Why Andy Griffith ‘Didn’t Like the Idea’ for ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ originally appeared on Parade. As unlikely as it seems, Andy Griffith almost didn’t star on The Andy Griffith Show. In a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But Griffith was never content to live only in Mayberry’s shadow. In the years that followed, he searched for the right vehicle to ...

CBS has renewed its brilliant reimagining of Andy Griffith's iconic courtroom drama starring Kathy Bates, with Matlock Season ...

More than five decades after The Andy Griffith Show ended, the cast still has fond memories of behind-the-scenes moments from the set. “He walked over,” she said of Griffith, “tugs up the waist of his ...

The Andy Griffith Show was a very special place — on-screen and off. She remembered the moment they left. “He walked over, tugs up the waist of his trousers, becomes very businesslike,” she remembered ...

Betty Lynn’s net worth was estimated at $3 million at the time of her death in 2021. Learn how the Andy Griffith Show star ...

Andy Griffith, a television legend who starred in two iconic series that debuted a quarter-century apart, has died. He was 86. Griffith died at his coastal home in North Carolina at about 7 a.m.

The ‘Andy Griffith Show’ actor was a father to two children, Karen and Thomas ...

Rachel Bilson’s grandfather, an Emmy winner, was the first A.D. on ‘The Andy Griffith Show,’ and he helmed the last sitcom ...

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story stated the barber shop chairs were brought from the set of the show. The chairs are actually from the barber shop Andy Griffith received haircuts from ...

The character of Andy Taylor was inspired by Griffith’s real-life rural roots in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Already an established actor at the time, Griffith had mastered both stand-up comedy as ...

Update 12 p.m. Though many outlets have cited WITN and WAVY's coverage of Griffith's death, and The Charlotte Observer confirmed his death with their own sources, ABC News is reporting that Griffith's ...