who played cousin virgil on the andy griffith show
Michael J. Pollard Pollard created the non-singing role of Hugo Peabody in the original Broadway production of Bye Bye Birdie.[3] In 1962, Pollard appeared in the short-lived Robert Young comedy/drama series Window on Main Street in the episode "The Boy Who Got Too Many Laughs". That same year he was cast in the role of Virgil, Deputy Barney Fife's socially awkward but talented cousin, on CBS's The Andy Griffith Show.[7]