Dennis Rush, Child Actor on The Andy Griffith Show, Dies at 74

A longtime co-star said he had recently learned he had leukemia.

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Rush, who died May 9 after an April leukemia diagnosis, was 74, according to friend and fellow child actor Keith Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux said Rush died on the way to the hospital in the San Diego area.
He broke out in Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) as young Creighton Chaney opposite James Cagney.
On The Andy Griffith Show, he played Howie in eight episodes from 1963 to 1965, and his final screen credit was Disney’s Follow Me, Boys! in 1966.
After leaving acting he served in the Marines, worked in hotels and restaurants, and stayed active with Mayberry fan festivals.