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 ...

TV has so many great examples of brilliant partnerships, but when asked to name who I considered to be the top TV comedy duo of all time, my mind went to a fictional place that still feels so real — ...

Knotts was known for his role as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife ... Brien about Griffith. “It was his show, it was tailored to his sensibility.” The filmmaker added, “Andy used to kill ...

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 ...

The Andy Griffith Show reigns as one of the most iconic and wholesome television sitcoms, starring Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, ...

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

Howard, of course, played Opie Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 to 1968 ... while Knotts played the hilariously overzealous Deputy Barney Fife—a performance that earned him five ...