The Andy Griffith Show

An American sitcom broadcast from 1960 to 1968, starring Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor in the fictional North Carolina town of Mayberry.

Andy Griffith: An American actor and comedian who starred as Sheriff Andy Taylor in The Andy Griffith Show. His understated performance defined the show’s calm, perceptive sheriff.
Mayberry: The fictional small North Carolina town where The Andy Griffith Show is set. Its close-knit community supplies the setting for nearly every story.
Sheldon Leonard: An American actor, director, and producer who developed and produced The Andy Griffith Show. He helped bring Griffith’s television character to a series format.
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.: An American sitcom starring Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle after he joins the United States Marine Corps. This spin-off transferred a Mayberry character into military comedy.
Don Knotts: An American actor and comedian best known for playing nervous deputy Barney Fife on television. His comic performance as Barney Fife became one of the series’ defining features.
Barney Fife: The bumbling deputy sheriff of Mayberry, played by Don Knotts. His anxious rule-following creates comic problems that Andy resolves patiently.
Danny Thomas: An American entertainer and producer whose sitcom launched the television appearance that inspired The Andy Griffith Show. The Andy Griffith character first appeared on Make Room for Daddy.
The New Andy Griffith Show: A 1971 American sitcom starring Andy Griffith as a different small-town mayor. It reused Griffith’s gentle comic persona but was not a continuation of the Mayberry series.
Ron Howard: An American actor and filmmaker who played Opie Taylor as a child in The Andy Griffith Show. As Opie, he anchored the show’s father-and-son stories.
Opie Taylor: The son of Sheriff Andy Taylor, played by Ron Howard. His childhood dilemmas give Andy opportunities for gentle lessons in judgment.

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