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American role player, idiot box producer, Southern-gospel vocalizer, and writer (1926–2012)

Andy Griffith
Griffith in 1960, Andy Griffith Prove
Built-in	Andy Samuel Griffith[1] (1926-06-01)June 1, 1926 Mount Airy, Northward Carolina, U.S.
Died	July iii, 2012(2012-07-03) (aged 86) Manteo, North Carolina, U.S.
Resting place	Roanoke Island, Due north Carolina, U.South.
Alma mater	Academy of North Carolina at Chapel Loma, B.Mus. 1949
Occupation	Player comedian producer vocalist writer director
Years active	1955–2012
Notable work	The Andy Griffith Bear witness Matlock
Political political party	Autonomous
Spouse(southward)	Barbara Bray Edwards ​ ​ (m. 1949; div. 1972)​ Solica Cassuto ​ ​ (one thousand. 1973; div. 1981)​ Cindi Knight ​ ​ (m. 1983)​
Children	2

Andy Samuel Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012) was an American actor, comedian, television producer, southern gospel singer, and author^[2] whose career spanned seven decades in music and goggle box. Known for his Southern drawl, his characters with a folksy-friendly personality, and his gruff but friendly voice, Griffith was a Tony Laurels nominee for two roles, and gained prominence in the starring office in director Elia Kazan's film A Face in the Crowd (1957) and No Fourth dimension for Sergeants (1958) before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead roles of Andy Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Evidence (1960–1968) and Ben Matlock in the legal drama Matlock (1986–1995).

Early life and didactics [edit]

Griffith was built-in on June i, 1926, in Mount Blusterous, Due north Carolina, the but kid of Carl Lee Griffith and his married woman, Geneva (née Nunn).^[three] As a baby, Griffith lived with relatives until his parents could afford to buy a home. With neither a crib nor a bed, he slept in dresser drawers for several months. In 1929, when Griffith was 3, his father began working as a helper or carpenter and purchased a dwelling in Mount Blusterous's "blueish-collar" south side. Griffith grew up listening to music. Past the time he entered school, he was well aware that he was from what many considered the "incorrect side of the tracks". He was a shy student, simply once he found a way to brand his peers express mirth, he began to come up out of his shell and come into his own.

Every bit a student at Mountain Airy Loftier Schoolhouse, Griffith cultivated an involvement in the arts, and he participated in the schoolhouse'due south drama program. A growing love of music, particularly swing, would change his life. Griffith was raised Baptist^[4] and looked up to Ed Mickey, a minister at Grace Moravian Church building, who led the brass ring and taught him to sing and play the trombone. Mickey nurtured Griffith'south talent throughout high school until graduation in 1944. Griffith was delighted when he was offered a office in The Lost Colony by Paul Greenish, a play most Roanoke Island withal performed today. He performed as a bandage member of the play for several years, playing a multifariousness of roles until he finally landed the function of Sir Walter Raleigh, for whom Northward Carolina'south uppercase is named.

He attended the Academy of North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel Colina, North Carolina, and graduated with a Available of Music caste in 1949. He began college studying to be a Moravian preacher, just he changed his major to music and became a part of the school'south Carolina Playmakers. At UNC, he was president of the UNC affiliate of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, America'southward oldest fraternity for men in music.^[v] He also played roles in several pupil operettas, including The Chimes of Normandy (1946), and Gilbert and Sullivan'southward The Gondoliers (1945), The Mikado (1948) and H.Yard.S. Pinafore (1949).^[6] Subsequently graduation, he taught music and drama for a few years at Goldsboro High School in Goldsboro, North Carolina,^[7] where he taught, among others, Carl Kasell.^[eight] He besides began to write.

