Main characters
Barney, Andy, Aunt Bee, and Opie in the second season episode, "The Pickle Story."
- Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) is Sheriff in Mayberry, North Carolina, and lives with his son Opie and his housekeeper Aunt Bee. As a lawman, Andy has a relaxed style, preferring to settle community problems with common sense advice, mediation and conciliation. Out-of-town criminals finding their way to Mayberry are given short shrift by the wily sheriff. Andy initially dates several ladies until the third season when schoolteacher Helen Crump (Aneta Corsaut) becomes his girlfriend for the remainder of the series. Griffith is the only actor to appear in all 249 episodes of the series.
- Opie Taylor (Ronny Howard) is a typical American boy, interested in football, baseball, comic books, and fishing with his father. Several episodes focus on Opie's growing pains, his school life, and his relationship with his father. Although Opie is a well-meaning boy, he occasionally gets into trouble: trespassing in a neighbor's barn, for instance, and perhaps most famously, killing a bird with his slingshot.
- Beatrice Taylor (Frances Bavier) is Andy's paternal aunt and known in the show as Bee or Aunt Bee. After a five year sojourn in Morgantown, West Virginia, she returns to Mayberry in the premier episode to manage Andy's household after the departure of his housekeeper Rose. Her most important duty in the household is being Opie's surrogate mother. She undergoes a dramatic change in the color seasons, when she leaves behind her role as homemaker and discards her frumpy wardrobe for more stylish attire. She then dates several respectable gentlemen, opens her own restaurant, hosts a television show, buys a car, runs for office, and takes flying lessons. Bavier received her sole opening credit nod in the final season. She appeared in 239 episodes of the series, second only to Griffith.
- Barney Fife (Don Knotts) is Andy's high strung, overzealous, by-the-book deputy sheriff, best friend, and cousin. Barney's poor judgment, his pompousness, and his bravura cause Sheriff Taylor much trouble, concern, and embarrassment. Midway through the first season, Thelma Lou (Betty Lynn) becomes his steady girl, though he occasionally dates Bluebird Diner waitress Juanita (who is never seen). Barney leaves the show at the end of the fifth season when he takes a job in the Raleigh Police Department. He returns to Mayberry in five guest appearances following his departure. His last guest appearance in the final season was the most watched episode of the entire series.
George Lindsey as Goober Pyle.
Aneta Corsaut as Helen Crump.
Hope Summers as Clara Edwards.
- Attendant at Wally's filling station Goober Pyle (George Lindsey). (86 episodes)
- Barber Floyd Lawson (Howard McNear). (75 episodes)
- Schoolteacher and Andy's sweetheart Helen Crump (Aneta Corsaut) (66 episodes)
- County Clerk Howard Sprague (Jack Dodson) (36)
- Aunt Bee's friend Clara Edwards or Bertha (Hope Summers) (32)
- Town drunk Otis Campbell (Hal Smith). (30)
- Barney's sweetheart Thelma Lou (Betty Lynn). (26)
- Auto mechanic Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors), Goober's cousin. (23)
- Fix-it man Emmett Clark (Paul Hartman) (16)
- Pharmacist Ellie Walker (Elinor Donahue) (12)
- Opie's friend Johnny Paul Jason (Keith Thibodeaux as Richard Keith) (12)
- Deputy Warren Ferguson (Jack Burns) (11)
still didnt answer the question of who otis is??Main characters
Barney, Andy, Aunt Bee, and Opie in the second season episode, "The Pickle Story."
- Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) is Sheriff in Mayberry, North Carolina, and lives with his son Opie and his housekeeper Aunt Bee. As a lawman, Andy has a relaxed style, preferring to settle community problems with common sense advice, mediation and conciliation. Out-of-town criminals finding their way to Mayberry are given short shrift by the wily sheriff. Andy initially dates several ladies until the third season when schoolteacher Helen Crump (Aneta Corsaut) becomes his girlfriend for the remainder of the series. Griffith is the only actor to appear in all 249 episodes of the series.
- Opie Taylor (Ronny Howard) is a typical American boy, interested in football, baseball, comic books, and fishing with his father. Several episodes focus on Opie's growing pains, his school life, and his relationship with his father. Although Opie is a well-meaning boy, he occasionally gets into trouble: trespassing in a neighbor's barn, for instance, and perhaps most famously, killing a bird with his slingshot.
- Beatrice Taylor (Frances Bavier) is Andy's paternal aunt and known in the show as Bee or Aunt Bee. After a five year sojourn in Morgantown, West Virginia, she returns to Mayberry in the premier episode to manage Andy's household after the departure of his housekeeper Rose. Her most important duty in the household is being Opie's surrogate mother. She undergoes a dramatic change in the color seasons, when she leaves behind her role as homemaker and discards her frumpy wardrobe for more stylish attire. She then dates several respectable gentlemen, opens her own restaurant, hosts a television show, buys a car, runs for office, and takes flying lessons. Bavier received her sole opening credit nod in the final season. She appeared in 239 episodes of the series, second only to Griffith.
[edit] Recurring characters
- Barney Fife (Don Knotts) is Andy's high strung, overzealous, by-the-book deputy sheriff, best friend, and cousin. Barney's poor judgment, his pompousness, and his bravura cause Sheriff Taylor much trouble, concern, and embarrassment. Midway through the first season, Thelma Lou (Betty Lynn) becomes his steady girl, though he occasionally dates Bluebird Diner waitress Juanita (who is never seen). Barney leaves the show at the end of the fifth season when he takes a job in the Raleigh Police Department. He returns to Mayberry in five guest appearances following his departure. His last guest appearance in the final season was the most watched episode of the entire series.
George Lindsey as Goober Pyle.
Aneta Corsaut as Helen Crump.
Hope Summers as Clara Edwards.
- Attendant at Wally's filling station Goober Pyle (George Lindsey). (86 episodes)
- Barber Floyd Lawson (Howard McNear). (75 episodes)
- Schoolteacher and Andy's sweetheart Helen Crump (Aneta Corsaut) (66 episodes)
- County Clerk Howard Sprague (Jack Dodson) (36)
- Aunt Bee's friend Clara Edwards or Bertha (Hope Summers) (32)
- Town drunk Otis Campbell (Hal Smith). (30)
- Barney's sweetheart Thelma Lou (Betty Lynn). (26)
- Auto mechanic Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors), Goober's cousin. (23)
- Fix-it man Emmett Clark (Paul Hartman) (16)
- Pharmacist Ellie Walker (Elinor Donahue) (12)
- Opie's friend Johnny Paul Jason (Keith Thibodeaux as Richard Keith) (12)
- Deputy Warren Ferguson (Jack Burns) (11)
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I'm too young to know much about the show....i do recall seeing reruns and the only thing I can remembery is deputy Barney Fife
Barelly remember Opie and have no idea who otis is...just did a quick wiki search and saw the info and passed it along
I hate to say it in fear of getting rx-gangraped but there are many shows that are popular I cannot stand/have no interest/etc.
Andy Griffith is one of them....along with Bevery Hillbillies, M*A*S*H, Green Acres, Roseanne, Frasier, Will/Grace....and many more
Barelly remember Opie and have no idea who otis is...just did a quick wiki search and saw the info and passed it along
I hate to say it in fear of getting rx-gangraped but there are many shows that are popular I cannot stand/have no interest/etc.
Andy Griffith is one of them....along with Bevery Hillbillies, M*A*S*H, Green Acres, Roseanne, Frasier, Will/Grace....and many more
