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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most of us know Andy Griffith from his time spent keeping the peace in Mayberry, or seeking justice in the courtroom on ...

Griffith passed away at his home in Dare County, North Carolina around 7 a.m. Griffith, who launched to fame as Mayberry Sheriff Andy Taylor on CBS' "The Andy Griffith Show" from 1960-1968 ...

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 ...

The beloved sheriff of "America’s hometown’" once explained why he didn't carry a gun. Mayberry's Andy Taylor -- played to down-home perfection by Andy Griffith, who died Tuesday morning at 86 ...

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 ...

Mayberry’s Sheriff Andy Taylor, the role for which Griffith would become famous, was everything Rhodes was not: decent, honest and fair-minded. Sheriff Taylor was also the last of a breed ...

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 ...

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 ...