Actor Gilyard finds Catholicism is role for a lifetime

Published: 2005-06-03

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Actor Clarence Gilyard is well-known for being Chuck Norris' right-hand man on "Walker, Texas Ranger" and for being Andy Griffith's right-hand man on "Matlock." "Why I got to do 13 straight years of network television and somebody else didn't, who knows?" Gilyard mused in an interview June 2 with Catholic News Service in Washington. What's less well-known about Gilyard is that he's Catholic. It has been a 10-year run since he joined the church and it shows no signs of cancellation. He was in town to attend meetings of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Communications, on which he serves as a consultant.

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