Character bio: Andy Taylor is the affable and level-headed sheriff of Mayberry, North Carolina. A widower, he raises his young son, Opie, with the help of his Aunt Bee. Andy is known for his ...

Bill Friday, one of Griffith's best friends, spoke with ABC11 early Tuesday and said he had been informed that the iconic actor died Tuesday around 7 a.m. at the age of 86. The Dare County Sheriff's ...

Actor laid to rest five hours after he died. July 4, 2012— -- Legendary actor and comedian Andy Griffith was laid to rest quickly, buried by family less than five hours after he died. Griffith's ...

Watching Don Knotts and Andy Griffith on The Andy Griffith Show, one gets a sense of the cameraderie and chemistry between the two actors. Their friendship may have begun professionally in the 1955 ...

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Actor Andy Griffith, beloved as a small-town sheriff on the popular television program "The Andy Griffith Show," died of a heart attack, according to his ...

For five pivotal years, Andy Griffith and Don Knotts partnered on The Andy Griffith Show to become one of the greatest television comedy teams. Their on-screen chemistry mirrored their friendship in ...

When The Andy Griffith Show premiered in 1960, no one could have predicted just how deeply it would embed itself in the American psyche—or how far its stars would travel beyond the sleepy little town ...

When Sheriff Andy Taylor met Helen Crump in the 3rd season of "The Andy Griffith Show," it became clear his days as part of Mayberry's singles scene were over. But before he met his eventual wife, ...

The grandson of a famous cinematographer, he also showed up on 'The Twilight Zone,' 'The Untouchables' and 'The Munsters.' By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Rosson died April 28 of a heart attack in Los ...

Many fans know and love Aneta Corsaut as Helen Crump on The Andy Griffith Show, but her career didn’t end in Mayberry. After the series wrapped, she went on to appear in other television shows, ...

Mayberry Days celebrates The Andy Griffith Show and its connection to Mount Airy. Ronnie Schell is one of the former actors in town looking back at his career at the impact the show had on his life.

Actress Maggie Peterson, who played Mayberry resident Charlene Darling on “The Andy Griffith Show,” is dead at 81. Her family announced the news on Facebook Tuesday. “It is with great sorrow that we ...