Ron Howard learned the brutal limits of TV make-believe when he was handed an ice cream cone on the set of The Andy Griffith ...

After suffering a stroke in 1963, he left The Andy Griffith Show, though Helen and Griffith himself convinced McNear to come back as Floyd and made every possible accommodation for shooting that ...

He's also a character in the spinoff series, Mayberry R.F.D. Aneta Corsaut and Andy Griffith embracing, November 16, 1964.

“Performing as Andy Taylor, Mr. Griffith highlighted people ... Barney Fife, Aunt Bee and Helen Crump was endearing to fans. Reruns of the show have been in circulation since it ended ...

The day of the town picnic, Barney watches as Andy and Helen go wandering into a cave just before the entrance collapses. He quickly rallies the town to their rescue, not realizing Andy and Helen ...

Moravian cookies, meet Andy Griffith. Don’t that beat all ... a tough teacher like Helen Crump, and a nosy neighbor like Clara Edwards.” The days of dogs sticking their heads out the driver ...

Andy cancels a big date with Helen in order to confer with a lawyer in Raleigh, who turns out to be a beautiful women. After Andy sends a reluctant Opie to a swanky boy’s camp over his summer ...