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Not to be confused with Andy Griffiths, Andrew Griffith, or Andy Griffin. For the eponymous TV series, see The Andy Griffith Show.

Andy Griffith
Griffith in 1960, The Andy Griffith Show
Born
Andy Samuel Griffith

(1926-06-01)June 1, 1926
Mount Airy, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedJuly 3, 2012(2012-07-03) (aged 86)
Manteo, North Carolina, U.S.
Resting place
Roanoke Island, North Carolina, U.S.
EducationUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BMus)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • producer
  • singer
  • writer
  • director
Years active1946–2010
Notable work
Political party
Democratic
Spouses
Barbara Bray Edwards
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(m. 1949; div. 1972)​
Solica Cassuto
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(m. 1973; div. 1981)​
Cindi Knight
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(m. 1983)​
Children2

Andy Samuel Griffith[1] (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012) was an American actor, comedian, television producer, singer, and writer whose career spanned more than six decades.[2] Known for his Southern drawl, Griffith received two Tony Award nominations for his Broadway performances in No Time for Sergeants (1956) and Destry Rides Again (1960).[3] He made his film debut in Elia Kazan's A Face in the Crowd (1957), a role that helped establish his Hollywood career.[4] He became best known for portraying the Sheriff Andy Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968) and defense attorney Ben Matlock in the legal drama Matlock (1986–1995).[5] Griffith appeared on Broadway in No Time for Sergeants (1955) and Destry Rides Again (1959–1960), earning Tony nominations for both roles.

Early life and education

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Griffith was born on June 1, 1926, in Mount Airy, North Carolina, the only child of Carl Lee Griffith and his wife, Geneva (née Nunn).[6] During his early childhood, Griffith lived with his maternal grandmother while his parents sought work in Ohio.[7] His family could not initially afford a crib or a bed, and he reportedly slept in dresser drawers during infancy.[8] In 1932, Griffith's parents purchased a home in Mount Airy's "blue-collar" south side, where his father worked as a carpenter.[7] By the time he entered school, he faced ridicule because of his family's poverty.[7] He was a shy student, but once he found a way to make his peers laugh, he began to come out of his shell.[9]

As a student at Mount Airy High School, Griffith developed an interest in acting and participated in school plays.[10] As a teenager, he developed an interest in swing music.[11] Griffith was raised Baptist and was taught to sing and play the trombone by Edward Mickey, a minister at Grace Moravian Church, who led the brass band.[11] Griffith graduated from high school in 1944.[7]

He attended the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music in 1949.[12] He began college intending to become a Moravian minister, but changed his major to music and joined the Carolina Playmakers.[7] While attending university, Griffith began performing in The Lost Colony in 1946, a play by Paul Green about the failed 16th-century attempt to establish an English colony on North Carolina's Roanoke Island.[7] He continued performing in the production for seven summers, eventually taking on the role of Sir Walter Raleigh.[13]

Griffith (standing, second from right) with fellow Phi Mu Alpha fraternity members at the University of North Carolina, 1947

At UNC, Griffith was a member of the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity's Alpha Rho chapter.[14] He also played roles in several student operettas, including The Chimes of Normandy (1946), and Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers (1945), The Mikado (1948) and H.M.S. Pinafore (1949).[15] After graduation, he taught music and served as an assistant drama coach for several years at Goldsboro High School in Goldsboro, North Carolina,[16] where his students included future radio broadcaster Carl Kasell.[17][18]

Career

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Early career and breakthrough (1953–1959)

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Griffith's early career was as a monologist.[19] Assuming the character of an affable country parson, "Deacon Andy Griffith" delivered comic monologues such as "What It Was, Was Football", in which he described a football game from the perspective of someone unfamiliar with the sport.[20] The monologue was released as a single in 1953 on the Colonial Records label.[21] Capitol Records acquired the master recording and reissued the record in December 1953.[22] It became a hit, reaching number nine on Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores chart in 1954.[23] The B-side of the original Colonial single featured the deacon explaining Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in the same rural dialect.[24] Griffith made appearances on television variety shows, including The Ed Sullivan Show in 1954, where he performed his comic monologues.[19]

Griffith with Lee Remick (l) and Patricia Neal (r) on the set of A Face in the Crowd (1957)

