-28

Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. M

Bundle of Joy
3.1

Bundle of Joy

1956-12-12

Kitschy musical remake of "Bachelor Mother". Debbie Reynolds plays an over-eager clerk in a large de

Good Day for a Hanging
3.1

Good Day for a Hanging

1959-01-01

As a youth, Eddie came into the town with his gang to rob the bank, but was caught and convicted. Ma

Blue Hawaii
2.9

Blue Hawaii

1961-11-22

Chad Gates has just been discharged from the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surf-b

Bachelor Flat
2.5

Bachelor Flat

1961-12-07

Professor Bruce Patterson is constantly having to fight off the advances of his young female student

The Big Circus
3.3

The Big Circus

1959-07-05

A circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of a m

My Blood Runs Cold
2.3

My Blood Runs Cold

1965-03-24

Wealthy, reckless Californian Julie Merriday, accompanied by her boyfriend Harry Lindsay, an attorne

Love and Kisses
0

Love and Kisses

1965-08-05

Two teenagers elope and take up residence at the groom's home with his parents and sister, but the n

Escape from Fort Bravo
3.1

Escape from Fort Bravo

1953-12-04

A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.

No Time at All
0

No Time at All

1958-02-13

An airliner flying nonstop at night from Miami to New York fails to check in, then disappears from r

Kiss Me, Stupid
3.5

Kiss Me, Stupid

1964-12-22

While traveling home from Vegas, an amorous lounge singer named Dino gets conned by a local mechanic

Anatomy of a Murder
3.9

Anatomy of a Murder

1959-07-01

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local in

-30-
2.9

-30-

1959-11-11

A newspaper editor deals with a particularly stressful day in the newsroom.

Public Pigeon No. 1
3

Public Pigeon No. 1

1957-05-17

Swindlers con a lunchroom clerk into doing them a favor, supposedly on behalf of the FBI.

Follow That Dream
3

Follow That Dream

1962-04-11

When the Kwimper family car runs out of fuel on a new Florida highway and an officious state supervi

The Wheeler Dealers
3.1

The Wheeler Dealers

1963-11-14

Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot

Fun in Acapulco
2.9

Fun in Acapulco

1963-11-27

Mike Windgren works on a boat in Acapulco, but when the bratty daughter of the boat owner gets him f

Heller in Pink Tights
2.9

Heller in Pink Tights

1960-03-01

Nineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater troupe ho

You Can't Run Away from It
2.4

You Can't Run Away from It

1956-10-30

A reporter stumbles on a runaway heiress whose story could salvage his career.

Drums Across the River
2.8

Drums Across the River

1954-06-01

When whites hunger after the gold on Ute Indian land, a bigoted young man finds himself forced into

The Long, Long Trailer
3.4

The Long, Long Trailer

1954-02-19

A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey is a humoro

It Started with a Kiss
2.6

It Started with a Kiss

1959-08-19

While on leave in New York, a serviceman both weds a chorus girl and wins a red convertible in a cha

Chun King Chow Mein Hour
0

Chun King Chow Mein Hour

1962-02-04

Stan Freberg satirizes contemporary television, particularly commercials.