Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you watch reruns of The Andy Griffith Show—most notably its first five seasons—you can't help but get taken in by the ...

Knotts was a gifted comedian, winning the Best Supporting Actor Primetime Emmy Award five times for his work on the show. He would go on to star on Three's Company and Matlock (reuniting with Griffith ...

Jason Ritter was only three degrees of separation from original Matlock star Andy Griffith, but he never got a chance to meet the iconic actor. Despite the connection, however, Ritter said he never ...

"I'm forever grateful." Don Knotts was the goofy Deputy Barney Fife, while Jim Nabors joined the show as Gomer Pyle, the unworldly, lovable gas pumper. On "Matlock," which aired from 1986 through 1995 ...

Don Knotts was one of those rare actors who could make you laugh without saying a word. Best remembered as the loveably bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, or as Ralph Furley in ...

Before America ever laughed at Don Knotts, fear had already shaped him. Long before Barney Fife trembled his way into television history on The Andy Griffith Show, Knotts had learned how to survive by ...

Raleigh, N.C. (AP) — Andy Griffith, who made homespun Southern wisdom his trademark as the wise sheriff in "The Andy Griffith Show" and the rumpled defense lawyer in "Matlock," died Tuesday. He was 86 ...

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 ...

'Andy Griffith' Star Had Strong Words For Co-Star Don Knotts in Memoir originally appeared on Parade. The Andy Griffith Show was an incredibly popular sitcom about the interworkings of the small town ...