Career [edit]

From ascent comedian to moving picture star [edit]

Griffith's early career was as a monologist, delivering long stories such as What It Was, Was Football game, which is told from the point of view of a naïve country preacher trying to figure out what was going on in a football.^[9] The monologue was released equally a single in 1953 on the Colonial Records label, and was a striking for Griffith, reaching number nine on the charts in 1954.^[10]

Griffith starred in Ira Levin'southward one-hour teleplay, No Fourth dimension for Sergeants (March 1955) — a story nearly a country boy in the United States Air Forcefulness — on The The states Steel Hour, a boob tube anthology series. He expanded that role in Ira Levin's full-length theatrical version of the same name (October 1955) on Broadway in New York Metropolis.^[eleven] The role earned him a "Distinguished Supporting or Featured Dramatic Thespian" nomination at the 1956 Tony Awards, losing to Ed Begley. He did win the 1956 Theatre World Award, withal, a prize given for debut roles on Broadway. "Mr. Griffith does non have to condescend to Volition Stockdale" (his role in the play), wrote Brooks Atkinson in The New York Times. "All he has to do is walk on the phase and look the audience directly in the confront. If the military cannot cope with Will Stockdale, neither tin the audience resist Andy Griffith."^[12]

Griffith later reprised his role for the picture version (1958) of No Time for Sergeants; the film also featured Don Knotts, every bit a corporal in charge of manual-dexterity tests, mark the outset of a lifelong association between Griffith and Knotts. No Time for Sergeants is considered the direct inspiration for the later goggle box situation comedy Gomer Pyle, United statesM.C. ^[xiii] – a spin-off of The Andy Griffith Evidence.

His only other New York stage advent was the championship function in the 1959 musical Destry Rides Again, co-starring Dolores Gray. The show, with a score by Harold Rome, ran for 472 performances and more than a year. Griffith was nominated for "Distinguished Musical Actor" at the 1960 Tony Awards, losing to Jackie Gleason. He too portrayed a US Coast Baby-sit sailor in the feature movie Onionhead (1958). It was neither a disquisitional nor a commercial success.

Dramatic function in A Face up in the Crowd (1957) [edit]

In 1957, Griffith fabricated his moving picture debut starring in the film A Face in the Crowd. He plays a "state boy" who is manipulative and power-hungry: a drifter who becomes a television host and uses his show as a gateway to political ability. The film was directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg and co-stars Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau, Tony Franciosa, and Lee Remick (in her film debut).

A 2005 DVD reissue of A Face up in the Crowd includes a mini-documentary on the picture, with comments from Schulberg and bandage members Griffith, Franciosa, and Neal. In his interview, Griffith recalls Kazan prepping him to shoot his starting time scene with Remick's teenaged baton twirler, who captivates Griffith's grapheme on a trip to Arkansas. Griffith also expresses his belief that the picture show was more popular in more recent decades than information technology was when originally released.^[14]

Television roles [edit]

Early on television roles [edit]

Griffith'due south starting time appearance on idiot box was in 1955 in the i-hr teleplay of No Fourth dimension for Sergeants on The United States Steel 60 minutes. That was the get-go of two appearances on that series. In 1960, Griffith appeared as a canton sheriff, who was also a justice of the peace and the editor of the local newspaper, in an episode of Make Room for Daddy starring Danny Thomas. This episode, in which Thomas'southward character is stopped for running a stop sign in a picayune town, served as a backstairs airplane pilot for The Andy Griffith Evidence. Both shows were produced by Sheldon Leonard.

The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968) [edit]

Showtime in September 1960, Griffith starred as Sheriff Andy Taylor in The Andy Griffith Show for the CBS television network. The prove took place in the fictional town of Mayberry, North Carolina, where Taylor, a widower, was the sheriff and town sage. The show was filmed at Desilu Studios, with exteriors filmed at Forty Acres in Culver City, California.

From 1960 to 1965, the show co-starred grapheme role player and comedian — and Griffith's longtime friend — Don Knotts in the role of Deputy Barney Fife, Taylor's all-time friend and comedy partner. He was also Taylor's cousin in the prove at first, though afterwards they dropped that cousin relationship and talked but of knowing one another since boyhood. In the series premiere episode, in a chat between the two, Fife calls Taylor "Cousin Andy", and Taylor calls Fife "Cousin Barney". The prove also starred kid role player Ron Howard (then known as Ronny Howard), who played Taylor's only child, Opie Taylor. It was an immediate striking. Griffith never received a writing credit for the bear witness, but he worked on the evolution of every script. Knotts was frequently lauded and won multiple Emmy Awards for his comedic performances, equally did Frances Bavier in 1967, while Griffith was never nominated for an Emmy Honour during the show's run.

