Andy Griffith

Ron Howard is reflecting on 65 years in Mayberry! Speaking with PEOPLE at the YES Scholars 25th Anniversary Gala in Los Angeles, the 71-year-old Happy Days alum reflected […]

Actor Clint Howard worked alongside his older brother Ron Howard on The Andy Griffith Show. The younger Howard played one of the show’s youngest characters, Leon the peanut-butter-eating […]

‘The Andy Griffith Show’ began as a single-camera TV comedy and stayed that way throughout its eight-season run, thanks to the star’s insistence on this […]

Find out more about the uncredited part on a television program that landed Oscar-winning director Ron Howard his iconic role as Opie Taylor on ‘The […]

As with other top-rated television comedies from past and present, The Andy Griffith Show can thank its stellar writing team for the show’s scripts. And, of course, […]

When Andy Griffith died in 2012, his cause of death seemed pretty cut and dry. But years later, one expert wondered if something toxic was […]

‘The Andy Griffith Show’ star Don Knotts grew physically exhausted during the show’s run and reportedly made special requests to the show’s producers. Although The Andy […]

For eight seasons of The Andy Griffith Show, fans watched Andy Taylor rear his son, Opie Taylor while keeping the town of Mayberry in order. During the […]

Before his career as an Oscar-winning director, Ron Howard made a name for himself as a child actor. One of his first roles was Sheriff Andy Taylor’s […]

Opie Taylor is the quintessential good kid: as the son of Sheriff Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, Opie listens to his dad, does his best to follow the […]