As America says goodbye to him, and to his worthy acting career, I hope -- especially if you have never seen it -- that you'll take the time to watch him in "A Face in the Crowd, " filmed before his own face had become universally recognizable.

CNN: Andy Griffith's crowning achievement

He made his film debut in the critically acclaimed "A Face in the Crowd, " but it was the 1960 debut of "The Andy Griffith Show" that brought his greatest fame.

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She shows up, in full makeup, at the designated location at least half an hour early and is fully prepared to wait (and wait) for her moment to be a face in a very big crowd.

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Chief Justice William Rehnquist has the kind of face that gets lost in a crowd, and that's the way he likes it.

CNN: A very public trial for a very private justice

Even when the fisticuffs ended, Canadian pitching coach Denis Boucher was hit in the face by a full water bottle thrown from the crowd.

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His co-worker, Mike Terrio, said he felt haunted by the look on the face of one of the suspects who allegedly dropped a bomb-filled backpack in the crowd during the marathon and walked away.

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