October 3, 1960 - April 1, 1968
CBS Situation Comedy - 249 Filmed Episodes
Cast:
| Sheriff Andy Taylor: | Andy Griffith |
| Deputy Barney Fife: | Don Knotts |
| Opie Taylor, Andy's son: | Ronny Howard |
| Bee Taylor, Andy's aunt: | Frances Bavier |
| Gomer Pyle, filling station attendant: | Jim Nabors |
| Floyd Lawson, barber: | Howard McNear |
| Ellie Walker, druggist: | Elinor Donahue |
| Mary Simpson, nurse: | Sue Anne Langdon |
| Julie Adams | |
| Helen Crump, teacher: | Aneta Corsaut |
| Thelma Lou, Barney's girlfriend: | Betty Lynn |
| Otis Campbell, town drunk: | Hal Smith |
| Howard Sprague, county clerk: | Jack Dodson |
| Briscoe Darling, hillbilly: | Denver Pyle |
| Ernest T. Bass, trouble-maker: | Howard Morris |
| Goober Pyle, Gomer's cousin: | George Lindsey |
| Malcolm Merriweather, Englishman: | Bernard Fox |
| Clara Edwards: | Hope Summers |
| Deputy Warren Ferguson: | Jack Burns |
| Mayor Pike: | Dick Elliott |
| Mayor Stoner: | Parley Baer |
| Jim Lindsey, Guitar player: | James Best |
| Emma Brand, hypochondriac: | Cheerio Meredith |
| Sam Jones, councilman: | Ken Berry |
| Millie Swanson, Sam's girlfriend: | Arlene Golonka |
| Mike Jones, Sam's son: | Buddy Foster |
| Emmet Clark, fix-it shop owner: | Paul Hartman |
| Skippy, fun-loving girl: | Joyce Jameson |
| Daphne, fun-loving girl: | Jean Carson |
| Martha Clark, Emmet's wife: | Mary Lansing |
| Leon, boy with peanut butter sandwich: | Clint Howard |
| Johnny Paul, Opie's friend: | Richard Keith |
| Peggy McMillan, Andy's girlfriend: | Joanna Cook Moore |
| Mrs. Sprague, Howard's mother: | Mabel Albertson |
| Jud Crowley: | Burt Mustin |
| Irene Fairchild, county nurse: | Nina Shipman |
| Lydia Crosswaithe: | Josie Lloyd |
| Charlene Darling: | Maggie Peterson |
| Dud Wash: | Bob Denver |
| Gilly Walker: | Larry Hovis |
| Various roles: | Allan Melvin |
| Announcer: | Colin Male |
Andy Taylor was sheriff of sleepy Mayberry, North Carolina
(pop. 1,200). Episodes depict Andy's attempts to raise his
young son Opie, and his and Barney's efforts to maintain
law in a virtually crime-free town. Residing with Andy at his
home at 14 Maple Street is Aunt Bee, who helps care for Opie.
Helping make Andy's life interesting is a town full of
colorful characters, all were like family. Scatterbrained
and busybody Floyd the Barber was always so awed by the
world that went on around him. Emmmet Clark, operator of
the Fix-It-Shop, tried to keep pace with his younger
companinons. Otis Campbell, served time in the very minimum
security jail, where he voluntarily committed himself for his
regular Saturday night visit. Howard Sprague, straitlaced and
catered to his mother's every wish. Ernest T. Bass, the
loony hillbilly who would throw rocks through the townfolk's
windows. Gomer Pyle, the attendant at Wally's Service Station.
Andy had several girlfriends over the years: Ellie Walker,
the new lady druggist; Mary Simpson, the county nurse;
Peggy McMillan, the rich girl that Barney forbid Andy
to see; and Helen Crump, Opie's school teacher. Helen
and Andy got married at the end of the series.
And then there was Barney Fife, whose body looked as fragile
as his ego was. The 97-pound lovable imcompetent. Andy never
allowed him to carry more than one bullet, and that had to
be carried in his pocket and not in his gun. Barney was
childish and goofy. Sometimes he did things that were so
infuriating that we wanted to give him a swift kick in the
county seat. Andy often helped Barney save face, as when
he'd lay the groundwork for an arrest and then let Barney
accept the praise. And Barney would accept the praise.
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