Griffith made his television acting debut in March 1955 as Will Stockdale, a country boy drafted into the United States Air Force, in Ira Levin's television adaptation of No Time for Sergeants, broadcast on the anthology series The United States Steel Hour.[25] He later made a second appearance on the series in Never Know the End (1958).[26] Griffith reprised the role in Ira Levin's full-length stage adaptation of the same name, which opened on Broadway on October 20, 1955.[27] The role earned him a Tony Award nomination for "Distinguished Supporting or Featured Dramatic Actor" at the 1956 Tony Awards, losing to Ed Begley.[28] He also received the 1956 Theatre World Award for his Broadway debut in No Time for Sergeants.[29] Griffith's performance also received positive reviews, including praise from theatre critic Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times.[30]

Patricia Neal and Griffith in A Face in the Crowd (1957)

In 1957, Griffith made his feature-film debut starring in A Face in the Crowd.[31] He portrayed Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes, a manipulative and power-hungry drifter who becomes a television personality and gains political influence.[32] The film was directed by Elia Kazan, written by Budd Schulberg and co-starred Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau, Tony Franciosa, and Lee Remick (in her film debut).[31] Griffith also sang as part of his role in A Face in the Crowd.[33] Griffith reprised his role as Will Stockdale in Warner Bros.' 1958 film adaptation of No Time for Sergeants, alongside Don Knotts, who also appeared in the Broadway production.[34] The film influenced the later television sitcom Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a spin-off of The Andy Griffith Show.[35][36] Following the success of No Time for Sergeants, Warner Bros. cast Griffith in another military comedy, Onionhead (1958), in which he portrayed a US Coast Guard sailor.[37]

Griffith's only other Broadway appearance was in the title role of the 1959 musical Destry Rides Again, co-starring Dolores Gray.[38] The show, with a score by Harold Rome, ran for 472 performances between April 1959 and June 1960.[38] Griffith was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical at the 1960 Tony Awards, losing to Jackie Gleason.[39]

The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)

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In February 1960, Griffith appeared as Sheriff Andy Taylor in an episode of Make Room for Daddy starring Danny Thomas.[40][41] The episode, titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", featured Thomas's character being stopped for running a stop sign in Mayberry and served as a backdoor pilot for The Andy Griffith Show.[41][42] Both shows were produced by Sheldon Leonard.[43]

Andy Griffith and Julie Adams in 1962

Following the backdoor pilot, Griffith began starring as Sheriff Andy Taylor in The Andy Griffith Show, which premiered on CBS on October 3, 1960.[5] Set in the fictional town of Mayberry, North Carolina, the series followed Taylor, a widowed sheriff and town sage.[44] The show was filmed at Desilu Studios, with exteriors filmed at Forty Acres in Culver City, California.[45] From 1960 to 1965, the show co-starred Griffith's longtime friend Don Knotts as Deputy Barney Fife, Taylor's best friend and comedy partner.[44] The show also starred child actor Ron Howard (then known as Ronny Howard), who played Taylor's son, Opie Taylor.[44] Griffith never received a writing credit for the show, but contributed to the development of its scripts.[46] Knotts won five Primetime Emmy Awards, while Frances Bavier won one in 1967. Griffith was never nominated for an Emmy Award during the show's run.[47] Griffith sang in several episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, and during the show's run, he also recorded country and gospel music, including a vocal version of the show's theme song titled "The Fishin' Hole".[33]

In 1967, Griffith announced that he would leave The Andy Griffith Show after its eighth season to pursue a movie career and other projects.[48] During the final season of the show, Ken Berry was introduced as widowed farmer Sam Jones, whose character gradually became the focus of the series in preparation for Griffith's departure.[49] The series was succeeded by Mayberry R.F.D., which premiered on CBS on September 23, 1968,[50] with Berry in the lead role and several cast members from The Andy Griffith Show returning.[49] Griffith served as executive producer, reviewing scripts and providing input on a weekly basis.[1] He also made guest appearances as Andy Taylor, including in the premiere episode, in which Taylor married Helen Crump.[51] Griffith reprised his role alongside Knotts in the 1986 television film, Return to Mayberry,[52] and also in the spin off series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., including the 1966 episode "Opie Joins the Marines".[53] He later participated in reunion specials for The Andy Griffith Show in 1993 and 2003, the latter attracting more than 21 million viewers.[54][55]

Publicity photo with Lee Meriwether for The New Andy Griffith Show, 1971

Other television series and films (1969–1985)

