After Don Knotts left The Andy Griffith Show, the comedy was never the same. The genial sitcom was as popular as ever — it ...

The 1980s and ’90s legal drama Matlock was the second biggest series of actor Andy Griffith’s career. His first, The Andy Griffith Show, has aged well and remains after over 60 years one of the most ...

Beloved actor Andy Griffith, 86, died peacefully this morning at his coastal home in Manteo, North Carolina. No cause of death has been given. Griffith's career spanned more than a half-century on ...

Actor laid to rest five hours after he died. July 4, 2012— -- Legendary actor and comedian Andy Griffith was laid to rest quickly, buried by family less than five hours after he died. Griffith's ...

Morris didn’t mind. By 1965, when he filmed his final Andy Griffith episode, Morris was thriving as a voice actor and TV and film director, including multiple episodes of Hogan’s Heroes. But he always ...

When The Andy Griffith Show premiered in 1960, no one could have predicted just how deeply it would embed itself in the American psyche—or how far its stars would travel beyond the sleepy little town ...

The Andy Griffith Show had to make due without one of their most popular actors in the late Don Knotts. They’d end up trying to replace the Barney Fife role with another actor. One of the they briefly ...

Andy Griffith and Ron Howard starred in the beloved sitcom 'The Andy Griffith Show,' which premiered 65 years ago ...

As one of the most mysterious figures on The Andy Griffith Show, Mr. McBeevee left a lasting impression on the CBS sitcom’s viewers. TV veteran Karl Swenson portrayed the memorable character during a ...

Andy Griffith's kids followed in his acting footsteps during their early years Julie Tremaine is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in ...