Andy Griffith started reaching out to the Griffith Show cast for the Return to Mayberry reunion television movie special in 1986. Everyone was available to appear, except for Aunt Bee actor Frances ...

Former The Andy Griffith Show star Ron Howard spent eight years on the classic comedy. In the role of Opie Taylor, son to Sheriff Andy Taylor, Ron had right beside him his dad Rance. An actor in his ...

On Oct. 3, 1960, The Andy Griffith Show aired its very first episode. The series followed Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor, Don Knotts as his sleepy deputy Barney Fife and Ron Howard as Andy’s son ...

Andy Griffith, a television legend who starred in two iconic series that debuted a quarter-century apart, has died. He was 86. Griffith died at his coastal home in North Carolina at about 7 a.m.

Former UNC President Bill Friday says The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock actor died at his home in Dare County, North Carolina around 7 a.m. Friday, who is a close friend of the actor, confirmed the ...

It's pretty tough to think of Andy Griffith without images of Mayberry and The Andy Griffith Show coming to mind, which is not really surprising given the impact that his portrayal of Sheriff Andy ...

Andy Griffith has died. according to a number of reports citing a close friend of Griffith's. Various news sites - including CBS News - have now confirmed. He died after being transported from his ...

DARE COUNTY, N.C. — Television star and North Carolina native Andy Griffith died on Tuesday morning. Griffith died about 7 a.m. at his coastal home in Dare County, Sheriff Doug Doughtie said in a ...

Howard also reflected on the show’s legacy in a September interview with PEOPLE In 1986, the surviving cast from the show reunited for a TV film, Return to Mayberry. In it, Andy — who married Aneta ...