Ken Berry, TV Actor in 'Mama's Family,' 'F Troop,' 'Mayberry R.F.D,' Dies at 85

[brooklynite]

Source: Variety

Ken Berry, the amiable and musically-talented TV actor of the 1960s and ’70s who starred in “F Troop,” “Mama’s Family” and “Mayberry R.F.D.,” died Saturday.

His former wife, actress Jackie Joseph-Lawrence posted the news on Facebook. “F Troop” co-star Larry Storch wrote on Facebook, “We hope you know how much you were loved. Goodnight Captain.”

Berry played Captain Parmenter on Western sitcom “F Troop” for two years in the mid-1960s.

On “Mama’s Family,” he played Vinton Harper on the “Carol Burnett Show” spinoff, which starred Vicki Lawrence, Rue McClanahan and Betty White. The sitcom ran two seasons on NBC in 1983 and 1984, and two years later was revived in syndication, where it was a hit and ran until 1990.

Read more: https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/ken-berry-dead-dies-f-troop-mayberry-r-f-d-1203071348/

[TeamPooka]

1. Back when you could have a career doing the projects Dean Jones passed on. RIP Ken.

[turbinetree]

2. F-TROOP: "It Is Ballooooooon!"

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[louis-t]

5. To this day, I still yell "IT IS BALOOOON!"

That show cracked me up. Of course, I was 9 when it first aired.

[FakeNoose]

3. R.I.P. Ken Berry

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Oh wow.

As I clicked on the OP link and started reading (and his face popped in my head), the radio station I was listening to went right to the same story.

I didn't watch F-Troop that much and occasionally looked at syndicated Mayberry RFD reruns, but I did watch Carol Burnett & Mama's Family (loved Viki Lawrence) and remember him from those... plus he was a frequent guest star on a lot of the CBS & ABC shows, so he was easily recognizable.

R.I.P.