# Recent photo of Mary Grace Canfield (Alf Monroe from ''Green Acres'')

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 10, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-photo-of-mary-grace-canfield-alf-monroe-from-green-acres/363898 "2006-07-10T17:35:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-photo-of-mary-grace-canfield-alf-monroe-from-green-acres/363898/1 "2006-07-10T17:35:03Z")

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[http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=136878](http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=136878)

If someone hadda asked me who this was, I’da said “Moms Mabley.”

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-photo-of-mary-grace-canfield-alf-monroe-from-green-acres/363898/2 "2006-07-10T17:39:39Z")

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She was Ralph, I believe.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-photo-of-mary-grace-canfield-alf-monroe-from-green-acres/363898/3 "2006-07-10T17:47:27Z")

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Yeah.

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-photo-of-mary-grace-canfield-alf-monroe-from-green-acres/363898/4 "2006-07-10T17:54:46Z")

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That’s Ralph, all right.

What happened to Alf?

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-photo-of-mary-grace-canfield-alf-monroe-from-green-acres/363898/5 "2006-07-10T18:19:04Z")

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OK, Alf was played by Sid Melton. He’s rumored to be alive at age 86, but I found no recent pics. Here’s an old one of [Sid](http://www.maggiore.net/greenacres/museum/museum.asp?NumberOfDisplay=229).

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-photo-of-mary-grace-canfield-alf-monroe-from-green-acres/363898/6 "2006-07-10T18:20:15Z")

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[Sid Melton](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0578412/) (Alf) is 86 now; his last work was in 1999.