MOUNT AIRY, N.C. – Mounty Airy, the city that inspired the fictional town of Mayberry in the Andy Griffith Show, mourns the loss of Jim Nabors, who played the character Gomer Pyle. WFMY News 2 visited ...

Andy Griffith with his first wife Barbara Edwards in the 1960s. Best known as a TV dad, actor Andy Griffith also had two children of his own: son Andy “Sam” Griffith Jr. and daughter Dixie Griffith.

This March 6, 1987 file photo shows actor Andy Griffith in Toluca Lake, Calif. Griffith, whose homespun mix of humor and wisdom made "The Andy Griffith Show" an enduring TV favorite, died Tuesday, ...

Before America ever laughed at Don Knotts, fear had already shaped him. Long before Barney Fife trembled his way into ...

The West Virginia-born actor's half-century career included seven TV series and more than 25 films, but it was The Andy Griffith Show that brought him TV immortality and 5 Emmy Awards.According to a ...

When it comes to The Andy Griffith Show, numerous characters have become permanently woven into American pop culture, and not just Sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) or Deputy Barney Fife (Don Knotts ...

The ‘Andy Griffith Show’ actor was a father to two children, Karen and Thomas ...

Fans of The Andy Griffith Show first met wild-eyed mountain man Ernest T. Bass in the Season 3 episode “Mountain Wedding.” A neighbor of the musical hillbilly clan the Darlings, Bass, played by Howard ...

This Oct. 28, 2003 file photo shows actor Andy Griffith sitting in front of a bronze statue of Andy and Opie from the "Andy Griffith Show," after the unveiling ceremony in Raleigh, N.C. Griffith, ...

Best known as a TV dad, actor Andy Griffith also had two children of his own: son Andy “Sam” Griffith Jr. and daughter Dixie Griffith. “For the millions of his fans and people who loved him, he ...