In 1967, Griffith was under contract with CBS to do one more season of the show. However, he decided to quit the show to pursue a movie career and other projects. The serial continued as Mayberry R.F.D., with Ken Drupe starring as a widower farmer and many of the regular characters recurring, some regularly and some every bit invitee appearances. Griffith served as executive producer (according to Griffith, he came in one time a week to review the week'south scripts and give input) and guest starred in five episodes (the pilot episode involved his marriage to Helen Crump).^[15] He made concluding appearances equally Taylor in the 1986 reunion television pic, Return to Mayberry, with beau co-star, Don Knotts. Two reunion specials followed in 1993^[sixteen] and 2003,^[17] with strong ratings.^[18]

Matlock (1986–1995) [edit]

After leaving his still-popular show in 1968, and starting his own production visitor Andy Griffith Enterprises in 1972, Griffith starred in less-successful television serial such every bit Headmaster (1970), The New Andy Griffith Show (1971), Adams of Hawkeye Lake (1975), Salvage 1 (1979) and The Yeagers (1980). Later on spending 7 months in rehabilitation for leg paralysis from Guillain–Barré syndrome in 1983, Griffith returned to television as the championship character, Ben Matlock, in the legal drama Matlock (1986–1995) on NBC and ABC. Matlock was a country lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia, who was known for his Southern drawl and for e'er winning his cases. Matlock also starred unfamiliar, struggling actors (both of whom were childhood fans of Andy Griffith) Nancy Stafford as Michelle Thomas (1987–1992) and Clarence Gilyard, Jr. as Conrad McMasters (1989–1993). By the terminate of its first flavour it was a ratings powerhouse on Tuesday nights. Although the show was nominated for four Emmy Awards, Griffith in one case again was never nominated. He did, however, win a People's Selection Award in 1987 for his piece of work every bit Matlock.^[nineteen]

Other telly appearances [edit]

Griffith too made other character appearances through the years on Playhouse 90, Gomer Pyle, UsM.C., The Modernistic Squad, Hawaii V-O, The Doris Day Show, Here'southward Lucy, The Bionic Adult female and Fantasy Island, among many others. He also reprised his role as Ben Matlock on Diagnosis: Murder in 1997, and his last invitee-starring office was in 2001 in an episode of Dawson's Creek.

Films (including television films) [edit]

For near of the 1970s, Griffith starred or appeared in many television films, including The Strangers In 7A (1972), Go Ask Alice (1973), Winter Kill (1974) and Pray for the Wildcats (1974), which marked his starting time villainous role since A Face in the Crowd. Griffith appeared again every bit a villain in Savages (1974), a tv film based on the novel Deathwatch (1972) by Robb White. Griffith received his simply Primetime Emmy Honor nomination every bit Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie for his role as the male parent of a murder victim in the television movie Murder in Texas (1981) and won further acclaim for his function every bit a homicidal villain in the television film Murder in Coweta County (1983), co-starring music legend Johnny Cash as the sheriff. He also appeared in several television receiver miniseries, including the television version of From Hither to Eternity (1979), Roots: The Adjacent Generations (1979), Centennial (1978), and the Watergate scandal-inspired Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977), playing a erstwhile president loosely based on Lyndon B. Johnson.

About of the tv movies in which Griffith starred were also attempts to launch a new series. Winter Kill (1974) launched the short-lived Adams of Eagle Lake, which was canceled in 1975 after but two episodes. A year later, he starred equally a New York Urban center chaser for the DA's part in Street Killing, which also failed to launch a new show. Two telly films for NBC in 1977, The Girl in the Empty Grave and Deadly Game, were attempts for Griffith to launch a new series featuring him every bit Police Principal Abel Marsh, a more than hard-edged version of Andy Taylor; despite strong ratings, both were unsuccessful in leading to a new TV bear witness.

During this menstruum, Griffith also appeared in 2 feature films, both of which flopped at the box office. He co-starred with Jeff Bridges every bit a crusty old 1930s western actor in the comedy Hearts of the West (1975), and he appeared alongside Tom Berenger as a gay villainous colonel and cattle baron in the Western one-act spoof Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985).

