He also returned to an old love and recorded two successful gospel albums. After leaving the show, Griffith launched a second successful television series with Matlock (1986-95) playing a shrewd but amiable southern lawyer. Without Andy, the characters might have been perceived as caricatures. However, it was Andy Griffith who provided the anchor for the show and who proved the glue that held its bumbling but well-meaning characters together. George Lindsey (Goober) became a regular on Hee Haw (1969-86) a hillbilly version of Laugh-In. After the demise of Gomer Pyle, USMC, Nabors hosted his own variety and talk shows and continued to perform in concerts and clubs. The success of the Pyle character led to Gomer Pyle, USMC (1964-70) in which Pyle joins the Marines and becomes the bane of Sergeant Carter's life. Jim Nabors played goofy neighborhood friend and gas station attendant, Gomer Pyle. Little Ronny Howard played Taylor's son, Opie he grew up to be Ron Howard, played freckle-faced teenager Richie Cunningham (1974-80) on Happy Days (1974-84) and later forged a successful career as a director ( Apollo 13 (1995) and Cocoon (1985)). Knotts' comedic timing is without parallel. Limpet (1964), and The Reluctant Astronaut (1967). His slack jaw and pop-eyed look led to starring roles in several feature films, among them The Ghost and Mr. It was simply accepted that people in small Southern towns behaved this way.įive-time Emmy winner Don Knotts, as Barney Fife, became one of the most popular characters of all time. In point of fact, it took a reunion movie to bring Barney and Thelma Lou to the altar. No one accused Andy and Barney of commitment phobia even though they left Helen and Thelma hanging for years before marrying them. Movies, singing in the choir, and sitting on the porch on a summer night. The characters did ordinary things, such as making jelly, going to the Mayberry was peopled by characters who were known and liked. Each role seemed to be tailor-made for the actor who brought it to life. The genius of The Andy Griffith Show evolved from its characters. The show ran from 1960 to 1968, but by the end of the 1990s, more than five million people a day continued to watch The Andy Griffith Show in reruns on 120 television stations. Sheriff Andy Taylor, who also happened to be the justice of the peace, convinced the big city entertainer that Mayberry was a place to be reckoned with. In that episode, Thomas was given a ticket while traveling through the small town of Mayberry, North Carolina.
Jude's hospital for children, cast Andy Griffith as the affable slow-talking sheriff in an episode of The Danny Thomas Show (1953-65), he had no way of knowing that he was launching a phenomenon that would assume mythical proportions. When Danny Thomas, the well-loved entertainer and benefactor of St.
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