When you watch reruns of The Andy Griffith Show-most notably its first five seasons-you can't help but get taken in by the ...

Ron Howard, who played Opie on "The Andy Griffith Show" as a child, said he recently found out that he and former co-star Don ...

Out of all the characters in the sleepy town of Mayberry, including Goober Pyle ( George Lindsey) and Ernest T. Bass ( Howard ...

Sheriff Andy Taylor’s lovable son, Opie, in the television series—recently shared a throwback photo with a surprising ...

Ron Howard, who found fame as a child star on the hit 1960s series “The Andy Griffith Show ... Knotts played his bumbling deputy, Barney Fife. Griffith died at the age of 86 following ...

played Opie on “The Andy Griffith Show” from 1960 to 1968. He played the son of Andy Taylor, the sheriff of Mayberry. Knotts played Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife. Knotts died in 2006. He was 81 ...

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 ...