"The Andy Griffith Show" Actor Status

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Cast of “The Andy Griffith Show”that appeared in at least 20 episodes:

Appearing in 249 episodes:
Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor
b. June 1, 1926
d. July 3, 2012 at age 86 from heart attack aggravated by hypertension, CAD and hyperlipidemia.

Appearing in 243 episodes:
Ron Howard as Opie Taylor
b. March 1, 1954
Still living as of mid-September 2025at age 71.

Appearing in 188 episodes:
Frances Bavier as “Aunt Bee” Taylor
b. December 14, 1902
d. December 6, 1989 at age 86 from congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease and atherosclerosis complicated by COPD and breast cancer.

Appearing in 162 episodes:
Don Knotts as Deputy Barney Fife
b. July 21, 1924
d. February 24, 2006 at age 81 from pneumonia complicated by lung cancer.

Appearing in 86 episodes:
George Lindsey as Goober Pyle (garage mechanic)
b. December 17, 1928
d. May 6, 2012 at age 83 from heart failure.

Appearing in 80 episodes:
Howard McNear as Floyd Lawson (local barber)
b. January 27, 1905
d. January 3, 1969 at age 63 from pneumonia caused by a stroke.

Appearing in 66 episodes:
Aneta Corsaut as Helen Crump (Andy's girlfriend and eventual wife)
b. November 3, 1933
d. November 6, 1995 at age 62 from cancer.

Appearing in 38 episodes:
Jack Dodson as Howard Sprague (county clerk)
b. May 16, 1931
d. September 16, 1994 at age 63 from heart failure.

Appearing in 32 episodes:
Hal Smith as Otis Campbell (town drunk)
b. August 24, 1916
d. January 28, 1994 at age 77 from a heart attack.

Appearing in 32 episodes:
Hope Summers as Clara Edwards (Aunt Bee's friend and church organist)
b. June 7, 1902
d. October 16, 2021 at age 77 from heart failure.

Appearing in 26 episodes:
Betty Lynn as Thelma Lou (Barney's girlfriend)
b. August 29, 1926
d. February 15, 1996 at age 95 from natural causes.

Appearing in 23 episodes:
Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle (gas station attendant)
b. June 12, 1930
d. November 30, 2017 at age 87 from natural causes.

 

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One station here has been re-running that show nightly for over 10 years.

This quote from IMDB:

"Andy Griffith and Frances Bavier [Aunt Bee] did not get along during the series. According to Griffith and Howard Morris, Bavier was extremely sensitive, and resented her role of Aunt Bee. In 1972 Griffith and Ron Howard paid her a visit at her home in Siler City, NC, but she turned them away. When Bavier was terminally ill in 1989, she contacted Griffith to say that she regretted that they did not get along better."