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 ...

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

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 ...

Ron Howard, who found fame as a child star on the hit 1960s series “The Andy Griffith Show,” recently shared a photo on ...

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 ...

In 1986, Howard, Griffith and Knotts reunited with many of their The Andy Griffith Show castmates for the TV film Return to Mayberry. In the movie, Opie becomes a father for the first time and Barney ...

On Feb. 15, Ron Howard shared a sweet photo on Instagram from years ago when he was visited on set by his The Andy Griffith Show costars Andy Griffith and Don Knotts. Howard, 70, wrote in the ...

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 ...