Steve Carell
Andy Hunter was played by Michael Higgs.
Smeagle was played by Gollum's voice actor Andy Serkis.
Yes. he was the son ( fictional, possibly adopted) of Sheriff Taylor ( Andy Griffith) the role was played by actor Ron Howard.
Ron Howard was a Hollywood veteren even as a young child. After his years on The Andy Griffith Show he went on to star in the long-running series Happy Days.
The movie was called Child's Play, the actor playing Andy was in Child's Play 2 (1990) and Curse of Chucky (2013). His name is Alex Vincent, he is 34 at the time of this answer being given, and he is still an actor.
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Andy Hunter was played by Michael Higgs.
Steve Carell, who played the lead character of Andy in The 40 Year Old Virgin. Catherine Keener, Seth Rogan, Paul Rudd, and Romany Malco played supporting roles in the 2005 movie.
Because Andy Griffith was the name of the actor who played Andy Taylor, hence the show was named after the actor, not the character.
Smeagle was played by Gollum's voice actor Andy Serkis.
Denver Pyle
Jack Burns played the part of Warren Ferguson on The Andy Griffith Show.
Andy Anderson - actor - was born on 1947-07-18.
He left because he didn't get along with Shannen Doherty (Prue).
Billy Gray - actor - was born on 1938-01-13.
Andy the Actor - 1914 was released on: USA: 11 March 1914