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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...