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How did Andy Griffith get his start as a comedian?
Andy Griffith's early career was as a monologist, delivering long stories such as What It Was, Was Football.
When did Andy Griffith start television acting?
Andy Griffith starred in Ira Levin's one-hour teleplay version of No Time for Sergeants (March 1955) — a story about a country boy in the United States Air Force.

Question: What was his role in that teleplay?
Self-contained rewrite: What was Andy Griffith's role in the teleplay No Time for Sergeants?