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Griffith starred in less-successful television series such as Headmaster (1970), The New Andy Griffith Show (1971), Adams of Eagle Lake (1975), Salvage 1 (1979) and The Yeagers (1980).[56] In 1972, he established his own production company Andy Griffith Enterprises.[26] That year, he also guest-starred as George Carter in The Mod Squad episode "Big George".[57] Alongside his television series work, Griffith appeared in several television films, including The Strangers in 7A (1972), Go Ask Alice (1973), Winter Kill (1974) and Pray for the Wildcats (1974).[58] Griffith also played the villainous lawyer Horton Maddock in the television film Savages (1974), an adaptation of Robb White's 1972 novel Deathwatch.[59]

In 1975, Griffith appeared alongside Jeff Bridges in the comedy film Hearts of the West, portraying Howard Pike, a former Western film star.[60] Several of Griffith's television films during the 1970s were produced as pilots for proposed television series.[61] The television film Winter Kill (1974) was developed as a series pilot and later reworked into Adams of Eagle Lake,[26] which aired only two episodes in 1975.[62] A year later, Griffith starred as prosecutor Gus Brenner in the television film Street Killing,[63] and also played the Father in a television adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author, directed by Stacy Keach.[64]

Andy Griffith in 1984

In 1977, Griffith portrayed Police Chief Abel Marsh in two NBC television films, The Girl in the Empty Grave and Deadly Game, both intended as pilots for a proposed television series. Neither resulted in a series.[65] He also appeared in several television miniseries, including Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977), Centennial (1978–1979), Roots: The Next Generations (1979) and From Here to Eternity (1979).[66] In Washington: Behind Closed Doors, he portrayed former president Esker Scott Anderson.[67] Griffith also made guest appearances in, Hawaii Five-O (1972), Here's Lucy (1973) and The Bionic Woman (1976).[26] Griffith continued to make guest appearances in television series, including Fantasy Island, in which he portrayed the historical figure Judge Roy Bean.[68] He also appeared in episodes of Hotel and The Love Boat, which featured an appearance by Andy Warhol, who appeared as himself.[58][69]

Griffith received his only Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1981 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Special, for his role as the father of a murder victim in the television film Murder in Texas (1981).[70] He received further praise for his portrayal of the murderous landowner John Wallace in Murder in Coweta County (1983), which co-starred Johnny Cash as Sheriff Lamar Potts.[71] He also portrayed Justice Department attorney Victor Worheide in the NBC miniseries Fatal Vision (1984).[72] In the Western comedy Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985), Griffith appeared alongside Tom Berenger as Colonel Ticonderoga, a wealthy cattle rancher and antagonist.[73] He went on to portray Judge Julius Sullivan in the television film Crime of Innocence (1985), who sentences two teenage girls to jail for a minor offense.[74][75]

Matlock and later appearances (1986–2009)

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In 1986, Griffith returned to series television in the title role of Ben Matlock, an Atlanta-based criminal defense attorney, in the legal drama Matlock (1986–1995), which aired on NBC until 1992 and subsequently on ABC.[76] Matlock was known for his Southern drawl and mannerisms and ability to win cases.[77] Griffith also sang in several episodes of the series.[33] The series also starred Nancy Stafford as attorney Michelle Thomas (1987–1992) and Clarence Gilyard Jr. as private investigator Conrad McMasters (1989–1993).[78] During its first season (1986–1987) Matlock ranked 15th among American prime-time television programs in the Nielsen ratings,[79] and the series received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning one, although Griffith was never nominated for his performance.[80] He won a People's Choice Award in 1987 for Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Program.[81]

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

Griffith played an alcoholic father, Noah Talbot, in the television film Under the Influence (1986).[82] He later starred alongside John Ritter in Gramps (1995), playing Jack MacGruder, a violent and manipulative grandfather who returns to his estranged son's life.[83] He also played the villain General Rancor in the spy comedy-spoof Spy Hard (1996) starring Leslie Nielsen.[84] During this period, Griffith recorded albums of classic Christian hymns for Sparrow Records. His 1996 album, I Love to Tell the Story: 25 Timeless Hymns, was certified platinum by the RIAA,[85]and won the Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album at the 1997 Grammy Awards.[86] Griffith also reprised his role as Ben Matlock in a two-part episode of Diagnosis: Murder in 1997.[87] He later played Jake Peterson in the television film A Holiday Romance (1999)[88] and the patriarch of a dysfunctional southern family in Daddy and Them (2001).[89] Griffith's final guest-starring role was in the Dawson's Creek episode "A Winter's Tale" (2001).[90]

