On this day January 27, 1905 actor Howard McNear was born. McNear is best remembered as the original voice of Doc Adams in the radio version of Gunsmoke and Floyd Lawson, the barber on The Andy Griffith Show (1961-1967).). Over the course of his career, he would appear in over one hundred film and television guest spots. On this special podcast we play an episode of the Golden Age of Radio western Gunsmoke starring Howard McNear as Doc Adams.