The Andy Griffith
Show

The Andy Griffith Show was one of
the top rated shows of all times. It appeared on CBS from
October 1960 to September 1968 for a total of 249
episodes.
Andy Taylor was the sheriff in
the small town of Mayberry where he raised his small son Opie
with the help of his Aunt Bea. Most of his time was spent
raising his son Opie and with his deputy Barney keeping the
peace in an uneventful and crime free town. The town had
its share of characters like Floyd the Barber who was taken in
by the world around him and Gomer Pyle, the gas station
attendant, at Wally's Service Station. Then there was
Otis Campbell, the town drunk, who let himself in the low
security jail every Saturday night to sleep off his
intoxication. Another character whose presence made
an impact on Mayberry, was Ernest T. Bass, the hillbilly,
who kept throwing stones through the windows of Mayberry
businesses including the court house.
  
Then there was Howard Sprague
who was the county clerk who catered to his mother's every
little wish.
Andy had several girlfriends over
the years; Ellie Walker, the druggist, Mary Simpson, the county
nurse, Peggy McMillan, the rich girl who Barney objected to
Andy seeing and of course Opie's teacher, Ellen Crump who Andy
marries in the last episode.
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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 |
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