Frances Bavier spent more than four decades working in stage, film and television, but for generations of fans she will ...

Howard played Opie on The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 to 1968. He was just 5 years old when he was cast as the son of Griffith’s Andy Taylor, the beloved sheriff of Mayberry.

Howard Morris, a character actor in the Golden Age of television best known for his work with Sid Caesar and for his brief, memorable role as the manic hillbilly poet Ernest T. Bass on ''The Andy ...

Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor, Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle, Ron Howard as Opie Taylor and Don Knotts as Deputy Barney Fife, The Andy Griffith Show, circa 1963 ...

Ron Howard is taking a trip down memory lane. On Feb. 15, the 70-year-old posted a picture to Instagram of his “The Andy Griffith Show” co-stars Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, visiting him on ...

While working on The Andy Griffith Show, Ron soaked up all the knowledge that he could from those around him. Andy taught him ...

Opie on The Andy Griffith Show was originally conceived as bratty, but was re-written as sweet and respectful toward his father. Ron Howard's father influenced Opie's character development ...

In addition, Howard revealed to the Los Angles Times he was acting like a director while working on The Andy Griffith Show. “If I didn’t have to go back to school, I’d get to hang around ...

Ron Howard, who started his career in show business playing the son of Andy Griffith's sheriff character on the 1960s sitcom, said he recently found out he and Knotts are distant cousins. Now ...

Howard played Opie on The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 to 1968. He was just 5 years old when he was cast as the son of Griffith’s Andy Taylor, the beloved sheriff of Mayberry.