But it was as Sheriff Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, beginning in 1960, that he made his name. Ron Howard, who played young Opie Taylor on the show, told WHYY's Fresh Air in a 1995 ...

The series originally aired in 1968 as a continuation of The Andy Griffith Show … do you remember what happened on the show?

Mayberry was a place where Sheriff Andy Taylor wore a badge but normally holstered no gun, where the local drunk turned himself in after drinking too much, and where a pickle-making contest ...

Despite being forced by crotchety, old Ben Weaver to arrest bootlegger Sam Muggins on Christmas Eve, Sheriff Andy Taylor still looks to preserve a decent Christmas in Mayberry. Will Wright’s ...

The TV series took place in the fictional town of Mayberry, N.C., and followed Sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith), his deputy Barney Fife (Don Knotts), his son Opie (Ron Howard), and his Aunt Bee ...

He brought us characters from Sheriff Andy Taylor to Ben Matlock, and in the process, warmed the hearts of Americans everywhere. Our thoughts and prayers are with Andy’s family.” ...

While the show revolved around Andy Griffith as the Mayberry Sheriff Andy Taylor, there were so many more hilarious characters and quirky personalities that made up this all-time great 1960s series.

It took a while for The Andy Griffith Show writers to find the right partner for Sheriff Andy Taylor. They tried with “lady druggist” Ellie Walker; then with Karen Moore who was Thelma Lou’s ...

And at the heart of it all was Sheriff Andy Taylor, played by Andy Griffith, whose calm demeanor and homespun wisdom made him the kind of leader people yearned for. Over eight seasons, Andy became ...

Before Ron Howard was celebrated as an Oscar-winning filmmaker or even starring as Richie Cunningham in “Happy Days,” he played Opie, the son of small-town Sheriff Andy Taylor “The Andy ...

Usually, the shows that had a serious bent to them revolved around Sheriff Andy Taylor’s son Opie, played with a genuine innocence by none other than the now famous director of The Da Vinci Code ...

As Sheriff Andy Taylor, his character was compassionate and fair, ethical and decent, nonviolent and slow to anger. If Sheriff Taylor had been a North Carolina legislator, he would not have ...