Following another curt-lived return to series tv, playing a family unit patriarch in the Dynasty-inspired The Yeagers in 1980, Griffith continued to make guest appearances in several hit series, including Hotel, Fantasy Island, where he played a fictional version of western effigy Judge Roy Bean featured in an aspiring vocaliser'due south fantasy, and an episode of The Love Boat, which featured a memorable appearance past popular icon Andy Warhol. He also appeared as an attorney in the NBC miniseries Fatal Vision (1984), which is considered a precursor to his role in Matlock.

Griffith stunned many unfamiliar with his A Face in the Crowd work in the television picture Law-breaking of Innocence (1985)...wherein he portrayed a hateful and vindictive guess who routinely sentenced juveniles to hard prison time, followed past lengthy and equally-torturous probation. Too noteworthy in Griffith'south darker roles was his character in Under the Influence (1986), a Idiot box moving picture in which Griffith played an alcoholic, abusive patriarch. He further surprised audiences with his role as a dangerous and mysterious grandfather in the television film Grandfather (1995) co-starring John Ritter. He also appeared equally a comical villain in the spy picture show spoof Spy Hard (1996) starring Leslie Nielsen. In the television picture A Holiday Romance (1999), Griffith played the role of Jake Peterson. In the film Daddy and Them (2001), Griffith portrayed the patriarch of a dysfunctional southern family.

In the characteristic motion picture Waitress (2007), Griffith played a crusty diner possessor who takes a polish to Keri Russell'southward character. His last appearance was the leading part in the romantic comedy, independent movie Play the Game (2009) as a lonely, widowed grandfather re-entering the dating world after a 60-year hiatus. The cast of Play the Game besides included Rance Howard, Ron Howard's real-life father, who had made appearances in various supporting roles on The Andy Griffith Show, and Clint Howard, Ron's younger blood brother, who had the recurring role of Leon (the child offering the ice cream cone or peanut butter sandwich) on The Andy Griffith Show.

Singing and recording career [edit]

Griffith sang as part of some of his acting roles, most notably in A Face in the Oversupply and in many episodes of both The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock. In add-on to his recordings of comic monologues in the 1950s, he fabricated an album of upbeat country and gospel tunes during the run of The Andy Griffith Show, which included a version of the show's theme sung past Griffith under the title "The Fishin' Hole". In recent years, he recorded successful albums of classic Christian hymns for Sparrow Records. His virtually successful was the release I Love to Tell the Story: 25 Timeless Hymns (1996), which was certified platinum by the RIAA.^[20] The anthology won Grammy Accolade for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album at the 1997 Grammy Awards.^[21]

Griffith appeared in land singer Brad Paisley's music video "Waitin' on a Woman" (2008).^[22]

Name dispute [edit]

William Harold Fenrick of Platteville, Wisconsin, legally changed his proper noun to Andrew Jackson Griffith and ran unsuccessfully for sheriff of Grant County in Nov 2006. Afterwards, thespian Griffith filed a lawsuit against Griffith/Fenrick, asserting that he violated trademark, copyright, and privacy laws past changing his proper name for the "sole purpose of taking reward of Griffith's fame in an effort to gain votes". On May 4, 2007, United states District Court Estimate John C. Shabaz ruled that Griffith/Fenrick did non violate federal trademark constabulary because he did not use the Griffith name in a commercial transaction just instead in guild "to seek elective role, fundamental First Amendment protected spoken communication".^{[23] [24]}

Association with Don Knotts and Ron Howard [edit]

Don Knotts [edit]

2 icons on the set of "The Andy Griffith-Don Knotts-Jim Nabors 60 minutes" variety special (aired on Oct seven, 1965)

Griffith'southward friendship with Don Knotts began in 1955 when they co-starred in the Broadway play No Time for Sergeants.^[25] Several years later, Knotts had a regular function on The Andy Griffith Evidence for 5 seasons.^[26] Knotts left the series in 1965,^[27] merely periodically returned for invitee appearances.^[28] He appeared in the pilot for Griffith'southward subsequent short-lived series, The New Andy Griffith Show,^[29] and he had a recurring role on Matlock, from 1988 to 1992.^[xxx] In a Jan 2000 interview, Griffith said of Knotts, "The five years we worked together were the best five years of my life."^[31]