In the feature film Waitress (2007), Griffith played Old Joe, the cantankerous owner of a diner where Keri Russell's character, Jenna, worked.[91] Griffith appeared in country singer Brad Paisley's music video "Waitin' on a Woman" (2008).[92] His last film appearance was the leading role in the independent romantic comedy Play the Game (2009), in which he played Grandpa Joe, a widower whose grandson encourages him to re-enter the dating world after a 60-year hiatus.[93][94]

Personal life

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Griffith married Barbara Bray Edwards on August 22, 1949, and they adopted two children: a son, Andrew Samuel Griffith Jr. (known as Sam), and a daughter Dixie Nan Griffith.[95] They divorced in 1972.[96] Griffith was married to his second wife, Greek actress Solica Cassuto, from 1973 to 1981.[97] Griffith married actress Cindi Knight in 1983, and they remained married until his death in 2012.[98] Griffith had three granddaughters through his daughter, Dixie.[99] According to Daniel de Visé's 2015 biography Andy & Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show, Griffith had an affair with actress Aneta Corsaut while they worked together on The Andy Griffith Show.[100]

Don Knotts (L) and Andy Griffith (R) on the set of The Andy Griffith-Don Knotts-Jim Nabors Hour (1965)
Griffith & Howard in a 1961 publicity photo for The Andy Griffith Show

Friendships and professional relationships

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Griffith's friendship with Don Knotts began in 1955 when they co-starred in the Broadway production of No Time for Sergeants.[101] They later reunited on Matlock in 1988, when Knotts joined the series in a recurring role.[102] In a January 2000 interview, Griffith said of Knotts, "The five years we worked together were the best five years of my life".[103] They remained friends until Knotts's death in February 2006. Shortly before his death, Griffith traveled from his Manteo, North Carolina, home to visit Knotts at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.[104]

Griffith and Ron Howard maintained a friendship after working together on The Andy Griffith Show.[105] Griffith made a comedy cameo in an episode of Saturday Night Live on October 9, 1982, hosted by Howard, who had begun his directing career by that time.[106] Following Griffith's death in 2012, Howard recalled the positive atmosphere he had created on the set of The Andy Griffith Show, describing him as a major influence on his career.[107] In a 2016 interview with Us Weekly, Howard recalled Griffith encouraging his scriptwriting when he was seven years old.[108] After one of Howard's suggestions was accepted, Griffith jokingly told him, "It's the first that was any damn good. Now let's rehearse!"[108]

Political activities

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In 1989, Griffith declined an invitation from Democratic Party officials to run against Republican senator Jesse Helms in North Carolina.[109] In 2000, Griffith appeared in campaign advertisements endorsing Democratic Party candidate and then-North Carolina Attorney General Mike Easley for governor of North Carolina.[110] Easley defeated former Charlotte mayor Richard Vinroot, receiving 52% of the vote to Vinroot's 46%.[111] Griffith's endorsement was credited by some commentators with helping Easley's campaign, contributing to the election's nickname, the "Mayberry Miracle".[112]

In October 2008, Griffith appeared with Ron Howard in a Funny or Die video endorsing Barack Obama during his presidential campaign.[113] Griffith also appeared in television advertisements endorsing Democratic candidate Bev Perdue for governor of North Carolina the same year.[114] He also spoke at Easley's inaugurations in 2001 and 2005.[115] At Perdue's inauguration in 2009, he read a poem written by his wife, Cindi Knight.[116] In July 2010, Griffith appeared in a television advertisement promoting changes to Medicare under the Affordable Care Act.[117]

Name dispute

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In 2006, William Harold Fenrick, a resident of Platteville, Wisconsin, legally changed his name to Andrew Jackson Griffith and unsuccessfully ran for sheriff of Grant County.[118] Actor Andy Griffith subsequently sued Fenrick, alleging trademark infringement and invasion of privacy over his use of the name during the election campaign.[118][119] On May 4, 2007, US District Court Judge John C. Shabaz dismissed Griffith's federal trademark claims, ruling that Fenrick's use of the name in a political campaign was protected as noncommercial speech.[119] The court dismissed the remaining state-law claims without prejudice, leaving them unresolved.[119]

Health and death

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In 1983, Griffith developed Guillain–Barré syndrome,[120] which left him paralyzed from the knees down for three months.[121] He subsequently underwent several months of rehabilitation before returning to acting.[122][123] In a 1987 interview, he recalled wearing leg braces while filming Return to Mayberry (1986) and said that he continued to experience pain.[124] In 2000, a longtime friend reported that the condition still occasionally affected his feet.[125] On May 9, 2000, he underwent quadruple heart-bypass surgery at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, following a heart attack.[126][125] In 2007, Griffith underwent hip surgery following a fall.[127]

