The Andy Griffith Show 63 years old
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.
Credits
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Don Rickles He was 34 , 90 years old when he died | as Newton Munroe |
| Bo Hopkins He was 18 , now 82 years old | |
| Bill Erwin He was 45 , 96 years old when he died | |
| Hal Landon, Jr. He was 19 , now 82 years old | |
| Ron Howard He was 6 , now 70 years old | as Opie Taylor |
| Sid Melton He was 43 , 94 years old when he died | |
| Alan Oppenheimer He was 30 , now 94 years old | |
| Hamilton Camp He was 25 , 70 years old when he died | |
| Betty Lynn She was 34 , now 97 years old | as Thelma Lou |
| Rob Reiner He was 13 , now 77 years old | |
| Harry Dean Stanton He was 34 , 91 years old when he died | |
| Sue Ane Langdon She was 24 , now 88 years old | |
| Howard Hesseman He was 20 , now 84 years old | |
| Clint Howard He was 1 , now 65 years old | as Leon |
| George Kennedy He was 35 , 91 years old when he died | |
| Claudia Bryar She was 42 , 93 years old when she died | |
| Jack Nicholson He was 23 , now 87 years old | as Mr. Garland |
| Michael J. Pollard He was 21 , 80 years old when he died | as Virgil (as Michael Pollard) |
| Lee Van Cleef He was 35 , 64 years old when he died | as Skip |
| Bob Denver He was 25 , 70 years old when he died | |
| Tom Tully He was 52 , 73 years old when he died | |
| Byron Foulger He was 61 , 70 years old when he died | |
| Leon Ames He was 58 , 91 years old when he died | |
| J. Pat O'Malley He was 56 , 80 years old when he died | |
| Keye Luke He was 56 , 86 years old when he died | |
| Hal Smith He was 44 , 77 years old when he died | as Otis Campbell |
| Dub Taylor He was 53 , 87 years old when he died | |
| Hayden Rorke He was 49 , 76 years old when he died | |
| Stuart Erwin He was 57 , 64 years old when he died | |
| Tol Avery He was 45 , 57 years old when he died | |
| R. G. Armstrong He was 43 , 95 years old when he died | as Farmer Flint |
| David Lewis He was 15 , 10 years old when he died | |
| Leo Gordon He was 37 , 78 years old when he died | |
| Andy Griffith He was 34 , 86 years old when he died | as Sheriff Andy Taylor |
| Elinor Donahue She was 23 , now 87 years old | as Ellie Walker |
| Robert Brubaker He was 2 , 47 years old when he died | |
| Ellen Corby She was 49 , 87 years old when she died | as Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh |
| Joe Turkel He was 33 , now 96 years old | |
| Frances Bavier She was 57 , 86 years old when she died | as Aunt Bee Taylor |
| Pat Hingle He was 36 , 84 years old when he died | |
| Edgar Buchanan He was 57 , 76 years old when he died | |
| Bert Remsen He was 35 , 74 years old when he died | |
| Paul Fix He was 59 , 82 years old when he died | |
| Mabel Albertson She was 59 , 81 years old when she died | |
| Roy Barcroft He was 58 , 67 years old when he died | |
| Julie Adams She was 33 , 92 years old when she died | |
| Willis Bouchey He was 53 , 70 years old when he died | |
| Will Wright He was 0 , 2 years old when he died | as Ben Weaver |
| Luana Anders She was 22 , 58 years old when she died | |
| Roy Engel He was 47 , 67 years old when he died |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|---|
| Robert C. Dennis Writing | Writer |
| Lee Greenway Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
| Frank Tarloff Writing He was 44 , 83 years old when he died | Writer |
| Jay Sandrich Production He was 28 , now 92 years old | Producer |
| Earl Bellamy Directing He was 43 , 86 years old when he died | Director |
| Seaman Jacobs Writing He was 48 , 96 years old when he died | Writer |
| Paul Henning Writing He was 49 , 93 years old when he died | Writer |
| Alan Rafkin Directing He was 32 , 73 years old when he died | Director |
| James Fritzell Writing He was 40 , 59 years old when he died | Writer |
| Arnold Margolin Writing He was 82 , 78 years old when he died | Writer |
| Lee Philips Directing He was 33 , 72 years old when he died | Director |
| Sidney Hickox Camera He was 65 , 86 years old when he died | Director of Photography |
| Gene Reynolds Directing He was 37 , 96 years old when he died | Director |
| Lawrence Dobkin Directing He was 41 , 83 years old when he died | Director |
| Gene Nelson Directing He was 40 , 76 years old when he died | Director |
| Richard Crenna Directing He was 33 , 76 years old when he died | Director |
| Howard Morris Directing He was 41 , 85 years old when he died | Director |
| Peter Baldwin Directing He was 29 , 86 years old when he died | Director |
| Charles Irving Directing He was 36 , 70 years old when he died | Director |
| Earle Hagen Sound He was 41 , 88 years old when he died | Music |
| Sheldon Leonard Directing He was 53 , 89 years old when he died | Director |
| Sheldon Leonard Production He was 53 , 89 years old when he died | Executive Producer |
| Laurence Marks Writing He was 11 , 44 years old when he died | Writer |
| Everett Greenbaum Writing He was 40 , 79 years old when he died | Writer |
| Gary Nelson Directing He was 26 , now 90 years old | Director |
| Phil Shuken Writing He was 48 , 66 years old when he died | Writer |
| Bob Sweeney Directing He was 41 , 73 years old when he died | Director |
| Sam Bobrick Writing He was 28 , 87 years old when he died | Writer |
| Harvey Bullock Writing He was 39 , 84 years old when he died | Writer |
| Don Weis Directing He was 38 , 78 years old when he died | Director |
| Bill Idelson Writing He was 41 , 88 years old when he died | Writer |
| Danny Thomas Production He was 48 , 79 years old when he died | Producer |
| Charles Stewart Directing | Director |
| Theodore J. Flicker Directing He was 30 , now 93 years old | Director |
The Andy Griffith Show (63 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1960-10-03
- Runtime: [25] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 249