They kept in bear upon until Knotts' death in early 2006. Griffith traveled from his Manteo, North Carolina home to Los Angeles to visit the terminally ill Knotts at Cedars-Sinai just before Knotts died of lung cancer.^[32]

Ron Howard [edit]

Griffith & Howard in a 1961 publicity photograph for The Andy Griffith Show

Griffith's friendship with the then-unknown Ron Howard began in 1960 when they invitee-starred in the episode of Make Room For Daddy that led to the germination of The Andy Griffith Show the same year. For eight seasons, they starred together in most of the show'due south episodes, portraying father and son.

They guest-starred together in the show's spin-off series Mayberry R.F.D. They appeared in an episode during which Griffith's character married his long-time girlfriend, Helen Crump,^[33] and in the Gomer Pyle United states of americaM.C. episode "Opie Joins the Marines", in which Howard'south character, Opie, runs away from home and attempts to enlist in the United states of america Marines.^[34] They co-starred in the TV special Return to Mayberry (1986),^[35] in which the at present-adult Opie is almost to go a male parent. They later on appeared together in CBS reunion specials in 1993^[16] and 2003.^{[17] [18]} Griffith also fabricated a comedy cameo on the Sat Night Alive program of October 9, 1982, hosted by Howard.^[36]

In October 2008, Griffith and Howard briefly reprised their Mayberry roles in an online video Ron Howard's Call to Action. Information technology was posted to comedy video website Funny or Die. The video encouraged people to vote and endorsed Democratic candidates Barack Obama and Joe Biden.^{[37] [38]}

After Griffith'south death, Howard stated: "His love of creating, the joy he took in it whether it was drama or one-act or his music, was inspiring to grow up around. The spirit he created on the prepare of The Andy Griffith Show was joyful and professional all at once. It was an astonishing environment. And I call back information technology was a reflection of the way he felt nigh having the opportunity to create something that people could enjoy. Information technology was always with respect and passion for the opportunity and really what it could offering people in a very unpretentious and earthy way. He felt he was e'er working in service of an audition he really respected and cared about. He was a peachy influence on me. His passing is distressing. Only he lived a corking rich life."^[39] In a 2016 interview with US Magazine, Howard recalled Griffith encouraging the then 7-year-old boy in his scriptwriting, maxim "I felt elated." Howard recalled: "Andy Griffith said, 'What are you grinnin' at, immature'united nations?' I said, 'That's the first idea of mine they've taken.' He said, 'It'due south the first that was whatsoever damn practiced. At present let'south rehearse!'"^[40]

Political activities [edit]

In 2000, Griffith appeared in a last-minute entrada commercial where he endorsed then-Attorney Full general Mike Easley for governor of the land of North Carolina. Easley had been locked in a tight race with former Mayor of Charlotte Richard Vinroot and had been losing his lead in the polls. Easley went on to win that Nov, taking 52% of the vote to Vinroot'due south 46%. Many observers dubbed Easley'southward victory equally the "Mayberry Miracle", and credit Griffith'south endorsement for stopping his falling poll numbers.^[41]

In October 2008, Griffith appeared with Ron Howard in a Funny or Die video endorsement for Barack Obama'southward presidential entrada.^[42]

In add-on to his online video with Howard in 2008, in politics Griffith favored Democrats and recorded boob tube commercials endorsing Northward Carolina governors Mike Easley^[43] and Bev Perdue.^[44] He spoke at the inauguration ceremonies of both.^{[45] [46]} In 1989, he declined an offer by Autonomous party officials to run against Jesse Helms, a Republican U.Southward. Senator from North Carolina.^[47]

In July 2010, he also starred in advertisements almost Medicare.^{[48] [49] [50]}

Personal life and death [edit]

In 1945, while a student at the University of North Carolina, Griffith was initiated equally a fellow member of Phi Mu Blastoff Sinfonia, a national social music fraternity for men.^[51]

Griffith and Barbara Bray Edwards were married on Baronial 22, 1949, and they adopted two children: a son named Andy Samuel Griffith Jr. (born in 1957 and amend known every bit Sam Griffith) and a daughter named Dixie Nann Griffith.^{[52] [53]} They divorced in 1972. Sam, a existent-manor programmer, died in 1996 afterward years of alcoholism.^[54] The senior Griffith's second married woman was Solica Cassuto, a Greek actress. They were married from 1973 to 1981.^[55] Griffith and Cindi Knight married on April 12, 1983, later they met when he was filming Murder in Coweta County.

