Editing Denver Pyle (section)

===Continuing roles===
One of Pyle's more endearing roles was that of Briscoe Darling Jr., on ''The Andy Griffith Show'' (1960–1966). Pyle played the patriarch of the Darling family, a group of sons (all portrayed by [[The Dillards]]), and one daughter, Charlene, portrayed by [[Maggie Peterson]]. He appeared in seven episodes, six written by the comedy-writing team of Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum.

Pyle played the role of Mad Jack in 36 episodes of the NBC series ''The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams'' (1977–1978). He played Buck Webb ([[Doris Day]]'s television series father) during the first two seasons of CBS's ''The Doris Day Show'' (1968–1970).  In real life, Pyle was only two years older than Day.  Pyle said in 1968 that he based his acting in that role on his father's personality.<ref>{{cite news|title=Denver Pyle Chose Acting Over Law|newspaper=The Times Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4097759/the_times_record/|agency=The Times-Record|date=September 7, 1968|location=New York, Troy|page=28|via = [[Ancestry.com#Newspapers.com|Newspapers.com]]|access-date = January 21, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>

Pyle's best-known and longest-running television role was that of [[The Dukes of Hazzard#Jesse|Uncle Jesse]] Duke in the CBS series ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' (1979–1985) (146 episodes).