Actor bio: Frances Bavier was a classically trained actress who studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Before The ...

Daniel is a University of Louisville graduate with an English degree, a sizable collection of Blu-rays, books, records, and a love of hiking. While Andy Griffith is best known as the charming sheriff ...

Julie Adams was the first actor to play Mary Simpson on "The Andy Griffith Show," close to eight years after she made her name in a classic monster movie.

Reviewers were just as cruel. “This latest Andy Griffith outing is a particular disappointment, but no matter when it had come, it would have been just as disappointing,” wrote John Bustin in the ...

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 with his first wife Barbara Edwards in the 1960s. Best known as a TV dad, actor Andy Griffith also had two children of his own: son Andy “Sam” Griffith Jr. and daughter Dixie Griffith.

Two years ago, the modern Mayberry came to life in a movie about an "Andy Griffith Show" tribute festival that helped insufferable movie star Chris Stone drop his sour attitude. Now, that world has ...

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 ...