Keith Thibodeaux aka Richard Keith (Little Ricky)
If you’re a big fan of Andy Griffith Show (1960-68), you’ll also remember Keith Thibodeaux as Opie’s friend Johnny Paul Jason. Early on, he’d also played “Little Ricky” on I Love Lucy (1951-57), as sidekick to Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz). In 1969, he also joined David and the Giants, a rock band.
In his autobiography, Life After Lucy, he burned through the money from histrust fund in two weeks on a sports car, clothes, drugs, and just about anything else he wanted. His drug use was a problem, and the band broke up, but that troubled time turned around when he became a Christian. Nowadays, Ballet Magnificat! is his wife’s Christian ballet company.
