RIP Andy Griffith: Watch "Aunt Bee's Restaurant" Where she opens the first Chinese Restaurant in Mayberry!

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Name: "Aunt Bee's Restaurant"
Synopsis: Aunt Bee takes a job at a Chinese restaurant, but her superstitions get in the way of her work.
Originally Aired: February 6, 1967

Starring Keye Luke as Charlie

Keye Luke was born in Canton, China. He grew up in Seattle, Washington, and entered the film business as a commercial artist and a designer of movie posters. He was hired as a technical advisor on several Asian-themed films, and made his film debut in The Painted Veil (1934). It seemed that he appeared in almost every film that called for Chinese characters, usually in small parts but occasionally, as in The Good Earth (1937), in a meatier, more substantial role. In addition, he played Dr. Kildare's rival at the hospital in the Dr. Kildare series at MGM, but it was as Charlie Chan's #1 son in that series that Luke achieved his greatest recognition. In the 1970s a new generation was made aware of his talents by virtue of his recurring role in the TV series "Kung Fu" (1972).
and Lloyd Kino as Jack  Born: May 8, 1919 in USA

Actor Andy Griffith dead at 86 CNN

Actor Andy Griffith, who played folksy Sheriff Andy Taylor in the fictional town of Mayberry, died Tuesday at the age of 86, his family said.

Griffith died at about 7 a.m. at his home on Roanoke Island, according to Dare County, North Carolina, Sheriff J.D. "Doug" Doughtie.

He passed away after an unspecified illness and "has been laid to rest on his beloved Roanoake Island," the family said in a statement.