Career
In 1948 Glen Ash was stationed in Tokyo, Japan with the 16th Communication Squadron (TAF, as a lineman and repairman. He was a Corporal in the Air Force. He began to play guitar on a J-45 Gibson owned by PFC Lester Saint Andrie and after a couple of months he could play the chords of almost any song he heard.
Glen left the Air Force and went to Florida, where he appeared for a few years before leaving to go to California.
He could play the banjo and fiddle along with guitar. In 1965 he made an appearance in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he reunited with Saint Andrie, who was an Army Recruiter.morning reports of 16th Committee Squadron
Ash was discovered by Don Knotts, who introduced Ash to television audiences as host of The Hollywood Palace in 1968.
As a result, Ash made the appearances on The Leslie Uggams Show, Gomer Pyle, United States.M.C., Mayberry Rural Free Delivery, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, Petticoat Junction (as Glen Tinker in the 1969 episode: "The Glen Tinker Caper"), among others, during the 1969-1970 season. In addition, in Ash was cast as town councilman Buff McKnight on The New Andy Griffith Show in 1971, making just two appearances before Columbia Broadcasting System cancelled the program
He would make occasional television appearances after that, including on M*A*South*H and Hart to Hart.
His most recent role was in the television movie Blindsided (1993).
