Crazy Secrets You Didn’t Know About The Andy Griffith Show. Bonus: What The Stars Look Like Today!

A Director Was Blacklisted in the ’50s

In the 1950s, Coby Ruskin was charged with being a Communist sympathizer and he was banned from Hollywood. That accusation was made by the later-discredited “Red Channels” publication which fed on American fears caused by the Cold War. For a short time, Ruskin had to work in England to make a living. He soon returned to the US and restarted his once thriving career as a principal producer on the show. He also worked for the Dick Van Dyke Show and Gomer Pyle.