Former child actor Dennis Rush, best remembered by generations of viewers as Howie Pruitt on The Andy Griffith Show, died on ...

Former child actor Dennis Rush, known for his role as Howie Pruitt on “The Andy Griffith Show” and appearances in classic ...

,A child star best known for his role on the iconic TV program “The Andy Griffith Show,” has died. Dennis Rush died May 9 at ...

Dennis Rush, best known as Howie Pruitt on The Andy Griffith Show, died on May 9, 2026 at age 74. In a Mayberry Days conversation, he said he thought no one would remember him. He told Tanya Jones he ...

Rush also landed a role in the film ‘Man of a Thousand Faces’ after James Cagney discovered him eating lunch at the Universal ...

Dennis Rush, former child star best known for his roles as a young Creighton Chaney opposite James Cagney in Man Of A ...

He played Lon Chaney Jr. in the James Cagney classic and Howie, one of Opie's friends, on the beloved CBS sitcom.

Acting on The Andy Griffith Show felt a lot like living in Mayberry, North Carolina, the idyllic fictional burg where the ...

Dennis Rush, a former child actor best known for his roles in The Andy Griffith Show and Man of a Thousand Faces, has died.

Former child actor Keith Thibodeaux, also known as Richard Keith, took to Facebook on Thursday to mourn the loss of his "The ...

Dennis Rush, a child actor who played the character of a young Lon Chaney Jr. in "Man of a Thousand Faces" and was one of Opie's friends in "The Andy Griffith Show," died on May 9. He was 74.

The news was confirmed by an I Love Lucy legend ...