The word “memorable” frequently comes to mind when reflecting on The Andy Griffith Show, whether it’s characters like Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith), Barney Fife (Don Knotts), Floyd the Barber (Howard ...

Before he was a revered director or even Richie Cunningham on Happy Days, Ron Howard was just a little redheaded boy named Opie Taylor, growing up in the fictional town of Mayberry on The Andy ...

Ron Howard reflected on his time on The Andy Griffith Show in a new interview Ron shared that he only learned as an adult that his dad, Rance Howard, gave a note to Griffith that changed the show’s ...

No wonder Ron Howard didn’t have a big head while he was starring on one of the biggest sitcoms on television. When People’s Life in Pictures, per Remind Magazine, showed Howard a photograph of his ...

If beloved deputy Barney Fife and precocious grade-schooler Opie Taylor seemed like family on "The Andy Griffith Show," it may be because the actors actually were. Ron Howard, who started his career ...

The Andy Griffith Show was a very special place — on-screen and off.

FILE PHOTO MAY 1968 -- Don Knotts (as Barney Fife) and Andy Griffith (as Andy Taylor) in the Andy Griffith Show. ( Knotts, Moves to TVLand ) ( (Don) Knotts (left) as deputy Barney Fife and Griffith as ...

When you hear “crime drama,” you probably aren’t thinking of the Andy Griffith Show. Yet, this 1960s TV classic is so much more than a mindless flick made simply to pacify an American people unsettled ...

The character of Andy Taylor was inspired by Griffith’s real-life rural roots in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Already an established actor at the time, Griffith had mastered both stand-up comedy as ...