<P> In 1959, Pollard had a tiny role as a shoeshine boy in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, "Appointment at Eleven" (Season 5 Episode 3). Pollard also portrayed Homer McCauley, the dramatic lead, in a television adaptation of William Saroyan's novel The Human Comedy, narrated by Burgess Meredith . That same year Pollard appeared in the episode "The Unknown Town" of David Hedison's 16 - segment NBC espionage TV series Five Fingers . </P> <P> Later that same year, Pollard appeared in episode five of CBS's The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Jerome Krebs, the first cousin of Maynard G. Krebs, played by Bob Denver, who in real life had been drafted into the United States Army . Pollard's character was to have been a replacement for Maynard but disappeared when Denver was classified 4 - F and was able to return to the series . </P> <P> Pollard created the non-singing role of Hugo Peabody in the original Broadway production of Bye Bye Birdie . 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 . </P> <P> In 1963, he appeared on an episode of ABC's Channing, a drama about college life starring Jason Evers and Henry Jones . That same year Pollard played the role of Digby Popham in the charming Walt Disney musical Summer Magic, opposite Hayley Mills . He was cast too as Danny Larkin in the 1963 episode "Tell Me When You Get to Heaven" of the ABC drama, Going My Way, starring Gene Kelly as a Roman Catholic priest in New York City . </P>

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