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The following is a list of characters of The Andy Griffith Show, an American sitcom television series, starring Andy Griffith. The series ran for eight seasons on CBS between October 3, 1960, and April 1, 1968. Episodes 1–159 (1960–1965) were broadcast in black-and-white, while the last 90 episodes (1965–1968) were in color.
Character | Actor | Brief Description | Seasons | Episodes | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Andy Taylor | Andy Griffith | Sheriff of Mayberry; father (widowed) of Opie | Main | 249 | |||||||
Opie Taylor | Ronny Howard | Son of Andy Taylor | Main | 243 | |||||||
Barney Fife | Don Knotts | Deputy Sheriff of Mayberry | Main | Guest | 162 | ||||||
Aunt Bee | Frances Bavier | Andy's paternal aunt | Main[lower-alpha 1] | 188 | |||||||
Emma Watson[lower-alpha 2] | Cheerio Meredith | A townsperson | Recurring | 6 | |||||||
Jud Fletcher | Burt Mustin | Elderly citizen of Mayberry | Recurring | Guest | Guest | Guest | 8[lower-alpha 3] | ||||
Otis Campbell | Hal Smith | The town drunk who lets himself into the jail to sleep it off | Recurring | Guest | 32 | ||||||
Mayor Pike | Dick Elliott | Mayor of Mayberry | Recurring | 11 | |||||||
Ellie Walker | Elinor Donahue | Pharmacist, Andy's girlfriend | Main[lower-alpha 4] | 12 | |||||||
Floyd Lawson[lower-alpha 5] | Howard McNear[lower-alpha 6] | Town barber | Recurring | 80 | |||||||
Thelma Lou | Betty Lynn | Barney's primary girlfriend | Guest | Recurring | Guest | 26 | |||||
Clara Edwards[lower-alpha 7] | Hope Summers | Aunt Bee's best friend | Guest | Recurring | 31 | ||||||
Ben Weaver | Will Wright/Tol Avery/Jason Johnson | Miserly old landlord and department store owner | Guest[lower-alpha 8] | Guest[lower-alpha 9] | Guest[lower-alpha 10] | 6 | |||||
Rafe Hollister | Jack Prince | Local farmer and moonshiner | Guest | 3 | |||||||
Leon | Clint Howard | Toddler in a cowboy outfit; never speaks in any of his appearances | Guest | 5 | |||||||
John Masters | Olan Soule | Choir director and hotel manager | Guest | 5 | |||||||
Mayor Roy Stoner | Parley Baer | Mayor of Mayberry | Recurring | 7 | |||||||
Peggy McMillan | Joanna Moore | County nurse and Andy's girlfriend | Recurring | 4 | |||||||
Daphne | Jean Carson | One of "The Fun Girls" | Guest | 3 | |||||||
Skippy | Joyce Jameson | One of "The Fun Girls" | Guest | 3 | |||||||
Wally | Norman Leavitt/Trevor Bardette/Cliff Norton | Owner of the filling station where Gomer and Goober work | Guest | Guest | 4 | ||||||
Gomer Pyle | Jim Nabors | Mechanic at Wally's Filling Station | Recurring | 23 | |||||||
Asa Breeney | Charles P. Thompson | Elderly, sleepy security guard / hotel clerk | Guest | 5 | |||||||
Reverend Hobart M. Tucker | William Keene | Pastor of All Souls Church | Guest | Guest | 6 | ||||||
Helen Crump | Aneta Corsaut | School teacher and Andy's girlfriend | Recurring | 66 | |||||||
Johnny Paul Jason | Richard Keith | Opie's best friend | Guest | Recurring | Guest | 11 | |||||
Briscoe Darling | Denver Pyle | Head of The Darlings | Guest | Guest | 5 | ||||||
Charlene Darling | Maggie Peterson | Briscoe Darling's daughter. Had a crush on Andy. | Guest | Guest | 5 | ||||||
The Darling Boys | The Dillards | Musical brothers | Guest | Guest | 5 | ||||||
Ernest T. Bass | Howard Morris | A troublemaking mountain man | Guest | 5 | |||||||
Malcolm Merriweather | Bernard Fox | English valet | Guest | Guest | 3 | ||||||
Trey Bowden | David Alan Bailey | Opie's friend | Guest | 3 | |||||||
Goober Pyle[lower-alpha 11] | George Lindsey | Auto mechanic and cousin of Gomer Pyle | Guest | Recurring | 86 | ||||||
Deputy Warren Ferguson | Jack Burns | Floyd's nephew; replaces Barney as deputy | Recurring | 11 | |||||||
Flora Malherbe | Alberta Nelson[lower-alpha 12] | A waitress at the Mayberry Diner, Goober's girlfriend | Guest | Guest | 3 | ||||||
Howard Sprague | Jack Dodson[lower-alpha 13] | The milquetoast county clerk | Recurring | 37 | |||||||
Emmett Clark | Paul Hartman | Fix-it shop owner | Recurring | 16 | |||||||
Martha Clark | Mary Lansing | Emmett's wife | Recurring | 3 | |||||||
Sam Jones | Ken Berry | Widowed farmer and father of Mike Jones | Recurring | 4 |
Characters are listed in order of their initial appearance. Only characters who appeared in 3 or more episodes are listed. For other characters, see The Andy Griffith Show guest stars.
Name | Seasons | Brief character summary |
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Sarah | 1–8 | Mayberry telephone operator who often eavesdrops on calls and has brief conversations with characters in at least 19 episodes |
Juanita Beasley | 1–5 | Waitress at the Bluebird Diner who Barney talks to on the telephone as his second girlfriend in ten episodes. First mentioned in S1E26 "Andy Forecloses". |
Leonard Blush | 4–5 | Radio announcer from station YLRB, later WMPD, from Mount Pilot, in "Family Visits" and "Barney's Bloodhound" whose voice is that of Howard Morris, who is also referred to by name in "The Song Festers" |