Griffith died on July 3, 2012, at his Roanoke Island home in Manteo, North Carolina, aged 86.[128]According to his death certificate, he had suffered a heart attack approximately 24 hours earlier and had underlying health conditions including hypertension, coronary artery disease, and hyperlipidemia.[129] In accordance with prior arrangements, Griffith was buried at the Griffith Family Cemetery in a private ceremony on Roanoke Island less than five hours after his death.[130]

Awards and honors

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Year Award or honor Category or details Result Ref.
1956 Tony Award Best Featured Actor in a Play, No Time for Sergeants Nominated [3]
Theatre World Award Outstanding Broadway debut, No Time for Sergeants Won
1960 Tony Award Best Actor in a Musical, Destry Rides Again Nominated
Hollywood Walk of Fame Star for television Honoured [131]
Grammy Award Best Comedy Album, Hamlet Nominated [132]
1981 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special, Murder in Texas Nominated [70]
1987 People's Choice Award Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Program, Matlock Won [81]
1991 Television Hall of Fame Induction Inducted [133]
1997 Grammy Award Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album, I Love to Tell the Story: 25 Timeless Hymns Won [132]
1999 Grammy Award Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album, Just As I Am Nominated [132]
Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame Induction Inducted [134]
2004 TV Land Award Legend Award, The Andy Griffith Show (shared with cast and crew) Won [135]
2005 Presidential Medal of Freedom Awarded by President George W. Bush Honoured [136][137]
2007 Christian Music Hall of Fame Induction Inducted [138]
2010 North Carolina Music Hall of Fame Induction Inducted [139]

Tributes and memorials

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Year Tribute Details Ref.
2002 Andy Griffith Parkway Section of US Highway 52 in Mount Airy named in his honor [140]
2003 Andy and Opie statue Unveiled in Pullen Park, Raleigh [141][142][143]
2004 Andy and Opie statue Replica unveiled in Mount Airy [144]
Martin D-18 Andy Griffith Guitar Signature model guitar commissioned by C. F. Martin & Company in his honour [145]
2009 Andy Griffith Museum A 2,500-square-foot (232 m2) memorabilia facility opened on September 26 [146][147][148]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Ref.
1957 A Face in the Crowd Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes [31]
1958 No Time for Sergeants Will Stockdale [34]
1958 Onionhead Alvin Woods [37]
1961 The Second Time Around Pat Collins [149]
1969 Angel in My Pocket Sam Whitehead [150]
1975 Hearts of the West Howard Pike [60]
1985 Rustlers' Rhapsody Colonel Ticonderoga [73]
1996 Spy Hard General Rancor [84]
2001 Daddy and Them O.T. Montgomery [89]
2007 Waitress Old Joe [91]
2007 Christmas Is Here Again Santa Claus (voice) [151]
2009 Play the Game Grandpa Joe [93]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1955 The United States Steel Hour Will Stockdale Episode: "No Time for Sergeants"; television acting debut [25]
1958 Harry Emsen Episode: "Never Know the End" [26]
1960 Make Room for Daddy Andy Taylor Episode: "Danny meets Andy Griffith"; backdoor pilot [41]
1960–1968 The Andy Griffith Show Sheriff Andy Taylor 249 episodes [44]
1966–1968 Gomer Pyle – USMC Andy Taylor 2 episodes, 1 uncredited [53]
1968–1969 Mayberry R.F.D. Andy Taylor 5 episodes [49]
1970 Headmaster Andy Thompson 14 episodes [152]
1971 The New Andy Griffith Show Andy Sawyer 10 episodes [56]
1972 The Mod Squad George Carter Episode: "Big George" [57]
The Strangers in 7A Artie Sawyer Television film [58]
Hawaii Five-O Arnold Lovejoy Episode: "I'm a Family Crook, Don't Shoot!" [153]
1973 The Doris Day Show Mitch Folger Episode: "The Hoax" [154]
Here's Lucy Andy Johnson Episode: "Lucy and Andy Griffith" [155]
Go Ask Alice Priest Television film [26]
1974 Pray for the Wildcats Sam Farragut Television film [26]
Winter Kill Sheriff Sam McNeill Television film; series pilot [26]
Savages Horton Maddock Television film [59]
1975 Adams of Eagle Lake Sheriff Sam Adams 2 episodes [26]
1976 The Bionic Woman Jack Starkey Episode: "Angel of Mercy" [156]
Street Killing Gus Brenner Television film [26]
Six Characters in Search of an Author The Father Television film [26]
Frosty's Winter Wonderland Narrator Animated television special; voice role [157]
1977 Washington: Behind Closed Doors Esker Scott Anderson Television miniseries; 6 episodes [67]
The Girl in the Empty Grave Police Chief Abel Marsh Television film [158]
Deadly Game Police Chief Abel Marsh Television film [159]
1978–1979 Centennial Professor Lewis Vernor Miniseries; 10 episodes [160]
1979 Salvage 1 Harry Broderick 20 episodes (4 unaired) [161]
From Here to Eternity General Barney Slater Miniseries; 3 episodes [162]
Roots: The Next Generations Commander Robert Munroe Miniseries; episode 6 [163]
1980 The Yeagers Carroll Yeager 2 episodes [164]
1981 Murder in Texas Ash Robinson Television film [165]
1982 Saturday Night Live Andy Taylor Cameo; episode hosted by Ron Howard [106]
For Lovers Only Vernon Bliss Television film [166]
Fantasy Island Judge Roy Bean Episode: "Legends/The Perfect Gentleman" [68]
1983 Murder in Coweta County John Wallace Television film [71]
The Demon Murder Case Guy Harris Television film [167]
1984 Fatal Vision Victor Worheide Miniseries [72]
1985 Crime of Innocence Judge Julius Sullivan Television film [75]
Hotel J. Scott "Scotty" Foreman Episode: "Illusions" [168]
The Love Boat Larry Cooper Episode: "Hidden Treasure/Picture from the Past/Ace's Salary" [169]
1986 Diary of a Perfect Murder Ben Matlock Television film; Matlock pilot [170]
Return to Mayberry Andy Taylor Television film [52]
Under the Influence Noah Talbot Television film [82]
1986–1995 Matlock Ben Matlock / Charlie Matlock 9 seasons [76]
1993 The Andy Griffith Show Reunion Himself Television special [171]
1994 The Gift of Love Phil Doucet Television film [172]
1995 Gramps Jack MacGruder Television film [83]
1997 Diagnosis: Murder Ben Matlock 2 episodes [87]
1998 Scattering Dad Hiram Television film [173]
1999 A Holiday Romance Jake Peterson Television film [88]
2001 Family Law Colin Sawyer Episode: "The Quality of Mercy" [26]
Dawson's Creek Andrew Lanier Episode: "A Winter's Tale" [90]
2003 The Andy Griffith Show Reunion: Back to Mayberry Himself Television special [174]
2006 The Very First Noel Melchior Animated television special; voice role [175]

