Who first played Floyd in the 1960 episode “Stranger in Town”?

Walter Baldwin first played Floyd in the 1960 episode “Stranger in Town.” Floyd Lawson, better known as Floyd the Barber, was subsequently portrayed primarily by Howard McNear, whose slower, absent-minded performance became the character's defining version.

“Stranger in Town” was an early episode of The Andy Griffith Show, which premiered in October 1960. Baldwin's appearance established the barber character before McNear took over the role. That makes Baldwin the answer to a question about who first played Floyd, even though many viewers naturally associate Floyd almost exclusively with McNear.

Floyd Lawson was one of Mayberry's recurring civic fixtures: a barber, a member of the town band, and a frequent participant in the town's conversations and misunderstandings. The surname is another useful detail, since “Floyd the Barber” is often remembered without it. Other names in the answer choices belong to different Mayberry figures, including mayor Roy Stoner and deputy Warren Ferguson, not Floyd's first portrayer.