According to the 2015 book Andy & Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American Television set Show, Aneta Corsaut and Griffith had an matter while Griffith was married and they were working together on The Andy Griffith Show.^[56]

Griffith's first serious health problem was in April 1983 when he was diagnosed with Guillain–Barré syndrome and could not walk for vii months because of paralysis from the knees down.^{[57] [58]}

On May 9, 2000, he underwent quadruple heart-bypass surgery at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia.^[59]

After a autumn, Griffith underwent hip surgery on September five, 2007, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.^[60]

Griffith died on July three, 2012, from a heart assault at the age of 86 at his coastal home in Manteo, Roanoke Island, in Dare Canton, Northward Carolina. He was buried in the Griffith family cemetery on the isle within v hours of his decease.^{[61] [62] [63]}

Awards and honors [edit]

Griffith receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from president George W. Bush-league (2005)

• Television Hall of Fame inductee (class of 1991)
• Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Andy Griffith Museum—a 2,500-foursquare-foot facility which houses the world'southward largest drove of Griffith memorabilia—opened on September 26, 2009, in Mount Airy, North Carolina^{[64] [65] [66]}
• Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album for I Love to Tell the Story – 25 Timeless Hymns in 1997
• Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductee (class of 1999)^[67]
• A 11-mile (18 km) stretch of US Highway 52 that passes through Mount Airy rededicated as the Andy Griffith Parkway
• Statue of Griffith and Ron Howard (equally Andy and Opie) synthetic in Pullen Park in Raleigh, N Carolina^{[68] [69] [seventy]}
• A second statue was afterwards erected in Andy Griffith'southward hometown of Mount Blusterous of Andy and Opie outside the Andy Griffith museum.
• Andy Griffith signature model guitar commissioned by C.F. Martin & Visitor
• Presidential Medal of Freedom (2005)^{[71] [72]}
• Christian Music Hall of Fame inductee (class of 2007)^[73]
• North Carolina Music Hall of Fame inductee (class of 2010)^[74]

Albums [edit]

• What It Was, Was Football game (every bit Deacon Andy Griffith) on Capitol Records—EAP i–498 (1953)
• Destry Rides Once again (1959 Original Broadway Cast Anthology, Decca Records)
• Andy and Cleopatra on Capitol Records—T 2066 (1964)
• Just for Laughs (1958)
• Shouts the Blues and Erstwhile Timey Songs (1959) (album includes a guest appearance past bluesmen Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry)
• Songs, Themes and Laughs from the Andy Griffith Prove (1961)
• Somebody Bigger Than Y'all and I (1972)
• American Originals (1993)
• Precious Memories: 33 Timeless Hymns (1995)
• I Love to Tell the Story: 25 Timeless Hymns (1996)
• Sings Favorite Old-Time Songs (1997)
• Just as I Am: 30 Favorite Old Time Hymns (1998)
• Wit & Wisdom of Andy Griffith (1998)
• Favorite Former Time Songs (2000)
• Admittedly the All-time (2002)
• Dorsum to Dorsum Hits (2003)
• The Christmas Guest (2003)
• Jump for the Promised Country: The Best of Andy Griffith Hymns (2005)
• The Drove (2005)
• Pickin' and Grinnin': The Best of Andy Griffith (2005)

Filmography [edit]

Features [edit]

• A Face in the Oversupply (1957)
• No Fourth dimension for Sergeants (1958)
• Onionhead (1958)
• The Second Time Around (1961)
• Angel in My Pocket (1969)
• Hearts of the West (1975)
• Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985)
• Spy Hard (1996)
• Daddy and Them (2001)
• The Very First Noel (2006) (vox)
• Waitress (2007)
• Christmas Is Here Once more – Santa Claus (2007) (phonation)
• Play the Game – Grandfather Joe (2008)

Brusk subjects [edit]

• Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968)
• What It Was, Was Football (1997)
• Waitin' on a Adult female (music video by Brad Paisley featuring Griffith) (2008)
• Ron Howard's Call To Activity – Video Short – Andy Taylor (2008)

Television piece of work [edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1960	Brand Room for Daddy	Andy Taylor	Episode: "Danny meets Andy Griffith" (Andy and Opie Taylor were first introduced in season vii) (1960)
1960–1968	The Andy Griffith Show	Sheriff Andy Taylor	249 episodes
1966–1968	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.	Andy Taylor	2 episodes, 1 uncredited
1968–1969	Mayberry R.F.D.	Andy Taylor	5 episodes
1970	Headmaster	Andy Thompson	13 episodes
1971	The New Andy Griffith Evidence	Andy Sawyer	ten episodes
1972	The Mod Squad	George Carter	Episode: "Large George"
1972	The Strangers in 7A	Artie Sawyer	Idiot box picture
1972	Hawaii V-O	Arnold Lovejoy	Episode: "I'm a Family Crook, Don't Shoot!"
1973	Go Enquire Alice	Priest	TV movie
1974	Pray for the Wildcats	Sam Farragut	TV movie
1974	Winter Impale	Sheriff Sam McNeill	TV moving-picture show
1974	Savages	Horton Madec	TV movie
1975	Adams of Eagle Lake	Sheriff Sam Adams	2 episodes
1976	The Bionic Woman	Jack Starkey	Episode: "Affections of Mercy"
1976	Street Killing	Gus Brenner	TV movie
1976	Six Characters in Search of an Author	The Male parent	TV moving picture
1976	Frosty'due south Winter Wonderland	Narrator (vocalism)	TV short
1977	Washington: Behind Closed Doors	Esker Scott Anderson	Goggle box mini-series, half dozen episodes
1977	The Girl in the Empty Grave	Police Chief Abel Marsh	TV movie
1977	Deadly Game	Police Chief Abel Marsh	Goggle box movie
1978–1979	Centennial	Professor Lewis Vernor	TV mini-series, x episodes
1979	Salvage 1	Harry Broderick	xx episodes
1979	From Here to Eternity	General Barney Slater	Television receiver mini-serial, three episodes
1979	Roots: The Next Generations	Commander Robert Munroe	TV mini-series Episode: "#1.6"
1980	The Yeagers	Carroll Yeager	2 episodes
1981	Murder in Texas	Ash Robinson	Boob tube motion picture
1982	For Lovers Simply	Vernon Bliss	TV moving-picture show
1982	Fantasy Isle	Judge Roy Bean	Episode: "Legends/The Perfect Gentleman"
1983	Murder in Coweta County	John Wallace	TV movie
1983	The Demon Murder Case	Guy Harris	TV movie
1984	Fatal Vision	Victor Worheide	TV mini-series
1985	Crime of Innocence	Judge Julius Sullivan	Television receiver picture show
1986	Diary of a Perfect Murder	Ben Matlock	Tv movie
1986	Return to Mayberry	Andy Taylor	Goggle box picture show
1986	Under the Influence	Noah Talbot	Television movie
1986–1995	Matlock	Ben Matlock / Charlie Matlock	181 episodes
1993	The Andy Griffith Testify Reunion	Himself	Telly special
1994	The Souvenir of Love	Phil Doucet	Idiot box movie
1995	Gramps	Jack MacGruder	Idiot box movie
1997	Diagnosis: Murder	Ben Matlock	2 episodes
1998	Scattering Dad	Hiram	Goggle box movie
1999	A Vacation Romance	Jake Peterson	Television receiver movie
2001	Dawson'due south Creek	Andrew Lanier	Episode: "A Winter'southward Tale"
2003	The Andy Griffith Show Reunion: Dorsum To Mayberry	Himself	TV special[26]

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External links [edit]

• Inventory of the Andy Griffith Papers, 1949–1997, in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Loma
• Andy Griffith at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
• "Andy Griffith collected news and commentary". The New York Times.
• Andy Griffith at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
• Andy Griffith at IMDb
• Andy Griffith at the TCM Moving-picture show Database
• Andy Griffith Discography, at MTV
• Andy Griffith at Find a Grave

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