Discography

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Year Title Type Notes Ref.
1954 What It Was, Was Football Comedy EP Capitol Records, EAP 1–498; originally released as a single in 1953 [176]
1958 Just for Laughs Comedy album Capitol Records [177]
1959 Destry Rides Again Cast album Original Broadway cast recording, Decca Records [38][178]
Shouts the Blues and Old Timey Songs Music album Featuring Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry [177]
1961 Songs, Themes and Laughs from the Andy Griffith Show Comedy and music album Capitol Records [179]
1964 Andy and Cleopatra Comedy album Capitol Records, T 2066 [179]
1972 Somebody Bigger Than You and I Gospel album Columbia Records [180]
1993 American Originals Compilation Capitol Records [181]
1995 Precious Memories: 33 Timeless Hymns Gospel album Collection of Christian hymns [182]
1996 I Love to Tell the Story: 25 Timeless Hymns Gospel album Sparrow Records; Grammy Award winner [182][132]
1997 Sings Favorite Old-Time Songs Compilation Capitol Special Markets; earlier 1996 edition also exists [183]
1998 Just as I Am: 30 Favorite Old Time Hymns Gospel album Sparrow Records [177]
Wit & Wisdom of Andy Griffith Comedy compilation EMI-Capitol Special Markets [184]
2000 Favorite Old Time Songs Compilation Madacy; reissue of earlier material [179]
2002 Absolutely the Best Compilation Remastered collection [177]
2003 Back to Back Hits Comedy compilation Includes recordings featuring Don Knotts [185]
The Christmas Guest Christmas album Sparrow Records [177]
2005 Bound for the Promised Land: The Best of Andy Griffith Hymns Gospel compilation Sparrow Records [186]
The Collection Comedy compilation Madacy, EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets [179]
Pickin' and Grinnin': The Best of Andy Griffith Comedy compilation Fuel 2000 [187]

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